Example sentences of "[adv] as it [modal v] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 2 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 3 | But it was not enough to give me a complex , not as it would have been in America . |
| 4 | ‘ Just as it might have been possible for you also , madame , ’ he had said . |
| 5 | The boat was just as it should have been on the night of the murder and had not been . |
| 6 | Because the quality of water was good and the price relatively low , it had not been used ‘ as wisely as it might have been ’ . |
| 7 | Wales still struggled for possession although Copsey 's aggressive involvement ensured that Ireland 's ball was not delivered as smoothly as it might have been . |
| 8 | ‘ In fact , no disconnection was made at the fuse end , and although at the other relay end the old wire was disconnected , it was not cut back as it should have been , nor was it secured out of the way of its previous contact . ’ |
| 9 | She could see that nothing could harm her , that there was no danger , that danger in so far as it might exist was desirable , and she started to walk , slowly , up the street , looking at those who looked at her , exchanging glance for glance , shivering in the warm April air from a tremulous , hopeful , artificial apprehension . |
| 10 | Merely pushing the lever forwards as far as it will go is not enough because the lock may be very stiff . |
| 11 | Did this , he was asked yesterday , mean that the economy had not been managed as well as it might have been during the Thatcher years ? |
| 12 | So , all things considered , I think I have done all right , handled my problem as well as it could have been handled . |
| 13 | As I 've described it above , the process differs from modern multi-track technique , because the ‘ backing track ’ went through a number of generations , while modern multi-track tape recorders keep each layer separate ; so the technique was n't used as fully as it might have been , because the quality dropped each time . |
| 14 | ‘ My mind has n't always been focused on this operation as fully as it should have been . ’ |
| 15 | On this night though , David , if you can believe it , everything was not quite as it should have been , including the opposition . |