Example sentences of "would [be] [adj] if it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But parliament is far away , and the border of Wales is very near , and is there a soul in these parts who does not know that smuggling goes on day by day , and that life here would be impossible if it did not ? |
| 2 | Someone once worked out that there were about a dozen words which appeared more often than any other in ad headlines , and concluded slightly illogically — that any ad would be better if it had one or more of them in the headline . |
| 3 | Against : Documentation would be better if it included a tutorial , as it is sometimes quite difficult to follow . |
| 4 | Jones further argues that if central government believes it can not or should not perform a particular public function , ‘ it would be better if it decentralised not to technocratic quangos but to directly elected local governments ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps it would be better if it did . ’ |
| 6 | But it would be better if it did not need washing . |
| 7 | There has , to date , been no readily available published accounts of the amounts received and disbursed by the various victim compensation boards , but it would be surprising if it amounted to many millions . |
| 8 | Bearing in mind the size of the KGB 's foreign operations it would be surprising if it did not have some successes . |
| 9 | I wanted to go to Chimney 's it would be nice if it rained at Chimney 's cos there , we could go in the pond . |
| 10 | Now that allowance would be nice if it bore some relationship to what was allowed in the estimated er , figures . |
| 11 | The growth of the ‘ displacement ’ model would be understandable if it resolved individual difficulties or reduced the general incidence of difficulty . |
| 12 | " Income " includes income chargeable to income tax by deduction or otherwise ( UK source income ) and any income which would be chargeable if it had been received in the United Kingdom by a person resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 13 | Thus new furniture would be defective if it contained live woodworm even though the presence of the woodworm posed no threat of personal injury . |
| 14 | The fashionable question ‘ How does the head office add value ? ’ would be clearer if it asked , ‘ When and why does a firmlet gain from being part of a company ? ’ |
| 15 | If that were so then what I say would be true if it had the appropriate backing , false otherwise . |
| 16 | ‘ I would be surprised if it does n't test 2,200 , ’ says Mr Tora , a view shared by others . |
| 17 | We shall take into consideration the possibility that it might happen , but it would be dreadful if it did . " |
| 18 | The reply would be satisfactory if it conformed to standard practice . |
| 19 | ‘ It would be gratifying if it held some more revelations , but perhaps that would be too much to hope for . |
| 20 | The statement that the actions we ought to do are those which promote the general happiness would be useless if it meant nothing more than that they do promote it , and that something more can only be given by an intuition . |
| 21 | Up to a point diversity is good ; local government would be useless if it did not permit some variety and flexibility in provision . |
| 22 | There have been an enormous series of changes over the last ten or fifteen years , and maybe some school teachers would be glad if it slowed down a little bit to make their life a little easier , I do n't know . |