Example sentences of "the [noun sg] would [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lesser man than the Archdeacon would have made a mental note to avoid this rash abandonment of the riches offered by the Prayer Book collect in favour of a misshapen modernity . |
| 2 | Greater care , also , in the proofreading would have prevented a number of misprints in the presentation material . |
| 3 | The question that ocurrs here is whether responsibility is deminished because there is a likelyhood that the provokation would have lead a reasonable man to loose his self-control and inflict this grievious harm . |
| 4 | Opponents said the plan would have had a variable impact , because of differences in the charges of landfill operators across the country . |
| 5 | Conservative group leader Tony Richmond accused finance committee chair Jan Taylor of saying the council would have set a higher budget if it were not for government spending constraints . |
| 6 | The proposal would have ended a system of low taxation on land sales which had helped fuel a property boom since the late 1980s . |
| 7 | Managing director Bernard Segrave-Daly said he had also been hoping the Chancellor would have introduced a duty system which would have helped smaller firms . |
| 8 | The wing would have had a tendency to turn left in flight unless the change had been made ( incorrectly ) to counteract an inherent right turn . |
| 9 | The removal of a large section of the landed and business sections of the community would have had a devastating effect on the province as a whole , and especially its economy . |
| 10 | The wine would have delighted a connoisseur . |
| 11 | Visits to Dunfermline became holy days , later corrupted to holidays , and the town would have resembled a teeming holiday camp , says Mr Putter , with bed and breakfast the biggest industry . |
| 12 | However , if it produced the right sort of pro-saving policies in the meantime , the hand-wringing would have served a useful purpose . |
| 13 | The public had a right to be properly informed , which could only be denied them if it appeared absolutely certain that the article would have presented a threat to judicial authority . |
| 14 | A moment more , a moment less , a foot more , a foot less , and the meter would have given a different reading . |
| 15 | In the next few weeks , as the Angevin court moved south from Caen , the tensions came to the surface and in Bertrand de Born the muddle , the bickering and the bitterness would have found a fascinated observer . |
| 16 | ‘ I am sure the game would have finished a goal-less draw but for that incident . |
| 17 | Given the rambling terms of reference , and the clash of opinion between its members as to how they should be interpreted , the Commission would have faced a bumpy ride at the best of times . |
| 18 | If they had done so , the economy would have retained a much fuller utilization of capacity , which in turn would have increased the companies ' profits ( from 1957 to 1963 the capacity utilization rate in manufacturing averaged only 80.5 per cent , nearly 12 per cent less than the peak achieved in 1966 ) . |
| 19 | ( S. ) 335 recognise the exception illustrated by this decision : if the offence to which the juvenile has pleaded guilty is punishable with 14 years ' imprisonment and is therefore one for which the juvenile can be detained under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) for a longer period , a sentence of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution is not objectionable , despite the plea of guilty , if the offence would have justified a longer term of detention under section 53(2) and the sentencer has given the juvenile a discount for his plea by choosing to impose a term of detention in a young offender institution rather than detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) . |
| 20 | Had Mr Major lost , the Government would have tabled a motion of confidence and invited the Commons to approve it . |
| 21 | It is reckoned that , at the speed of 1916 aircraft , such a blockade of the air would have required a minimum of 720 planes , not 168 , to have been in the least bit effective . |
| 22 | He was not impressed either by the Department 's argu ment that to have revoked the licence would have triggered a dis orderly collapse , allowing the smart money to get out and leaving pen sioners high and dry . |
| 23 | On the sale of the 4 contracts the investor would have received a revenue of 1,400 less a sales brokerage of 12.50 . |
| 24 | The objections to assessing whether the hearing would have made a difference are not confined to those expressed by Megarry J. A superior court in the context of review is not in a good position to calculate whether a hearing would have made a difference , and to do so could well leave the individual with the feeling that he has not been afforded any opportunity of controverting the public body 's view . |
| 25 | On the other hand , the staff felt that the project would have taken a different form and provoked different responses from teachers if an outsider had been present at meetings . |
| 26 | For Henry James the great house is a presence by itself , ‘ a serenity of success , an accumulation of dignity and honour ’ ; ‘ the spectacle of long duration unassociated with some sordid infirmity or poverty ’ ; ‘ a place of which the beauty would have had a sweet odour ’ even in the absence of ‘ flowers in rare vases ’ ; ‘ the ache of antiquity ’ ; ‘ the sign of appointed felicity' . |
| 27 | The whole episode smacks of the extraordinary hold this mercurial man appears to hold over people who run tennis — no other player in the world would have escaped a fine under yesterday 's circumstances . |
| 28 | The remainder of the treatment would have cost a further £23,000 , most of which would have been recouped in return for appearing in advertising promotions . |
| 29 | The press would have had a field day , and what Frank did n't realize is that he himself would have been a laughing stock . |
| 30 | On the basis that it had continued thus , the blade would have had a total length of about five inches . ’ |