Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence there is a problem of how cooperation could evolve in the first place , although it would be stable once it had evolved . |
| 2 | Until 1989 the courts had said that a 'speaking " decision could be upset if it contained an obvious error . |
| 3 | The growth of the ‘ displacement ’ model would be understandable if it resolved individual difficulties or reduced the general incidence of difficulty . |
| 4 | It 's not right when it happens to the lads from the inner cities , so it would n't be right if it happened to the lads from the county set . |
| 5 | Rulers and governments might well be willing when it suited their own purposes to overlook the difficulties which precedence , titles and formal procedures in general so often caused . |
| 6 | Can I just ask , would it be different if it had been a military aircraft ? |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , would n't it be exciting if it landed near us ! ’ cried Hilary . |
| 8 | 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 ? ’ |
| 9 | That is to say , a system could not be cognisant unless it appreciated how intentional changes in its perceptions were constrained by reality . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | Julia knew that it could not be real because it brought with it even more horrible visions , in one of which Comfort and Anthony had her pinned to the ground and were hitting her with garden rakes with specially sharpened tines . |
| 12 | The reply would be satisfactory if it conformed to standard practice . |
| 13 | I mean they they would go right through the process of buying something on credit , and it would be fine until it got to , Erm where do you live . |
| 14 | I could see he was going to be humble and it depressed me . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Even Elena 's advice could be unwelcome when it interfered with his contemplation of the project . |
| 17 | I had expected it to be cold but it surprised me with a suddenness that wrenched my breath away . |
| 18 | But it would be idle to pretend that there were not frivolous appeals and attempts by parties to delay and frustrate justice and to be obstructive if it suited them , when litigants learned how to " play " the courts to their advantage . |
| 19 | Unlike the rock pitch on the Wellenkuppe , the gendarme turned out to be steeper than it looked . |
| 20 | ‘ It would be gratifying if it held some more revelations , but perhaps that would be too much to hope for . |
| 21 | It would never be comfortable while it had the square Canton-wood furniture . |
| 22 | Moreover , the Thessalians by tradition held the presidency of the Amphictyonic Council ( Syll. 175 ) which could be useful when it came to putting a motion . |
| 23 | Our Report would not be credible if it did not acknowledge these differences and explain our response to them . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ’ . |
| 26 | Against : Documentation would be better if it included a tutorial , as it is sometimes quite difficult to follow . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps it would be better if it did . ’ |
| 28 | But it would be better if it did not need washing . |
| 29 | In neither case , does the activity of a postman emerge as something which could be good if it existed in isolation . |
| 30 | " 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 . |