Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] would [verb] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ritchie ( 1985 ) and Whittington and Ritchie ( 1988 ) argue that extensive machair has developed in the last 4000 years and that such a fundamental change in the geography and soils of the west coast would have had great influence on settlement history and patterns in this extreme marginal area . |
| 2 | The argument that the court should take account of the fact that the wearing of a seat belt would have caused other injuries of a different nature was rejected as a matter of principle in Patience v Andrews [ 1983 ] RTR 447 : it is respectfully submitted that this decision is wrong and does not give effect to the provision in s1 of the Law Reform ( Contributory Negligence ) Act 1945 , that damages should be reduced to such extent as the court thinks just and equitable . |
| 3 | The agreement came only 10 hours before the deadline for the beginning of the new fiscal year , after which automatic spending cuts triggered by the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction law would have become operational . |
| 4 | On the basis of that Leeds as a fantasy team would have got 138 points so far this season . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Now the Home Secretary admitted in the committee stage on the floor of the house that to have had the public inquiry stage would have added seven weeks to the boundary process . |
| 7 | Her sudden head movement would have seemed unnecessary , paranoid . |
| 8 | An independent share valuation would have given these shares a total value of about £50,000 . |
| 9 | As for communication , there is no way of knowing whether a cab radio would have made any difference in this accident , but I agree with my hon. Friend that it is desirable that cab radios should be fitted into locomotives and multiple unit fleets . |
| 10 | If the machine was switched on , the entire metal bodywork would have become live , seriously injuring , possibly even killing the user . |
| 11 | In the pre-punk 1970s , before working-class chic peaked , hipsters at art school would have out-posed middle-class Ruby . |
| 12 | The adult animal would have stood 12.5 metres tall and stretched 40 metres from head to tail . |
| 13 | Despite the large size of the Shroud , removal of the area of cloth needed for normal radiocarbon dating would have inflicted unacceptable damage . |
| 14 | In the ( largely unsuccessful ) attempts at rearing dog-whelks in aquaria ( Crothers , 1977 , 1980 ) , the exposed shore population would have required three years to reach adult size whilst one of the more sheltered , Gore Point , animals laid capsules ( which did not hatch ) at the age of two . |
| 15 | With any other man Dalgliesh would have pointed this out and with some asperity . |
| 16 | Scrapping the income ceiling at which employees stop paying the 9% national insurance contribution would have attacked another anomaly . |
| 17 | But North Tyneside , the region 's unemployment blackspot would have taken little comfort from such news . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , the low sea level would have killed existing corals , which do not survive above low tide level as a rule , so that there ought to be discontinuities in the reefs , and , if those who believe in progressively lower interglacial sea levels are correct , the reefs should exhibit a terraced or stepped form . |
| 19 | ( groan , groan — you all know what i want ; - ) ; - ) — with Frank playing 11 games from start my bet is that his goal tally would have exceeded 2 — of course he still misses some qualities — but he knows how to make a goal … as the commentaries said it : ‘ He is under-21 and is still learning the game ’ ) |
| 20 | Even a master welder would have left some traces of his craftsmanship . |
| 21 | Surely , with your background , something in the hotel line would have made more sense ? ’ |
| 22 | Ten years earlier no Company official would have done much about this , and even in 1757 not many officials would have done the same as Clive : he joined the conspiracy against Siraj-ud-Daula , led his little army of 3,000 men against the Bengal army of 60,000 , committed his troops beyond hope of withdrawal by crossing the Hughli ( the lesser Ganges ) , and on 23 June 1757 held them steady at the battle of Plassey . |
| 23 | Thorough market research would have uncovered this . |
| 24 | The jerk of the Zodiac 's tow rope would have slewed Golden Girl broadside to the wind but Trent was ready with the jib sheet , hauling in hard to balance wind with tow . |