Example sentences of "and it would [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Without the ERM , countries could competitively devalue their currencies : that would prove as inflationary in future as it has in the past , and it would give rise to the sort of trade frictions that plague the relationship between America and Japan , or worse .
2 And it would give Doctor Who a far greater visual continuity as there would be no need to worry about give-and-take discussions with formal Effects Designers .
3 I 'm certain forging will have no difficulty copying it and it would give Mr Devlin the photo he wanted . ’
4 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 .
5 It would upset Major Harper and it would upset Auntie Lou , and all to no purpose because Mr Evans would never let her see him again .
6 Additional revenue could be obtained by the Exchequer from this source and it would deter demand for imported goods by making them appear expensive in our shops .
7 on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its .
8 Paying attention to those lessons would make disappointment in Russia and Eastern Europe a little less likely , and it would remind governments that , nearly always , there are more useful ways of bestowing generosity than the questionable methods adopted in Russia 's case .
9 It could be so quick , so easy and it would simplify things so much .
10 Certainly this definition would cover the Croat units , which were more closely integrated with German forces than any other Yugoslav formations , and it would provide McCreery and Keightley with the authorization they required .
11 And erm with these you changed them both into sixths did n't you could have changed them both into twelfths and it would have work but then we 'll get an answer that needs we would have got sixth twelfths well it still comes to a half .
12 This would make it harder for me to make changes ; and it would have implications for the responsibilities of Departmental Ministers since Select Committees would try to summon the Chairman of Cabinet Committees to give evidence in addition to the responsible Minister .
13 It would be prepared to " flip " name-words and it would have access to useful cross-reference files derived from the forms of names and titles which people actually search for .
14 And it would force companies to say in their annual reports whether they had broken laws on consumer protection , safety , the environment and discrimination .
15 I had a slow-growing tumour in the lung and it would take time to reach obnoxious proportions , but as sure as the moon will rise and set and the tides with it , so my tumour would go on grinding away until …
16 Most of the party leaders were in any case inherited from Balfour and it would take time to find men of the new stamp , even if this were possible .
17 Macromolecules in solution are usually much smaller and it would take years for them to overcome the Brownian motion and form a sediment .
18 There would be bad , and good , effects and it would take weeks , even months , for her to assimilate them .
19 If we sat down now and tried to write something fashionable , we could n't do it — our hearts would n't be in it , and it would sound bollocks .
20 And it would encourage Duke William to forget any silly ideas about the succession that King Edward put into his head . ’
21 I would like the walk and it would save Alex getting out the car . ’
22 ‘ Australian racing has benefited from such a system and it would keep money in the game instead of it going to the big bookmaking firms who channel the cash into their other businesses .
23 We felt that if smokers were going to use smoking rooms phones would n't be covered and it would cause resentment amongst non-smokers who had to cover for them .
24 If we insisted on electricity generators buying expensive coal , that would be bad news for domestic electricity customers and it would cause job losses in the rest of British industry .
25 In February 1981 the Transport Department and British Rail published a joint report which concluded that a substantial programme of main-line electrification would be financially worthwhile : it would show a real return on capital of around 11 per cent and it would cut oil consumption .
26 The partners said the acquisition was aimed at giving CGI Informatique access to the large commercial network of IBM plus IBM 's skill in systems integration , and it would help CGI 's expansion , especially its international expansion .
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