Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [conj] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dragon roared in defiance , but pulled out of the dive that would have removed Rincewind 's head , and flapped ponderously back to the tree . |
| 2 | These can be useful for the company as the money that would have gone into the pension fund can be used to boost profitability ( particularly useful during a takeover bid ) , or for the financing of projects . |
| 3 | MANCHESTER UNITED yesterday settled into an uneasy peace after a face-saving operation by which Martin Edwards and Michael Knighton mutually agreed to tear up the contract that would have sold the club to Knighton . |
| 4 | The route to this intermediate target may be quite different from the route that would have led to the ultimate target . |
| 5 | These bronze fastenings protrude through the keel and would have secured the main station frames of the hull . |
| 6 | I was uneasy in the dark and would have turned on the torch except that after only one fifth of the journey I had used half my batteries . |
| 7 | Groom stood her ground and , eventually , as a way out of the impasse , telephoned the Woman 's Page editor in London , who advised her that , as she was already in France , she should do the interview and would have to send it to the Ashleys for their approval before publication . |
| 8 | In a sense , this provision simply imposes the result that would have arisen under general conflict of law principles if the governing law clause had never existed . |
| 9 | Morton had not taken up arms previously , but he knew that some of his friends would have gone to the conventicle and would have volunteered to take part in the unequal contest against the soldiers . |
| 10 | Driving with difficulty through torrential rain while thunder and lightning crashed overhead , Jack found himself in a narrow West Country lane , realising that he had missed the turning that would have brought him back on to the main road . |
| 11 | L/Cpl Edwards had been shot through the cheek and would have become unconscious immediately and died shortly afterwards , said consultant pathologist Dr Roger Williams . |
| 12 | This of course was a common point of view but none the less irritating because we were nearly all conscripted at this stage of the war and would have preferred to have been left alone to get on with our nice , comfortable civilian lives in peace . |
| 13 | StorageTek says that it too had put some money up for the development and would have marketed the product even without buying the company — although the Viking was seen as a direct competitor to its own Iceberg , Viking is in fact a simpler device with fewer features . |
| 14 | But , as she looked up into his dark eyes that gave nothing away , and battled furiously against the pride that would have held her back from pressing her question , suddenly the sun came out . |
| 15 | The bottom boards showed no sign of the disturbance that would have occurred if anyone had interfered with the internal structures . |
| 16 | To assess UK competition policy we need ideally to compare the evolution of the UK economy under the policy with the evolution that would have occurred under some different policy , for example a policy of laissez-faire or complete non-intervention . |
| 17 | So your ideal system would have been to have a few strategic Cabinet committees beneath the Cabinet that would have done all the most controversial business ? |
| 18 | John Beck 's unfashionable team have turned the derided ‘ long ball ’ game into something of an art form , but their aerial bombardment of the Wolves goal failed to bring them the victory that would have enhanced their promotion prospects . |
| 19 | Initially , I think that girls would have been more afraid and bewildered when first landing on the island and would have accepted their situation less easily than the boys as girls are usually more attached to their backgrounds and less willing for change ( of this sort ) than boys . |
| 20 | It is known that he wished to stay in the Government and would have liked to have pressed on with the reform of prisons . |
| 21 | I stirred the potato powder into the liquid and would have begun eating but it was too hot . |
| 22 | THE BILL that would have banned the hunting of wild animals was rejected in Parliament yesterday by just 12 votes . |
| 23 | He had enjoyed the city and would have liked to stay longer . |
| 24 | My Lord the er plaintiff 's case is that you must er appertain now the actual situation of these plaintiffs and compare it with the situation that would have prevailed if the breaching of contract alleged , had not occurred . |
| 25 | So , a feature analyser would also have to take into account the overall shape of the letters so it 's becoming a bit more complicated already in terms of the model that would have to account for it . |
| 26 | There is then a no gain/no loss disposal of his investment in the old company , and the gain that would have arisen goes to reduce the base cost of the qualifying investment . |
| 27 | If they are qualifying corporate bonds , the gain that would have arisen had the Target shares been disposed of is calculated , then suspended , and falls into charge on a subsequent disposal of the bonds even if they have by then become valueless ( see s116 TCGA 1992 ) . |
| 28 | She was alone in the world and would have to heal herself and somehow she would have to find the strength to do it . |
| 29 | It also claimed that the revenue generated from the industry had provided Nauru with " the highest per capita income in the world and would have allowed the Nauruan government to rehabilitate the mined areas if it so wished . " |
| 30 | By June 1879 Benjamin the Silversmith was terminally ill with cancer of the abdomen ; in the earlier part of the century that would have meant admission to the workhouse or protracted and difficult nursing at home . |