Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [vb pp] a [adv] different " in BNC.
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1 | It is tempting to speculate that were it not for the onset of the protracted illness in February 1858 Which led to his death in September 1859 , his influence might have produced a very different outcome to the competition . |
2 | If only Kinnock had been able to show us this side of himself when he was still Leader of the Labour Party , the election might have had a very different result . |
3 | Election experts could legitimately point to the fact that a system of proportional voting could have given a very different result . |
4 | This , subject to obtaining any necessary consent , is to treat the patient in accordance with his own best clinical judgment , notwithstanding that other practitioners who are not called upon to treat the patient may have formed a quite different judgment or that the court , acting on expert evidence , may disagree with him . |
5 | For example , had Morgan worked among the peoples of New Guinea , whose technological level he would have considered similar , he would have reached a totally different conclusion . |
6 | But , while the main survey showed that men in general tended to be better informed about credit than women , that difference was too small to suggest that Asian women would have given a very different impression if they had been included in the groups . |
7 | For example , this selection of flowers could have been framed in a pale green mount , or the entire design could have been created on a very pale blue-grey background with no mount at all , both of which would have given a very different emphasis to the pink roses . |
8 | The Latin origins of the Roman Catholic Church would have dictated a very different shape of moustache and this is perhaps why priests are not permitted to sport this form of decoration . |
9 | One look inside her at the devastation of her soul would have told a very different story . |
10 | If she were asked where Fenna had come from she would have told a quite different story : the story of the arrival of Fenna . |
11 | Things would n't have kept what you would have had a totally different kind of eating habits ? |
12 | Uderzo says they preferred not to film in America : ‘ They would have had a very different idea of how to approach the jokes . |
13 | Even if he had used the same words , his non verbal communication in the two situations would have conveyed a very different attitude . |
14 | To have reached other people 's expectations , would have required a completely different person , not the me I am . |