Example sentences of "it would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would superficially seem reasonable to accept 7.45 , but it should be noted that more of the highest third of pupils placed " pm " after the clock time than did pupils in other bands . |
| 2 | However , many philosophers today would probably go along more with Hare 's original position and say that although Kant may well have answered the third sort of question ( page 98 ) well , he has not adequately answered the second ( still less , it would generally be thought , the first ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Skinner 's notes to the final disc in the Christchurch recordings of the Byrd masses skate over the exact reasons for this change of pitch and , although I would agree that the brighter sound of trebles has the greater immediate impact than men 's voices alone , it could be argued that if this Mass was ever used , it would most likely have been performed by solo voices or a small and musically skinned ensemble gathered to celebrate a recusant Roman service , probably without the participation of boys . |
| 5 | A Soviet product rather than Soviet puppet , it would most likely require a Soviet invasion to establish conclusively whether his loyalty to the USSR is his overriding one . |
| 6 | Furthermore , the faculty would consider such behaviour unethical ; it would most probably result in a referral to the faculty 's disciplinary committee . |
| 7 | This was probably the saving of it as it would most likely have disappeared by now . |
| 8 | Given that such a coalition would enjoy the support of more than 50% of electors and that the turnover of seats under PR is small ( Professor Finer estimated that a swing of 1% would result in the loss of only six seats ) , it would most likely remain in office for the foreseeable future and hence be in a position to ensure a degree of policy continuity . |
| 9 | It would most probably be very staid . |
| 10 | Kennedy 's advisers opposed this solution because it would again single out Britain amongst the European states for special treatment ; it would fuel de Gaulle 's dislike for NATO ; and it would make Britain 's entry into Europe , which was part of the State Department 's policy , even less likely . |
| 11 | The other conditions of an effect , by which I again mean particulars or tokens rather than types — it would again be more accurate to speak of individual properties and relations — are also required or alternatively required for the effects . |
| 12 | If the Life is later than that and if it belongs to the 730s or even 740s , however , it would again demonstrate that the relationship between a dependant or sub-king and his overlord was not inevitably confrontational but on occasion at least perfectly acceptable to both sides for as long , presumably , as it remained of mutual benefit . |
| 13 | Across the scrubby ground past the Nissen huts runs a main road , with a bus service to Stonehaven on the A94 , where it would again pick up the A92 . |
| 14 | Council agreed that , after an interval of six years , it would again be prepared to consider applications for recognition from schools of architecture in South Africa . |
| 15 | It would however , be premature to conclude that there can be a relaxation of efforts . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It would however be quite unreasonable to expect the accidents were never to happen when the wire gauze lamps are used ; for it must be remembered , setting aside the chance of their being damaged by some of the casualties incidental to coal mining , they are to be entrusted to the management of a body of men among whom negligent individuals will be found . ’ |
| 17 | It would however produce a stress concentration of 201 among the molecules near the crack tip . |
| 18 | It would however , be spurious to suggest that every Victorian miss , sent to Switzerland for ‘ finishing ’ took a brass bound box camera and a dozen 12 × 16 ″ plates along with her hat boxes . |
| 19 | It would however , be spurious to suggest that every Victorian miss , sent to Switzerland for ‘ finishing ’ took a brass bound box camera and a dozen 12×16in plates along with her hat boxes . |
| 20 | It would however be misleading to say that the United States courts have always utilised the rational basis test . |
| 21 | It would however be unwise to assume too easily that volumes will continue to grow rapidly . |
| 22 | Are we to conclude , therefore , that the Anglican Church 's neglect of purification ritual for women is not because it believes women to be ‘ clean ’ , but because it would rather such matters were n't mentioned at all ? |
| 23 | No sociological research is likely to produce absolutely clear cut answers ; if it were to come out with all the results 100 per cent in support of some hypothesis it would rather suggest that the hypothesis was hardly worth bothering about in the first place . |
| 24 | The North might well observe too that it would rather be free of national economic policies that have only succeeded , over so many post-war years and through several alternating governments , in bringing the country to a level of GNP per head visibly falling behind all our respectable rivals — and some newcomers till recently beneath notice . |
| 25 | It already makes black and white displays in the US , but demand for notebook personal computers with colour displays is growing , and Sharp says it would rather make these locally than export them from Japan , where they are still subject to perverse US anti-dumping duties . |
| 26 | It would rather the ports be done from scratch to make developers more beholden to Microsoft APIs . |
| 27 | It would rather mount a protest over student grants ( probably in the UK the most generous in the world per student ) than attempt to frame a Charter of the academic rights which should fall to every student . |
| 28 | As she tentatively slid one ski forwards half an inch , the other decided it would rather proceed in a sideways direction , and , with a strangled squawk , she hit the deck , an ungainly tangle of arms , legs and ski-sticks . |
| 29 | ‘ I think it would rather be a matter of relinquishment of the claim . |
| 30 | It may just be an extremist minority within a minority that would take offence , but one company told PEN it would rather just take the easy way out and not have pigs . |