Example sentences of "would otherwise be [noun] " in BNC.

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1 By irrigating land that would otherwise be desert , they produce half of the fruit and vegetables sold in the US .
2 Acts which would otherwise be trespass are not so when justification is provided by law .
3 Just as the higher law of life stops an apple held in my hand from obeying the law of gravity to which it would otherwise be subject , so the law ( as he daringly calls it ) of the Spirit overcomes the sin death principle to which the Christian would otherwise be subject .
4 Just as the higher law of life stops an apple held in my hand from obeying the law of gravity to which it would otherwise be subject , so the law ( as he daringly calls it ) of the Spirit overcomes the sin death principle to which the Christian would otherwise be subject .
5 ‘ Good ’ on such a formal account is wholly undefinable a priori because , to adopt Moore 's reasoning , moral propositions would otherwise be tautologies or self-contradictions .
6 The actual pitch should be written in , as shown , when there would otherwise be ambiguity ( as there would be in this case , as to which F is required , high or low ) .
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