Example sentences of "[noun] would have [vb pp] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scholastics would have recognized some such distinction . |
| 2 | It is clear that , despite the clamour for his resignation , Mr Lamont is hoping to stay at the Treasury for longer than most pundits would have thought possible last year . |
| 3 | Angel 's parents would have taken poor lonely Tess to their hearts immediately , as they did every other lost soul , without thought of family or education or wealth . |
| 4 | In the old days the subtle relationships which constituted the Establishment at work would have prevented any such developments taking place . |
| 5 | England would have had six existing internationals in the team but Kevin Stamp was accidently hit in the mouth by a stick at the training weekend and has withdrawn . |
| 6 | Th the will be other new schemes that were , not yet come forward , because the local media have not , erm , addressed a particular area , but as soon as it does in March or April , then the town conservatives would have done that next year . |
| 7 | The most important buildings would have had red hand-made tiles on the roof and for this reason , the region became known as Rottwil ( red villa ) . |
| 8 | The sun was shining this time , but Alyssia would have remembered that little house anywhere . |
| 9 | Dropping version 2 of OSF/1 would have left those on-going developments undeployable . |
| 10 | Two ‘ Green Bush ’ bush marrow plants would have provided enough decent-sized marrows for our needs , while it looks as if my two courgette plants probably wo n't give enough fruit to justify their considerable demand on space in the plot . |
| 11 | The move would have boosted rock-bottom Tory morale just in time for their conference next week . |
| 12 | It may be standard practice in France for one state enterprise to give to another large sums of money when one of them is in financial trouble ; but it is doubtful whether private undertakings would have considered this particular transaction as ‘ normal ’ . |
| 13 | Sadat was shocked ; later he told his wife that he could not believe that the Shah would have allowed any foreign power such influence over his country 's affairs . |
| 14 | Announcing its decision , the Department of Environment said it had responded to three main criticisms : i ) the register would have listed all potential , not necessarily actual , contaminated sites , since it included all locations where specified industries had been sited ; ii ) sites would not be removed from the register , even if after clean-up ; iii ) there was no specific provision for determining who should bear the liability , and the costs , of the clean-up . |
| 15 | Watching her sleep , however , is not the most stimulating experience I 've had of late , although I realise that certain New York film-makers would have shot ten solid reels of it and begged for more . |
| 16 | Of all the visits Scott can only recall one where the SSD would have delivered all eight key tasks in time for April regardless of the Support Force . |
| 17 | To use the army as strike-breakers for the first time since Franco ( and Spain 's universally detested military service would have caused some intersting tests of loyalty ) would have provoked a confrontation with an unclear outcome for both sides . |
| 18 | The Proudies would have detested this democratic delegation and abhorred Bishop John 's preference for a black shirt rather than a purple shirt — he wears black ‘ because it helps me to feel a colleague among the clergy ’ . |
| 19 | Even the agitations of the women 's movement would have warranted little more than a raised eyebrow from a lass in a Salvation Army bonnet that had to be strong enough to protect the head of the wearer from brick bats and other missiles . |
| 20 | In January all its planned projects would have needed 22 billion roubles . |
| 21 | What was arresting was n't what they were saying : minimal prompting would have elicited numerous similar testimonials to Bobby Charlton 's qualities as an Englishman , an athlete , walker-on-water , inter-galactic being , ambassador and father . |
| 22 | Such a decision would have had considerable economic and political consequences as the plant employed 6,000 workers in a state where unemployment was already high , at 6.3 per cent . |
| 23 | The Russians would have removed any possible clues from the suite by now . |
| 24 | Hopkins and Jacob would have understood one another . |
| 25 | Dancer would have had much more fun . |
| 26 | Whereas the tax relief would have affected some 78,000,000 families , the proposed increases would have applied to only around 1,000,000 couples and individuals . |
| 27 | For a drainage level to come in at this depth would have required some 600 ft. of tunnelling and of course , since the art of blasting was not yet introduced , it would have been a protracted and costly operation . |
| 28 | Not that , given the same set of circumstances , she could see how Cara would have fared any better . |
| 29 | For some minutes she again wondered if Cara would have fared any better . |
| 30 | However , had the last element in p been other than 4 , the three pairs of equations would have given three different answers . |