Example sentences of "would otherwise be " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the help of the red iron a Tramen is able to inhale the atmosphere of the planet — which would otherwise be deadly to him — and to exhale gas for export to Vascar . |
| 2 | Private health insurance may help some elderly people to gain access to hospital treatment more quickly than would otherwise be the case , although there seems little justification for a National Health Service which can not cater for the needs of people in acute pain or discomfort as and when necessary . |
| 3 | In practice , this means that mortgage loans may be available for small-scale workshops , derelict but sound houses which would otherwise be abandoned , houses with energy-saving features and organic smallholdings . |
| 4 | In practice , the state scheme contributions pre-empt a slice of incomes which would otherwise be available for saving through pension schemes , and thus to that extent would be expected to slow down the growth of non-state provision . |
| 5 | Then the band would have to pay more tax than would otherwise be necessary . |
| 6 | The latter has become a form of economic drip-feed of dubious value to the patient , although it has maintained economic activity at a higher level than would otherwise be the case . |
| 7 | The remaining small areas of flat roof , extending from the vertical glazing almost to the eaves of the aisle roof , accommodate roof-lights admitting natural light to the ground-floor flats which would otherwise be only poorly lit by the original lancet windows of the aisle wall . |
| 8 | During the next three years the industry has committed £1 billion to cleaning up its discharges and recycling wastes which would otherwise be dumped . |
| 9 | The Milan-based Centre for Cetacean Studies , in association with several other wildlife and research groups , has petitioned the Italian Government for an end to the swordfish drift-net fishery , warning that the cetacean populations of the Italian seas would otherwise be at risk of extinction by the year 2000 . |
| 10 | These have been driven up , first , by a labour shortage , brought about by the ending of free immigration from China in 1980 , and now by increasing emigration from Hong Kong ; and , second , by the colony 's swift move up-market as manufacturers have relocated low-wage factories to southern China , leaving higher-paid jobs in Hong Kong , where their influence has pulled up wages in what would otherwise be poorly paid jobs . |
| 11 | If a person wishes to give up his physical integrity in certain circumstances , or to risk it for the sake of sport or excitement , should the criminal law allow the consent to negative what would otherwise be a crime ? |
| 12 | But it is the most distinctive characteristic of an observant or well educated mind to bring unity to what would otherwise be a meaningless scatter of seemingly random and unrelated phenomena , and I bow to few for want of intellect . |
| 13 | None of this architectural information would otherwise be known . |
| 14 | Maddening , antique and archaically dotty as the present system may be , it provides drama and colour which would otherwise be absent from modern elections . |
| 15 | It seems that the Volunteer Cavalry , and Cavalry exist to give tone to what would otherwise be a mere vulgar brawl , had already dispersed the rioters , after they had rioted along through Garscube and burned the Parish Records in Old Kilpatrick . |
| 16 | By using computer simulations , researchers can rapidly acquire a body of knowledge not previously available to them through traditional laboratory methods , and explore chemical events that would otherwise be too dangerous , speculative or costly to pursue . |
| 17 | Plausibly sexual behaviour between these males not only relieves this deprivation but might maintain higher testosterone levels in the participants than would otherwise be the case . |
| 18 | It also allows the colonization of environments that would otherwise be too severe . |
| 19 | The present improvement has for its object to compensate for the disturbance of the balance between the upgoing and downgoing lifts which occurs by the immersion of the latter in the water at the foot of the incline , and the improvement consists in gradually diminishing the gradient at the upper end of the incline so as to avoid the great increase of haulage power which would otherwise be required to raise the ascending lift from about the moment when the descending dock begins to enter the water . |
| 20 | By irrigating land that would otherwise be desert , they produce half of the fruit and vegetables sold in the US . |
| 21 | The principal weakness in the sense of community when Marshall gave his lectures was the class system , and his emphasis on the social element of citizenship was directed largely at counteracting divisions in the community that would otherwise be caused by class inequalities . |
| 22 | It is then possible to start the next day 's turning a bit earlier than would otherwise be possible . |
| 23 | Such a principle would not only add rational coherence to what would otherwise be a set of unrelated rules , but would also supply the reference point whereby novel dilemmas may be resolved . |
| 24 | Medical treatment which involves any touching of a patient is still analysed generally in law as lawful because the patient has consented to what would otherwise be an assault . |
| 25 | One can only guess at the reasons for such underreporting ; but it seems possible that exporters understate values in the hope of retaining part of the foreign exchange that they would otherwise be obliged to surrender to the authorities , while importers may wish to minimize their import duties ( and also avoid enquiries into the source of the foreign exchange used for imports ) . |
| 26 | By harnessing the energies of others to work on these components managers can achieve results which would otherwise be beyond them as individuals . |
| 27 | In other cases , concessions for cinemas , recreational facilities , hairdressers or restaurants may not be ‘ concessions ’ at all but devices to gain custom on days of the week , or at certain specified times when there would otherwise be little business . |
| 28 | This is a right enshrined in common law and citizens ' rights may actually be reduced by so-called guarantees which limit the redress which would otherwise be available . |
| 29 | That is the pathway we have gone down , and in consequence we have reduced the amount of food that is given to our cows that could be eaten by man from 50 per cent to 14 per cent by getting the input from grass and porridge oats : food that would otherwise be wasted in a system that is not using these animals to pick it up on the way . |
| 30 | It was recognised of course that not everyone would have such a carer , but that this restriction would provide a more homogeneous sample than would otherwise be the case . |