Example sentences of "would it [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This scientific attitude did not by any means always lead to a denial of the reality of God ; but it did not encourage the anticipation that God would actually intervene in the ordinary course of events ; nor , when faced with a strange or unexpected occurrence , would it immediately turn to God as the only possible explanation . |
| 2 | Would it even matter , if this rabble of which he had himself once been a part , managed to get their vote and fill the House of Commons with men who would pass Factory Acts galore , including that damnable Ten Hours Bill of Richard Oastler 's , so that no man would be able to control his own affairs ? |
| 3 | Would it also teach him to hate his own heart , his own soul ? |
| 4 | Would it not make a difference if one identified experience , not with some disposition to overt behaviour , but with the ‘ behaviour ’ of the brain as it ‘ discriminates ’ the various sorts of stimuli within the nervous system ? |
| 5 | Would it not make a wonderful detecting trip to retrace the fellow 's footsteps and survey the ground once denied to us ? |
| 6 | Given the success in getting the Israelis and Palestinians round the table , would it not make more sense for the Government to right that wrong and ensure that , during our presidency from July onwards , we talk directly to the PLO ? |
| 7 | Would it not make more sense to have a moratorium on pit closures in the interests of jobs , the balance of payments and European energy conservation ? |
| 8 | Would it not make administrative sense if at least part of this site could be reserved specifically for the British Library so that in any future extension , these units could be incorporated ? |
| 9 | Am I being told that the law of England is so deficient that , if one assaults a person by driving a car at them to the danger of that person 's life or property — whether or not one damages either — that is not a crime known to the common law of England , and would it not attract the most condign penalties ? |
| 10 | But if , as Thorez implied , the Vietnamese and French Communist Parties should work together , would it not mean that the campaign for national liberation would have to be abandoned ? |
| 11 | Would it not continue to need the hard currency and expertise which a westernised Hong Kong attracted ? |
| 12 | if they if they did this i would it not give them practise at at being able to do the |
| 13 | Since the Opposition , clearly , try to make the worst of the current figures , would it not give a truer picture if we looked at the figures of only five years back ? |
| 14 | If it were imposed on a narrow range of products , would it not encourage substitution ( from plastics to glass , for instance ) ? |
| 15 | Would it not have been too painful , not least having to watch another youngster take his first steps into the fatherless state ? |
| 16 | Would it not have been a pipedream only six weeks ago to think that the Berlin Wall would be knocked down ? ’ |
| 17 | Yet would it not have been better for them if 't were not done at all ? |
| 18 | Since Death in Venice is also to be performed , would it not have been better to keep Grimes for the new house and to have included a Rossini opera as a nostalgic as well as topical reminder of golden evenings ? |
| 19 | What canals , bridges and noble roads would it not have made for us ? ’ |
| 20 | But would it not have been sensible to go and see for himself , before rushing off a wholly inaccurate letter ? |
| 21 | Would it not have been better to imagine the possibility of a different , better world ? |
| 22 | Would it not have been better for them to wait until the children came home for Christmas ? |
| 23 | ‘ Would it not have been more usual for your daughter to have stayed with her mother ? ’ |
| 24 | If a pair of twins were born into one of these families , would it not have seemed significant indeed — a divine sign , a portent , a confirmation of expectations ? |
| 25 | But would it not have been better , he mused , to have left the banqueting hall and defended the Residency where there was a well ? |
| 26 | But , in that case , would it not have been enough to defend Saudi Arabia and maintain the pressure on Saddam Hussein through sanctions ? |
| 27 | Would it not have been kinder had she pretended to be glad — since it was Christmas time , after all — when Odette had come rushing to show her that letter from her father ? |
| 28 | If that is the case , would it not have been better for the hon. Gentleman to keep his own counsel when he stated publicly that we were bound to fail in our negotiations ? |
| 29 | Would it not have helped British farmers if he had said that he was determined to support us and ensure that we succeeded ? |
| 30 | Even had the bid been financed mainly with borrowed cash , would it not have been referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ? |