Example sentences of "[vb mod] otherwise have " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was probably no ( easy ) alternative to the use of temporary workers ; and if they were to be employed , at least such workers should otherwise have the same rights as regular workers . |
| 2 | At McNeile 's we should otherwise have fared ill , since neither breakfast , lunch nor supper was inviting . |
| 3 | Like the reader who finds that the chapters of his detective novel have been printed in the wrong order , we may only now be beginning to understand why from the point of view of ego- and superego-development the crime which should be at the beginning ( that of Oedipus ) comes at the end , and why what comes at the beginning ( the oral period ) leads unintelligibly into what should otherwise have been the conclusion of the story ( anal stage , latency ) ! |
| 4 | It served to make the Finnish detective rather sharper than he might otherwise have been . |
| 5 | Such ritual brings no hope , and it diverts to barrenness emotions which might otherwise have been fruitful . |
| 6 | A domestic market that becomes part of an international market is going to be subjected to the effects of changes which might otherwise have been more slow in coming — or would n't have immediately affected it . |
| 7 | The first practice probably encouraged the retention of many old and large flail-threshing barns which might otherwise have fallen into disuse , inviting demolition . |
| 8 | I have never had any qualms about refusing to fund a cause I do not support , but am glad to have the chance to give to good causes I might otherwise have missed . |
| 9 | The ‘ state of war ’ declaration clouded what might otherwise have been a clear-cut case of American aggression and gave the White House the makings of a case under international law . |
| 10 | ( In fact , Mr Duroselle seems almost to believe that the worst aspect of colonialism was the way it divided European nations that might otherwise have come together . ) |
| 11 | The fact that the Labour Party did not lead public opinion as strongly as it might have done meant that the National government had an easier ride than it might otherwise have expected . |
| 12 | But the Protestant Elizabeth , the queen whom he thought he was flattering by likening her to Deborah ( the prophetess who , with the help of the Lord , saved Israel from the Canaanites ) , was never to forgive him , and this ensured that his role in the years of success for the Scottish Protestants after 1560 was less than it might otherwise have been . |
| 13 | And the Bank of England 's ease in selling so many gilt stocks early yesterday is a reminder of just how great the budget deficit remains and how much more public borrowing must follow — taking cash that might otherwise have bought shares . |
| 14 | There was also sadly a degree of controversy with regard to some records , making the work less valuable than it might otherwise have been . |
| 15 | Now , instead of her clients coming to her , she had to walk the streets displaying her attractions ; perhaps luring to depravity men who might otherwise have been content to dream and wonder . |
| 16 | In the absence of local employment alternatives which might otherwise have developed , it made between one-third and one-half of the Palestinian work-force dependent for its livelihood upon employment by Israeli enterprises . |
| 17 | There had been a morning of heavy rain before the event and this must have reduced the expected numbers present and made it more subdued than it might otherwise have been . |
| 18 | It not only secured jobs which might otherwise have been lost but also created 80 more . |
| 19 | There is a strong tradition that it is bad luck to disturb a standing stone or stone circle and fear of retribution has undoubtedly helped preserve many that might otherwise have been removed for building stone , gateposts and the like . |
| 20 | Germany was forced to donate massive subsidy to East Prussia by laying new railway tracks across the Corridor , by starting new air services and by offering finance to the Baltic shipping lines operating out of East Prussian ports , whose trade had been damaged by the Corridor and who might otherwise have collapsed . |
| 21 | It was difficult to imagine a more stimulating environment for bright children who might otherwise have lost out on their education . |
| 22 | The result was a victory for Herwald and commonsense , $15,000 for charities and the loss of a potential $500,000 in legal fees for lawyers who might otherwise have been called upon the resolve a dispute over who had the right to use the slogan ‘ Plane Smart ’ . |
| 23 | Since unemployed workers are expecting zero price inflation , they perceive the rise in money wages ( 4 per cent in Fig. 6.4 ) as a rise in real wages and some of them accept job offers which they might otherwise have refused . |
| 24 | Pity made her more friendly towards him than she might otherwise have been . |
| 25 | Intelligent management of the government party and careful preparation of the way in House of Lords can guarantee a relatively smooth passage for a Bill which might otherwise have encountered difficulties . |
| 26 | A bonus was that he had been so fascinated by his earlier experience that his confidence in hypnotherapy as a whole had grown , and he was far more willing to undergo treatment than he might otherwise have been . |
| 27 | My new project led me into unexplored realms of psychology which I might otherwise have ignored . |
| 28 | Unfortunately for his cause he succeeded in alienating many of the gentry who might otherwise have supported him and in tying himself up in the increasingly convoluted legal knots with which the later Tudors sought to define their rights . |
| 29 | Royalists were often heavily fined or , like John Ashburnham , had their entire estates sequestered , but the concern of the gentry for its own solidarity modified much of the bitterness which might otherwise have damaged the county further . |
| 30 | It has been instrumental in rescuing cats out of trees who might otherwise have starved or drowned , ’ a local resident tells me . |