Example sentences of "it would [adv] be [conj] " in BNC.

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1 so it would n't be that they interruptions listening necessarily it would just be that would n't expect to have to .
2 Certainly it would n't be because staff sit around the lounge at night and make guests the butt of practical jokes . ’
3 It would n't be because guests are being gossiped about , and even spied on through binoculars , would it ? ’
4 At the moment it was warm , but soon it would n't be and he would need fires .
5 Sir , — Election time does not have to be like this , and it would n't be if politicians did n't behave like cocks , strutting their stuff !
6 Notice how this is beautifully covered with my fingerprints now which it would n't be if I was handling it properly .
7 It would n't be if it fell , would it !
8 so it would n't be that they interruptions listening necessarily it would just be that would n't expect to have to .
9 He said it would just be until I got myself sorted out , and then I would get him back straight away .
10 Now this time we 're here for four weeks so it would probably be that they want to get everybody through this time without anybody escaping the net .
11 As a result , although the coverage is not as lively or interesting as it would probably be if the editors had more freedom , it is not nearly as stilted as many people feared ; it is certainly much better than the terribly restricted and monotonous presentation of the Canadian House of Commons .
12 She heard the impatience in his tone and went on even more firmly , ‘ It would simply be that it fits in with my long-term plan , which is to get a wide range of experience before going on an extended working holiday overseas . ’
13 If I decided to play in it , it would not be because of $50,000 but because I felt better .
14 She had been right to say it was people like that who do terrible things , and if Timothy Gedge did do terrible things it would not be because he was different and exotic but because he was possessed of an urge to become so .
15 much greater than it would otherwise be if you
16 In this way output is lower than it would otherwise be and there is an ‘ efficiency ’ cost in terms of this output loss .
17 Nor did she think he could ever feel anything but shame for the way he treated them ; if he was now ready to pretend otherwise , it would only be that he saw some advantage in it .
18 Franco repeated the message of his 2 December letter when he said that he did not " see any advantage in change " and that if he were ever to delegate the leadership of the government , it would only be when he was no longer able to carry out the functions of that position as well as those of head of state .
19 Erm I did say at the time if the Council agreed it was we would approve the new application it would only be if the original was rescinded and I did speak to the Town Clerk so there 's no need , I 'm not making a big issue , but I think the Council should be aware and the Town Clerk I believe has notified because again this is one of those things that could happen at a later date and as we all know if we have n't made these things perfectly clear .
20 It would only be if they suspected that something odd was going on .
21 It would only be if somebody was off on long term sickness or
22 In this case it would possibly be that they had the name of the subscriber but …
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