Example sentences of "[conj] it would [vb infin] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UNEP and others have estimated that it would cost approximately $4,500 million a year over the next 20 years to slow and stop desertification , and to begin to reclaim the land that we have already lost . |
| 2 | Karen Wilson purchased a Porcupine Puffer from the local shop , being told that it would reach just 6″ . |
| 3 | Yet the logic of the definition suggested that it would benefit especially kings , whose competence to declare war could not be impugned : thus Thibaud of Blois failed to persuade the monks of Marmoutier that they owed him service when he fought against Louis VI ; they claimed discretion in the matter ; and in 1184 , the mighty Philip of Alsace hesitated to commit to battle the army he had summoned against Philip Augustus , through fear that its ranks might melt away . |
| 4 | The Commission argued that this was the best system because it would avoid both tax evasion and double taxation . |
| 5 | He said council officers had told them that the repair bill per flat would cost in the region of £5,000 , whereas it would cost about £40,000 to build new homes . |