Example sentences of "would [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It follows also that gravity has a negligible effect on small animals , because their surface to volume ratio is so large : if , for example , a mouse was to be dropped down a 30-metre well-shaft it would be stunned , but would scamper away relatively intact because wind resistance acting on its relatively larger surface would counteract the pull of gravity . |
| 2 | ( Anglers are presently major users of the Derwent and would remain so even if the river were reinstated for use by power craft . ) |
| 3 | His shoes , his books , his leather trunks and saddlery would similarly be covered in green mould and would remain so now until the end of the rainy season . |
| 4 | It was these two issues that would remain as seemingly irremovable areas of tension across the next twenty years . |
| 5 | We could place the marble in one hole ( state A ) and it would remain there indefinitely . |
| 6 | Guzmán would remain potentially highly dangerous , even in prison , because his followers could be expected to use all possible means to try to force his release . |
| 7 | I would think so anyway |
| 8 | Yeah I would s I would guess so or I would think so as well . |
| 9 | I would think so , I hope so but I would think so as well |
| 10 | If only the government would think as deeply about these matters . |
| 11 | If you are thinking about purchasing a paddlefish , I would think very carefully , unless you can house them in a very , large aquarium . |
| 12 | I would think very very few . |
| 13 | Too strong-willed and forceful to remain easily in any slot into which a male-oriented Moslem society might force her , regarding marriage , certainly to a Moslem , as the ultimate form of prison , conducting life as a ceaseless battle for Home Rule and Independence , she sometimes found things too much for her and plunged into pits of despair , from which she would spring out again almost immediately with a soar and a vehemence which left Owen dazzled . |
| 14 | Her long black hair , which was always tied back in a knot at the nape of her neck , would spring constantly outwards in a curly disarray whenever she was suddenly excited . |
| 15 | In other words , mistakes must be based on reasonable grounds where the offences are serious — which would cover not only rape but also cases involving a risk of death or serious injury , such as the use of force in self-defence . |
| 16 | The government had begun to introduce from March 20 monthly compensation payments on top of wages , pensions , student grants and child benefit , albeit conceding that these would cover only around 85 per cent of the cost of the price rises . |
| 17 | Critics of the decree expressed concern that it would affect not only the targeted black marketeers but legitimate entrepreneurs in co-operatives and small private businesses , and would act as a further deterrent to foreign investors . |
| 18 | De Castelnau 's snap decision was one that in its fateful implications would affect not merely the course of the Battle of Verdun , or even of the war itself , but also the whole stream of subsequent French history . |
| 19 | Without such works of grace the world would rush even more rapidly towards the abyss . |
| 20 | Rainbow would prefer right now this minute , but plays it cool . |
| 21 | I mean I could do I think they 're fascinating and important — but I would prefer instead actually to talk about Darwinism Darwin as a biologist , rather than Darwin as a philosopher or as a influencer of morals and religious beliefs and so on . |
| 22 | Cars would slow down so that their drivers could have a better look . |
| 23 | But this would rule out so many of our statements as insignificant that it would be self-defeating . |
| 24 | Sometimes she would climax first , sometimes he , and on good nights they would explode together so that they felt the same tingling in the very tips of their toes and even then he 'd had to remember to withdraw — just in case . |
| 25 | But this increase was minuscule when set against the potential gain from an improvement in industrial productivity which would make up only half the gap between Britain and its competitors . |
| 26 | In the real world it is difficult to see how such a tax could be imposed or calculated , and it would make much more practical sense to tackle the offending firm under monopolies legislation . |
| 27 | Meals only used to take about five minutes to eat in there , everyone would eat really quickly . |
| 28 | The overweight people would eat more rapidly than the slim people . |
| 29 | Stunned by the images of her own mind , all she could do was clench and unclench her fists , praying the numbing effect she had encouraged would disappear as quickly as Rune had implied . |
| 30 | ‘ True , it may not necessarily reform the offender but at least it punishes him in a way which society would regard as just . |