Example sentences of "but it would [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waddle may give them this on the left , but it would surely have done no harm to start the match with Dorigo 's dash instead of the perennial , peripheral Pearce . |
| 2 | The sentiment is perfectly true , but it would surely have chemists from the school of Compte spinning in their graves . |
| 3 | This is highly price sensitive information from which a conglomerate could make a profit or avoid a loss , but it would rarely constitute a breach of the the Company Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Act 1985 . |
| 4 | But it would simply look like an admission of guilt and I 'm damned If I 'm going to do that when I 've nothing to hide . ’ |
| 5 | Not so that it would stop cars getting across into the car park , but it would nevertheless give the impression . |
| 6 | It remains unexcavated , and therefore difficult to date , but it would logically belong in the pre-Flavian phase of consolidation , protecting an important river crossing on the main north-south line of communication , like the forts at Godmanchester and Great Casterton . |
| 7 | but it would just wear off they 'd think well you know it 's not such a big thing now , I mean it 's not , I mean part of the fun is the risk for a lot of people . |
| 8 | But it would also revolutionize the ordinary person 's understanding of the laws that govern the universe . |
| 9 | But it would also miss the chance to coordinate efforts in the most strategically significant areas — such as engine technology — which the ‘ Big Three ’ have purposely excluding from USCAR . |
| 10 | Such a state of affairs would , of course , protect serious public discussion of matters of social importance but it would also debase much of the discussion of public affairs . |
| 11 | Not only is it impractical , and possibly unethical , to restrict psychobiological studies to work on humans and great apes but it would also mean throwing out most of the work done to date , since most of that has involved the use of non-primates like cats , hamsters , and especially rats . |
| 12 | This would certainly increase the level of the lighting but it would also tend to change the character of the setting , and the presence of floodlights works against any wish to keep the atmosphere of an occasion informal . |
| 13 | But it would also appear to know its own place in history in a way which an exercise of the furious imagination in art can sometimes seem to prevent . |
| 14 | The third ring included most of the land already acquired for green belt purposes under the 1938 Act , but it would also include other open land , not necessarily in public ownership but permanently safeguarded against building . |
| 15 | But it would also help secondary teachers to space out chemistry 's sequential steps , giving their pupils more time to absorb principles before they build on them . |
| 16 | This would be of obvious benefit to the spider , whose web would last longer , but it would also help the bird to avoid getting dirtied by sticky spider silk . |
| 17 | But it would also take 700 000 travellers out of their cars and over a million passengers would switch over from air travel . |
| 18 | Not only would this have amounted to abandonment of a well-established principle ( not a thing welcome to lawyers ) , but it would also have threatened the stability of contracts of sale . |
| 19 | In this case a gold frame was chosen to match another picture in the bedroom , but it would also have looked attractive in a pastel pink frame or one made from pine or a darker wood , depending on the room for which it was intended . |
| 20 | The draft directive has , however , been criticised because not only would it extend data protection to manual data such as card indexes exempt under much existing legislation but it would also have a substantial impact on charities which depend on direct mail to get support and sponsorship . |
| 21 | The use of zeolite to remove the ammonia might allow you to stock more fish — but it would also interrupt the ‘ flow ’ of nitrites to the bacteria and stop them multiplying . |
| 22 | The committee would be likely to consider a suggestion by Lord Donaldson that case separation might be needed where the public had an interest in the outcome of a case but it would also play a role as representative of those who actually used legal services , he said . |
| 23 | But it would probably matter to Father Kipling . ’ |
| 24 | Subduction along the continental margin would eventually cease , but it would probably continue along the outer edge of the island arc as oceanic lithosphere would still be available for subduction there . |
| 25 | Clearly the benefits of mahogany would have eventually become evident but it would probably have taken much longer . |
| 26 | The value of the grand unification energy is not very well known , but it would probably have to be at least a thousand million million GeV . |
| 27 | You would be confined to the building , naturally , and you would have to live in the cells , but it would probably save your life . ’ |
| 28 | It seemed quite shameless to me then but it would probably seem tame to today 's youngsters . |
| 29 | It would probably add to the complications in my life but it would probably lessen the hours that I have on my own , though God knows , I do n't do too badly . |
| 30 | It is possible for the advanced stage to supervene a few months after infection , but it would normally take ten or fifteen years to develop . |