Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] would [adv] have " in BNC.

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1 That will be possible because I made the scheme more flexible , so the FHSAs are allowed to use the funds that would previously have been limited to practice premises and ancillary staff to support the continued development and expansion of computerisation of primary health care .
2 The new ceiling enabled the War Office to retain some extra units that would otherwise have been disbanded .
3 The BSS UK dismisses any suggestion that use of the Beltex as a terminal sire will lead to more lambing problems ; so far those who have used Beltex rams for crossing report no more incidence of assisted lambings than would normally have been dealt with .
4 This move was executed overnight , with little time to spare , for Kluck , believing both French and British forces already defeated , was still marching westward at maximum speed and would shortly have been able to envelop the BEF 's left flank .
5 So now , although her guests had really had enough tea and would rather have been somewhere else , everyone was showing signs of impatience for another cup .
6 It was fortunate that the longer wheelbase cars had been removed to work on the Sutton route as they were longer and of larger capacity than the Corporation cars and would certainly have given trouble on the section between Selby Road and West Croydon , which was all single track with short passing loops .
7 I 'm a sucker for pretty wood finishes and would probably have requested a much more translucent look than the one I see here .
8 The use of aisles permitted the erection of a much wider building than would otherwise have been possible .
9 This rather tenuous Morrissey connection managed to gain pockets of press coverage that would otherwise have been wasted on Bananarama or something equally appalling .
10 The public and professional opposition to I M Pei 's famous glass pyramids at the Louvre was of a ferocity that would never have been withstood in England .
11 The argument here is essentially that a gradation scheme might lead to a lighter sentence in certain cases than would otherwise have been imposed .
12 No data are available to show how long fluid persists in severe cases that would normally have been listed for surgery .
13 Panorama will enable users to keep windows open and processes going off-screen that would otherwise have to be closed down for lack of space .
14 Council tenants also receive an indirect subsidy as a result of the central government grants to local authorities for housing which enable them to set rents below the level that would otherwise have been needed .
15 She spent most of the next half hour or so talking about the extended holiday to Patagonia she was planning , in an extremely loud voice and with an enthusiasm that would probably have embarrassed the Argentinian Tourist Board .
16 Later , a second change permitted these tax benefits to be offset against income that would otherwise have attracted higher rates of tax .
17 Yet the Africanness of those wars has meanwhile been obscured by the outbreak in Europe of tribal fights that would once have been dismissed as typically African .
18 And bread that would also have to be thawed .
19 A keen jurist — like Mr Lang — Mr Toubon forced the respect of the Socialist majority in National Assembly debates on legal matters and would happily have taken over the Ministry of Justice in the new Government .
20 Further evidence , calculated to show that in so expressing its will , the House was duped , mistaken or careless , would run the risk of falling foul of privilege and would therefore have to be eschewed .
21 She was carrying more rivets than the average U-Boat and would probably have turned a compass away from Magnetic North .
22 Dodge aims to provide a set of financial systems , which will enable users of networked computers to run sophisticated accounting applications that would formerly have required the power of a mainframe .
23 Furthermore , the analysts were aware of major computer developments that were taking place that would eventually have significant effects on the duties and responsibilities of certain functional groups at the Colleges .
24 The history of invention is replete with instances , like Carothers ' discovery of nylon , where a flash of insight to the possibilities of totally unanticipated results led to great discoveries that would otherwise have been missed .
25 Note that this saving throw is not strictly speaking because of armour , and the Orc always has a saving throw of 6 even if he is struck by a weapon that would normally have a saving throw modifier .
26 Important though this literature is , the main purpose of later sections is to isolate as far as is generally possible the impact of the government budget on the Lorenz curve that would otherwise have obtained , and then to consider proposals that are more closely tied to the poverty literature .
27 In 1991 it was therefore able to produce a far more comprehensive interim report for consultation purposes than would otherwise have been possible .
28 Separation of the upper third of the continental crust on a plate has the effect of reducing the overall buoyancy of the subducted crust by nearly one-half , and this in turn allows more subduction than would otherwise have occurred .
29 By such means it could win trust and acceptance of ideas that would seldom have stood a chance when presented through public oratory .
30 By spending three million pounds diversifying in this way he hopes not only to create new employment , but also to save buildings that would otherwise have fallen into disrepair .
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