Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] would [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The College of Arms set and maintained a rigid scale of funerary etiquette : the obsequies of a royal duke would have been more complicated — and costly — than that of an earl , whilst a viscount 's cortège would have exceeded in complexity that of a baron . |
| 32 | Tax advisers , for whom Labour 's belt-tightening would have meant an accountants ' bonanza . |
| 33 | In a normal year , Renault 's achievement would have stood out . |
| 34 | But for the nastiness on the fourth evening , Sohail 's achievement would have crowned the 50th England-Pakistan Test encounter . |
| 35 | Mr Kinnock 's compromise would have created one society , with a national executive seat if it attracted more then 3,000 members . |
| 36 | The pantry displays examples of all the home-made preserves the farmer 's wife would have busied herself with . |
| 37 | The Establishment of Jesus 's day would have liked him to establish a political kingdom for the Jews , but he said , ‘ My Kingdom is not of this world . ’ |
| 38 | Had the two been at their prime in the same era Scotland 's midfield would have made Dirty Harry look like a wimp . |
| 39 | Joanna 's messenger would have reached Tracy by now . |
| 40 | He was one of those men who , once the bloom had gone ( in his case his hair ) , never seem to age , although a glance at Vacher 's Guide would have revealed him to be sixty-two . |
| 41 | In this instance , I knew the young man 's father would have to dig deep into his box before the marriage was finally consummated and the bride brought home . |
| 42 | They tried the resulting complaints as the King 's Bench would have done , but they dealt with private suits as well as with crime . |
| 43 | To her amazement , she found these thoughts constantly interrupted by , it seemed , a quite different section of her mind wondering what Mike 's kiss would have felt like . |
| 44 | The Association 's library would like to thank Melvyn Green OBE , FHCIMA for the books that he has donated . |
| 45 | Even the agitations of the women 's movement would have warranted little more than a raised eyebrow from a lass in a Salvation Army bonnet that had to be strong enough to protect the head of the wearer from brick bats and other missiles . |
| 46 | However the benefit of having the view of fellow professionals who are qualified to make an assessment of a school 's performance would seem to offer many advantages . |
| 47 | In any other circumstances the young man 's burr would have made me laugh . |
| 48 | A Russian who talked of God 's will would have kept it . |
| 49 | I think the man in Edmund Wilson 's novel would have liked the new Hylas . |
| 50 | Jack Ashley 's Bill would have come far closer to doing so by requiring that belief in consent must be reasonable . |
| 51 | To find its most lasting realization , Charlie 's vision would have to wait for a bank clerk who did understand metempsychosis , and who had not only a commercial education gained in an underground room at Lloyds Bank , but also a knowledge of Greek . |
| 52 | Consequently women 's education was seen as unimportant , and whilst her brothers were tutored and sent to Oxford , the merchant 's or Lord of the Manor 's daughter would learn to read , to write and do household accounts and still-room skills , as well as plain sewing and embroidery . |
| 53 | I never understood where all these squares of material came from because the demand was enormous ; to meet it the Madonna 's dress would have had to be changed almost every week . |
| 54 | Why could n't she have had just a small taste of the honeyed delight that Rourke 's love would have brought , just a fragment of the glowing ember that would have warmed her inside , instead of this cold , bitter emptiness ? |
| 55 | His teacher 's explanation would help to consolidate his previous experiences . |
| 56 | Any other professional footballer caught in Fleck 's situation would have reached into his pocket and proudly announced that smug one-liner , ‘ American Express . |
| 57 | A proclamation issued by the ill-fated Queen Jane announced that Mary wanted to bring ‘ this noble , free realm into the tyranny and servitude of the Bishop of Rome ’ , and the letters which the council sent out to the provinces declared that Mary 's accession would have resulted in ‘ the bondage of this Realme to the old servitude of the Antichriste of Rome ’ . |
| 58 | By his lauding the progressive role of the Red Army Bukharin 's audience would have grasped what he had in mind . |
| 59 | If a child has been made the subject of a supervision requirement following a referral to a children 's hearing on an offence ground , and that supervision requirement has been terminated and the child reappears before another children 's hearing , the main factors that the later hearing will need to consider to perform their statutory functions are why the child appeared before a children 's hearing , the reasons for that hearing 's disposal and , most particularly , the child 's response to the disposal ; in short , a children 's hearing would want to know the very things section 4 appears to prevent it ascertaining . |
| 60 | One dealer of the author 's acquaintance would keep telling his clients : " There 's been a lot of buying this morning " when what he really meant was the dealers had been selling the stock all morning . |