Example sentences of "have [vb pp] otherwise " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , for him 7,500,000 votes was sufficient legitimacy , and it could , after all , be assumed by those of a religious turn of mind that God had already blessed his enterprise — could he have succeeded otherwise ? |
| 2 | I can not think of anything that happened that day which I would have wished otherwise . |
| 3 | It might so easily have turned otherwise . |
| 4 | By using a tool the ant is able to transport ten times as much food per trip as it could have done otherwise . |
| 5 | As this self is debated and discussed , the individualist sometimes seems to be demanding that a ceteris paribus clause should be included in all explanations of social phenomena — a murmured oath of loyalty to the freedom of the will along the lines of ‘ … and the individuals involved could have done otherwise ’ . |
| 6 | The Elector Counts could not have done otherwise even if they had wanted ; the people demanded it , and were not to be denied . |
| 7 | It seems doubtful that they could have done otherwise . |
| 8 | Boris Saltykov , the minister of science , believes that Soros 's commitment has spurred Western governments into doing more than they would have done otherwise . |
| 9 | I could n't up sticks and away , which I might have done otherwise — regretting it afterwards . |
| 10 | It helped me do all sorts of things I would n't have done otherwise . ’ |
| 11 | Given the statutory provisions , it is difficult to see how the court could have decided otherwise . |
| 12 | Leo Castelli notes , ‘ Collectors do n't give art away only to save taxes , though dealers will surely lose some objects they would have gotten otherwise . |
| 13 | My offspring is gaining one unit , that it would n't have had otherwise . |
| 14 | Although the extra representation for zemstva did not arise out of St Petersburg 's enthusiasm for local government ( but out of the determination of central agencies to prevent any one of their number dominating the rest ) , it nevertheless ensured " a large dose of decentralization " in primary education and gave primary schools a better chance than they would have had otherwise . |
| 15 | I would n't have stayed otherwise . |
| 16 | During the process , however , I have learnt so much about myself which I would never have known otherwise . |
| 17 | How could we ever have believed otherwise ? |
| 18 | It would n't have worked otherwise . |
| 19 | any liability accepted by agreement or contract unless that liability would have existed otherwise . |
| 20 | All the parties concerned gained publicity which they would probably not have achieved otherwise . |