Example sentences of "would it [vb infin] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Only on pagan sites converted into other uses by Christians would it have been necessary to carry out a purification ceremony involving the use of the Chi-Rho symbol .
2 Would it have been better if , like other men , he had not told her ?
3 Would it have been better with another family on board ?
4 But would it have been better ?
5 Would it have been better had you gone to the other jobs ?
6 Yes I did know she was going to be in Caracas and No I did n't tell you and Yes that was wrong but would it have been better if I 'd told you ?
7 Would it have been better if it had not been a corner ball ?
8 ‘ Now , Mr Jordan , would it have been possible for someone to get into your shed on Friday night , remove the Scapegoat and substitute a body dressed in the Scapegoat 's clothes ? ’
9 Nor would it have been possible to ask , nor even to rely on any information which might have been forthcoming , since Amabel , who always retired to bed for the duration of her own " monthly curse " had said nothing more to the point than , " Darling , I must beg of you never to speak of this to anyone , when Gemma at the age of fourteen had first seen evidence of hers .
10 She said : ‘ Would it have been strong enough ? ’
11 Nor in the light of experience and knowledge available prior to this accident would it have been reasonable to envisage that internal pressures could exist in the tail structure . ’
12 Still less would it have been true if Labour had formed a government .
13 Nor would it have been true , for I greatly feared death , suspecting myself to be damned .
14 Would it have been easier if she had n't seen Lucy almost every day for four years going into or out of the office next door ?
15 Would it have been different under a Labour government ?
16 But would it have been different if Mrs Thatcher had had a spell on income support ? or if she had ever lugged a buggy , baby , toddler and bags of shopping on and off her infrequent , deregulated buses ?
17 Lord of The Flies Critical Essay : Would it have been different had girls been on the island ?
18 Would he , in fact , have turned in earlier , or would it have been another near miss or accident in the making ?
19 In Ireland last week , we were accused of writing a ‘ dirty ’ book for vulgar gain ( would it have been any better if we 'd done it for charity ? ) and worse , of racism .
20 But would it have been fair to point all this out as they nuzzled one another on some Anglian plage and assumed I was n't noticing ?
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