Example sentences of "would be [conj] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It was not known yesterday what the exact number of redundancies would be but it is hoped that they can be achieved voluntarily .
2 ‘ Or it would be if it was rendered habitable once more . ’
3 ‘ Only he did n't leave his wife , so Marie O'Donnell returned to Ireland , and because she knew how it would be if it was known she had an illegitimate child she told everyone she was a widow .
4 In a real sense , our mind or at least , our mind as it truly is , our mind as it would be if it were purged of all individuality , partiality , incompleteness , confusion , emotion and what not , is identical with the total absolute which the business of philosophy is to study .
5 Alongside concern about the potential for disastrous accidents there was also a debate about how safe Hinkley C would be when it was operating under ‘ normal ’ conditions .
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