Example sentences of "which would have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | was given leave by an overwhelming majority of the House of Commons ( 228 votes to 17 ) to introduce a Bill which would have imposed a requirement of reasonableness where a mistaken belief in consent was alleged . |
| 2 | Guillaume was also disturbed by Modi 's unpredictable and unbusinesslike behaviour : ‘ the mere idea of asking him for a signature , which would have legalized a relationship , seemed ridiculous to me ’ . |
| 3 | In the mid 1970s there was an abortive attempt to develop a new way of managing the industry in the Territories Plan ( which would have given a structure very similar to that developed in Germany in much earlier years and still in use both on DB and DR ) , but this failed largely on account of union opposition . |
| 4 | A compromise was put forward by the General , Municipal and Boilermakers union which would have created a register of individual union supporters . |
| 5 | However , it seems unlikely that the British parent did not back Mr Nathan 's proposal , which would have secured a price for Imigran similar to that in Britain . |
| 6 | It has been estimated that an impact which would have excavated a basin the size of , for example , Mare Imbrium ( Figure 6.1 ( a ) ) which is about 800 km diameter , would initially have produced a bowl about 150 km deep . |
| 7 | Crystal Palace chairman Ron Noades was a leading advocate of an enlarged Premier League , which would have sounded a death knell for the Football League . |
| 8 | Most outstanding orders were completed , but two Extra Large Bloomers were cancelled , which would have made a total of five of that class . |
| 9 | A US peace plan for the Middle East , which would have recognised a place for Palestinians , was rejected by Begin . |
| 10 | One direct result of the change in policy is the abandonment of a coffee-growing project in the south of the Central African Republic , which would have opened a rainforest area to unplanned colonization and illegal logging . |
| 11 | So ESA has recently had to consent to launch Exosat on one of NASA 's Delta rockets — an option it could have taken in the early 1970s which would have allowed a launch in 1977 . |
| 12 | ‘ Right , ’ I said , as they subsided onto the seats and panted while I packed away our food wrappings ( which would have started a dinky fire ) . |
| 13 | ‘ We are developing liners for bins , which would have contained a bomb blast such as at Warrington and would have reduced injuries . ’ |
| 14 | There were scenes in the Commons which would have shamed a school playground . |
| 15 | When the crowd sang Flower Of Scotland deep into the final quarter of the match , Hastings responded with a brilliant diagonal run off a dummy scissors which would have brought a try for Reed in the corner but for courageous defending from Davies . |
| 16 | This fell short of an appeal for the Mediterranean states to follow Malta 's example , which would have implied a neutralisation of the Mediterranean . |
| 17 | Three hundred people at R-A-F Brize Norton and the major Oxford hospitals were due to participate in the excercise which would have simulated a runway collision between a V-C Ten and a Tristar . |