Example sentences of "it would [verb] the " in BNC.

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31 I was not very old when Dad told me that if you stood under it for very long , it would attract the coins out of your pocket .
32 Furthermore , the abolition of the school boards was a first step towards reducing the number of overlapping , separately elected , local authorities which had emerged during the preceding seventy years ; and importantly , in the eyes of Balfour and Morant , it would diminish the independence of local education authorities and the consequent considerable variation in the quality of provision , and also reduce the denominational influence upon local education .
33 However , in August the West German federal cartel office blocked plans by Lufthansa to acquire control of passenger and freight services at Schönefeld airport and on Oct. 16 Lufthansa announced that it would drop the bid .
34 BA had made it clear it would drop the deal if the merger was referred to the commission or bound by conditions .
35 It would supervize the work of three new agencies within the Science Ministry , concerned respectively with pollution control , environmental protection , and planning and policy .
36 Thinking , maybe , that it would break the monotony , the tedious spell of the highway .
37 Although it would break the link between advanced and non-advanced further education , it would make it possible to ‘ develop a single coherent function for higher education outside the universities ’ .
38 Beethoven introduced change , not to such an extent that it would break the mood , but just enough to keep our interest alive .
39 Moreover , if Olwyn went to bed at an earlier time it would obviate the Jones ' need to reinforce aspects of her bad behaviour ( for example giving in to tantrums and providing positive attention for hitting ) .
40 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation , a major lender to Bond but one which cut its exposure to about A$1billion earlier this year , said it would study the implications of the NAB action over the weekend .
41 ‘ I 'm sure it is , but I do n't suppose it would contain the sort of history I 'm interested in . ’
42 It would transform the image of State education , and do the tattered Royal image no harm either .
43 Although Lee stated that he did not intend to stand as a candidate in the presidential elections , the new party announced that it would contest the election and that it planned to choose a candidate by the end of October .
44 It would simplify the exchange of evidence and information , and make the laundering of drug money a crime .
45 She was damned if she was going to make the first conciliatory move ; it would blunt the point of all she had done in Waterford .
46 Dr Sam Ramaiah , director of public health medicine for the health authority , said it would examine the link between the environment , deprivation and lifestyle .
47 Although the constitution was passed unanimously , fears were raised that it would infringe the rights of the Russian minority in Turkmenistan .
48 It would benefit the elderly and disabled people who use taxis .
49 If it held the shares intact it would suffer the same disadvantage that our ordinary investor encountered .
50 Proponents argue it would stabilise the pound and save Mr Lawson from resorting to the conventional answer to a currency crisis : a big emergency increase in interest rates .
51 And it , it would ease the jaundice as well .
52 And I just wondered if it would ease the discussion if we omitted that particular corridor ?
53 If the show was extended too far back it would spread the interest a bit too thinly .
54 It would change the military strategies of the former Warsaw Pact countries and lead to troop reductions .
55 The new system would do more than ensure fair parliamentary representation of the electorate 's political choices : it would change the character of our governments .
56 Sedgefield District Council 's development committee turned down the application by the Redfern family because there would be an inadequate access and it would change the character of the village .
57 In Zimbabwe 's case , England openly opposed their long-awaited elevation to Test status in 1992 on the grounds it would devalue the international game .
58 It would pay the rent and keep the nice Mr Nassim Nassim off my back for another month .
59 It would make the afternoon so beautiful . ’
60 The answer was that it would make the study of literature highly historical and linguistic .
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