Example sentences of "it would [vb infin] [be] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shiva had called it that , but in his mouth it had not been the hackneyed expression it would have been if an English person had so referred to it . |
| 2 | the structural reform will create 3,650,000 losers ( i.e. their income will be lower than it would have been if the old system had continued and been up-rated in the normal way , and there had been no transitional protection ) compared with 3,190,000 gainers ( the Government claims that 5,000,070 gained ) while 1,680,000 people remain unaffected . |
| 3 | ( 3 ) … the court shall , on such an application , make such order as it thinks fit for restoring the position to what it would have been if the company had not entered into that transaction . ’ |
| 4 | ( 3 ) … the court shall , on such an application , make such order as it thinks fit for restoring the position to what it would have been if the company had not given that preference . ’ |
| 5 | The court has power to make such order as it thinks fit for restoring the position to what it would have been if the transaction had not been entered into and also , in this case , for protecting the interests of persons who are the victims of the transaction : subsection ( 2 ) . |
| 6 | The direct tax take is now more than £30 billion below what it would have been if the old system had remained in place and indexed . |
| 7 | The court can make such order as it thinks fit to restore the position to what it would have been if the company had not given that preference . |
| 8 | Maybe not as hectic as it would have been if the sun had got his hat on . |
| 9 | And dry it would have been if the heavens had n't opened the moment the ship docked and the troops set foot on French soil . |
| 10 | What presumption it would have been if the man had assumed this without hearing from Christ . |