Example sentences of "[modal v] otherwise [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be desirable to spend what could otherwise be dole money on temporarily subsidizing lame ducks to ease the transition . |
| 2 | By irrigating land that would otherwise be desert , they produce half of the fruit and vegetables sold in the US . |
| 3 | Acts which would otherwise be trespass are not so when justification is provided by law . |
| 4 | Just as the higher law of life stops an apple held in my hand from obeying the law of gravity to which it would otherwise be subject , so the law ( as he daringly calls it ) of the Spirit overcomes the sin death principle to which the Christian would otherwise be subject . |
| 5 | Just as the higher law of life stops an apple held in my hand from obeying the law of gravity to which it would otherwise be subject , so the law ( as he daringly calls it ) of the Spirit overcomes the sin death principle to which the Christian would otherwise be subject . |
| 6 | ‘ Good ’ on such a formal account is wholly undefinable a priori because , to adopt Moore 's reasoning , moral propositions would otherwise be tautologies or self-contradictions . |
| 7 | The actual pitch should be written in , as shown , when there would otherwise be ambiguity ( as there would be in this case , as to which F is required , high or low ) . |
| 8 | If the proposed Directive is adopted , this additional information can no longer be required ; this removes potential competitive disadvantages to which UK companies may otherwise be subject and which may constitute barriers to the right of establishment . |