Example sentences of "would [verb] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's what you 'd say if it happened to anybody else . ’ |
| 2 | Different considerations would arise if it did , since it would be contrary to public policy for the court not to recognise as a qualified representative of the head of state of the foreign state the diplomatic representative recognised by Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 3 | After that , Waits retreats into his usual ho humdrum bummed-out bluesywoozy alkie drone mode mood muzak , the sort of mozzery gushy mush your dog would make if it had vocal chords and could handle its drink . |
| 4 | The Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , yesterday disputed the interpretation put on Mr Hurd 's words last Wednesday but refused to say what the Government would do if it lost . |
| 5 | Now North Yorkshire County Council er I think in their statement look to erm to existing market towns to provide what little evidence they can up to justify fourteen hundred dwellings , er I think that 's again a simplistic approach because by definition the market now can seal them up wider catchment area , many of them are some distance from York , and the settlements concerned provide a service base for a number of surrounding villages , and therefore the actual specialities and services found within that particular settlement are greater than one would achieve if it did not have a large catchment area . |
| 6 | What could be more sensible than the suggestion that the best way of evaluating a thing for its very own self , and not for its effects or its contribution to the value of larger wholes , is to consider what value it would possess if it existed in complete isolation ? |
| 7 | He told those responsible their hamlet would burn if it happened again . |
| 8 | That value is small compared with the potential value that a search firm would have if it had a market quotation ; there would be a significant number of new millionaires were that to happen . |
| 9 | Erm the caravan sites act nineteen sixty eight er , paragraph fifteen did actually , I think address the provision government sites quite well , or it would have if it had actually been properly implemented in that there was a carrot and stick , there was stick or requirement |
| 10 | They warned that ‘ a major political row ’ would erupt if it emerged that Sir John had met the SDLP and Alliance at short notice — after receiving a letter from an UUP delegation requesting a meeting . |
| 11 | Mm and what would happen if it came to the end of the quarter and you had so much money accumulated to pay on your Co book , for stuff that you 'd got over the quarter , and you just could n't pay it ? |
| 12 | But what would happen if it left me ? |
| 13 | And when I asked him what would happen if it got known he just smiled and said I could talk if I wanted to . |
| 14 | Just imagine what would happen if it caught on here . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't want the Russians on my track if they knew what I was looking for — just think what it would mean if it turned up now ? |
| 16 | Alameda has worked with the navy for a long time , and 8,000 jobs would go if it closed ; Everett expects 6,000 sailors and their families to arrive when it is finished , and has built most of the infrastructure . |
| 17 | This thing looked like it would capsize if it collided with a rubber duck in a bath . |
| 18 | Netwise thought direct sales would increase if it expanded into new geographical markets . |
| 19 | In an internal memorandum leaked this week , some suggested stressing the strategic and political danger that Palestinian self-government would cause if it led to the creation of an independent Palestinian state . |
| 20 | er actually who are all in front , mostly from Stanton which I represent , they have made their views known to me some years ago , er this might happen , erm I 'm very glad that you have responded now to their concerns as well as the concerns of the villages and , and this paper does mark significant erm success co-operation between a lot of people involved and for that reason I welcome it , I would ask if it becomes be prepared to make it six months instead of three months please . |