Example sentences of "it would [verb] [adj -er] " in BNC.

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1 The architecture of triticale was altered so that it would grow shorter ; in this way more photosynthetic effort would go into seed production rather than stems .
2 But a cut of ten times that amount in the whole world 's output of carbon dioxide , shared among all countries , would not only cost Britain far less : it would bring bigger benefits in climate stability .
3 Bessie Parkes more prudently replied that she thought it was " undeniable " that it would bring lower wages but " it was only fair to let women have a fair share in the competition " .
4 It would droop lower and lower until it rested on her knees , then she would clasp her knees with both hands and rock herself , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , moaning , her face hidden in her skid .
5 It would make better sense if the money which new contractors raised to sustain their bids were to go , as the Campaign for Quality Television ( CQT ) urges , into programme-making .
6 However , when teacher appraisal is a firm part of educational reform , it would make better sense if certain aspects of management in initial teacher education could consciously be brought together with the assessment of teacher capacity .
7 A few hundred or a few thousand farmers might oppose a return to downland because it would mean lower profits .
8 The International Monetary Fund has indicated that it would mean slower growth .
9 Indeed Welford Beaton , like many other Hollywood figures , thought that Vidor had carried ‘ realism just a little farther than the public will prove willing to follow ’ and he brilliantly argued that films had to give hope and to show a way forward , but he did conceded that The Crowd was one of the best films ever made and he hoped that it would inspire further ventures into realism .
10 The Halifax predicted a base rate cut ‘ within the next few weeks ’ , pledged it would pass lower costs on to borrowers without delay and forecast a surge in sales , with some return of house price inflation before the end of the year .
11 One danger in giving such an opportunity might be that it would give greater scope for industrial policy ( ‘ European champions ’ ) proponents , not least within the European Commission : however , that is not a reason for preventing DGIV from considering the point in a particular case , however sceptically .
12 The original reasons for seeking a Royal Charter remain : it would give greater status to the Association , its members and indeed the whole industry ; we would enjoy the endorsement by the Privy Council to our qualifications for membership ; recognition by the Privy Council would add weight to the Association 's opinion on issues when lobbying Government or debating with others ; our members would have the Privy Council 's endorsement of being true professionals with the opportunityfor a Corporate member to be called a Chartered Hotelier or a Chartered Caterer .
13 It would enable better planning and performance .
14 It seems to me that that would be wholly inappropriate — it would involve further analysis of the history relating to the local authority 's care of these children and that , I think , can be in the interests of no one , certainly not of the children .
15 I knew that if the handle moved faster it would sound better , so I really exerted every ounce of my miserable muscle power and the handle jerked forward with such force that I was lifted clean off the ground .
16 in in our in our erm country , the same was there , he tacked on this name , because he thought it would sound better for an army officer to have a name like Rouget de Lisle , instead of just de Lisle .
17 And to a third party — in this case Moira Russell — it would sound better to offer an excuse than to add , ‘ so tell him to put that in his drum and bang it ’ .
18 There can be no doubt that many of those polled recently thought that it would sound nicer — or would somehow tease the pollsters — to say that they were voting Labour , when that was not their intention .
19 He maintains that it would provide greater certainty for economic agents as to the governments likely policy reasons ; the government could establish/maintain a reputation for consistency and commitment .
20 It would provide better value for both the taxpayer and the passenger .
21 It would seem better to add one or two different pieces of apparatus and an extra trough so that new pieces can be explored in the company of old favourites .
22 These sensitive issues were dealt with in an exchange of letters accompanying the treaty , stating that with German support for Czechoslovakia 's integration into the EC , it would become easier for Germans to return to their homeland in Czechoslovakia .
23 Given a little hope , a little patch of ground … so that it would taste better .
24 At the beginning everyone said it would get better as filming progressed .
25 Please God it would get better .
26 He used to think it would get better when he grew up .
27 of them believed that recession would get worse under a Labour Government , and not one of them believed that it would get better .
28 ‘ She said that Simon denied he had fathered you , and this was the cause of the feud , and that it would get worse , unless something stopped it .
29 Many thought it would get worse ( 36% ) or stay the same ( 39% ) .
30 Alice , familiar with this situation from somewhere in her well-stocked past , knew that there was little that could be done ; in fact it would get worse .
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