Example sentences of "it would [adv] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Blake may have given the impression to the prison authorities that he had accepted his sentence and settled down to serve it ( it would surely have been odd had he done otherwise ) , in reality neither he nor the KGB had any intention of him remaining in prison a day longer than necessary . |
| 2 | It would surely have been abhorrent to him . |
| 3 | If Hughes was relevant to the decision in Foakes it must follow that Pinnel 's Case was equally relevant to the decision in Hughes but it was not cited in the latter case and it would surely have been very surprising it if had been . |
| 4 | It would surely have been impossible for anyone to stay morose when surrounded by all these excited , giggling children , and frankly , seeing the problems some of the handicapped youngsters had to contend with had made her horribly ashamed of her own self-absorption . |
| 5 | It would even have been possible for the Secretary of State to have a reserve power to insist on ever more names from which to choose . |
| 6 | Until 1958 , when Siegmund Warburg masterminded a hostile bid by an Anglo-Canadian consortium for British Aluminium , it would also have been said in both Britain and America . |
| 7 | It would also have been an open invitation to civic disturbance . |
| 8 | To speak differently , if e had not occurred , then even if there had also occurred any change x logically consistent with the absences of e and of cc , and consistent with the absences of links between cc and e , it would also have been the case that cc did not occur . |
| 9 | The translator could have used the feminine form of the verb , but s/he possibly felt that it would also have been marked or that it might have unnecessarily excluded potential male users . |
| 10 | Pascoe said : ‘ I do understand that it would also have been blackmail but in the circumstances I was n't adopting a very high moral position . |
| 11 | At this point it would automatically have been sensitive enough to pick up airborne vibrations of sufficient loudness and/or sufficient nearness of origin . |
| 12 | For the first few years the remands were unopposed , since it would plainly have been inappropriate to proceed against the applicant whilst the Carrian prosecution was still afoot . |
| 13 | What it would n't do was ensure good pictures , and Herbert Wilcox saw at once that such legislation would create an ‘ awkward squad ’ of British films which would immediately become the laughing stock of the world . ’ |
| 14 | Even in daylight with every faculty at full steam it would n't have been an easy search , and as things were it was abysmal . |
| 15 | ‘ It would n't have been fair on Alan to ask him to canvass for me before . |
| 16 | ‘ I wonder if it would n't have been better if the Almighty had created us all as — well — as sort of plants . |
| 17 | ‘ It would n't have been much use if she had . |
| 18 | ‘ Without them it would n't have been possible , ’ swooned the ebony-tressed editrice as she eased on her crushed-velvet vermilion robes . |
| 19 | And it would n't have been until the development of the first cities that streetwalkers really started to come into their own 11,000 — 12,000 years later . |
| 20 | It would n't have been enough , though . |
| 21 | But it would n't have been so funny if the robbers were n't as stupid as they were and the film would n't have been so good . |
| 22 | ‘ It would n't have been empty . |
| 23 | I did n't like him much because he was a terrible liar but it would n't have been fun without him . |
| 24 | It would n't have been tolerated in her family . |
| 25 | I think it would n't have been so bad if he had n't swore at me so much , that was worse than hitting me . |
| 26 | Either way it would n't have been pleasant . |
| 27 | You put out the word and it would n't have been long before you knew Vecchi was out of sight . |
| 28 | I 'd already decided I wanted to go into the Army and it would n't have been a good idea to have anything on my record about supporting some left-wing group . |
| 29 | ‘ It would n't have been right … ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I was bruised for days afterwards , ’ said Fribble , ‘ but I did n't say anything , because it would n't have been courteous . |