Example sentences of "[coord] it would have [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Many people could easily consume a full can , diluted , during a thirsty summer day , and it would have little if any effect in reducing an appetite for solid food . |
2 | When the hot , salted water went down Andrew 's throat , he gulped , and it would have all spurted out had Peggy , and none too gently , not clamped his jaws together again . |
3 | Out at Puddingdale in the same year , Mr and Mrs Quiverful struggled to feed fourteen children on £400 a year , and it would have outraged all Barsetshire had Mrs Quiverful gone out to work . |
4 | Teetotallers did not stop insisting on the primary importance of individual commitment but the change in attitude did begin to filter through Nonconformity as a whole and it would have long-lasting effects on attitudes towards the state . |
5 | But it would have much more difficulty in applying those new rules retrospectively . |