Example sentences of "it would [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that the woman in the house had only a table and television , and had spent the night before polishing the table so that it would bring in a wee bit extra to clear her debt . |
| 2 | A public inquiry might be more beneficial because , as my hon. Friend said , it would bring out the details of the scheme . |
| 3 | At best , or so it was thought , it would give the United Nations some muscle to stop governments doing terrible things to their peoples ; at worst it would serve up a forest of platitude . |
| 4 | It would set up a National Monuments Commission to care for ancient sites , institute small penalties for vandals who damaged them , and — most important — give the commission a right of purchase if the owner of a scheduled monument wanted to destroy it . |
| 5 | To deal with such difficulties and unnecessary travel of pieces of paper the Bank of England announced in November 1988 that it would set up a Central Money Markets Office ( CMO ) to develop a book entry transfer system to enable money market instrument paper to be ‘ immobilised ’ and eventually be ‘ dematerialised ’ . |
| 6 | Turning to the White Paper , to be published before the next party conference , he said it would set out the Conservatives ' agenda for the rest of this century . |
| 7 | Following the collapse of the talks , the federal government suggested that it would draw up a package of constitutional reforms to be presented to Quebec and the other provinces . |
| 8 | So therefore there 's less gravity holding it down therefore it would bulge out a bit . |
| 9 | It would swallow up the whole star . ’ |
| 10 | The press had no right to pry and push and sneak about in their private lives , but it was undeniable that if their marriage were to fail , it would open up an entire can of constitutional worms that the monarchy could well do without . |
| 11 | And I mean I think that if it was spread more I mean if if if people locally gave more to bereaved in their own areas , I mean it would go down a lot more good there . |
| 12 | Speaking of his intention to attend the funeral , he said he hoped it would send out a signal for peace and democracy in the region . |
| 13 | It would dry up the flow of Japanese credit to all American borrowers , private or public . |
| 14 | Beyond that sea rises a mountain range and beyond that stretches a vast desert where the sun twists round and beats down so hot it would dry out an eagle 's wings and turn them to dust if he flew too long . |
| 15 | A sun so hot it would dry out an eagle 's wings ! |
| 16 | If all minor traffic offences were prosecuted it would clog up the system . |
| 17 | The mike concealed in the head of the figure is only medium-quality , technically speaking , but it would pick up a flea farting in a smallish room . |
| 18 | I should have flung the damned thing out of his open door so that it would bounce down the mountainside up which the road was climbing . |
| 19 | It would tie down a lot of troops and would also give Phnom Penh the opportunity to raise international alarm at the spectre of the return of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 20 | In the middle of the circle was one hut that had a better roof than the others , so it would keep out the wind and the rain . |
| 21 | To do the line justice , it would take up the next six issues , so I intend to show you only some of the more interesting such as the First Class blank Privilege Ticket . |
| 22 | The summary is essentially confined to factual information , otherwise it would take on the shape of a formal report requiring certain strict legal procedures — of which more later . |
| 23 | Meanwhile negotiations between the US government and the Philippines over the future of Clark air base and of Subic Bay naval base remained effectively deadlocked , with the Philippines government continuing to insist that it would take over the bases when the current agreement expired in 1991 . |
| 24 | It would take over the role in Ukraine of the former USSR Vneshekonombank ( Bank for Foreign Economic Relations ) , whose assets were taken over by Russia pending an agreement between the republics . |
| 25 | But he warned that , if discounting took place without publishers ' permission , it would take out an injunction to prevent it . |
| 26 | Knowing that it would call up the fighter bombers , the convoy scattered into whatever cover could be found . |
| 27 | It down erm , it would come down a different , the wrong figure . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ It would cut out the persistent sneaky fouling which has become far too common . |
| 29 | Kingfisher says it would speed up the closure of small Currys outlets and the shift to larger out-of-town sites . |