Example sentences of "would [verb] [adv prt] the whole " in BNC.

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1 To the latter , the company replied that as Tamworth Road was to be used by both the Mitcham and Sutton routes , single track there would slow up the whole service .
2 It would swallow up the whole star . ’
3 This was taken to mean that the Government would tear up the whole treaty rather than accept the social chapter .
4 After consultations with other Western governments the United States adminstration on April 24 drew back from any punitive measures against the Soviet Union over its blockade of Lithuania ( officials having previously hinted at possible limited economic sanctions ) , when President Bush gave a clear indication at a press conference that the administration considered Gorbachev 's political survival and good Soviet-US relations to be more important than Lithuanian independence , explaining : " I am concerned that we do not inadvertently compel the Soviet Union to do something that would set back the whole process of freedom around the world . "
5 As one senior chartered accountant pointed out , the faculty would open up the whole system , raise the technical standard of auditing , and provide a centre of excellence to help people improve their skills .
6 And although I was fairly certain she had nothing to do with the shooting , if the police started asking questions her husband would find out the whole story anyway .
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