Example sentences of "[noun pl] would have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect of the drag reduction kit modifications on the aircraft 's pre- and post-stall behaviour could not be documented precisely but it is unlikely that their effect on the stall speed and characteristics would have been significant . |
| 2 | NOT even the most imaginative of San Diego Chargers fans would have been entertaining Super Bowl thoughts after the team lost their first four games . |
| 3 | Under the 1944 and 1948 Education Acts such schools would have been illegal : pupils must be transferred from primary to secondary between the ages of ten and a half and twelve . |
| 4 | For example , the need for some modifications became apparent ; the rephrasing of some questions and a refocusing of emphasis towards texts used in Secondary schools would have been helpful . |
| 5 | It would have been better placed a couple of weeks later ; at least the readers would have been familiar with the mood and pace of the album . |
| 6 | Had Aldous Huxley introduced a sub-plot into Brave New World , where the remains of a dead man were cannibalised to save the lives of 50 strangers , only for them to succumb to a lethal virus hidden in his tissues , his readers would have been impressed by the fertility of his futuristic imagination . |
| 7 | At least three of these cars would have been useful to Leeds , when the remainder were sold to them , if only as a source of spare parts . |
| 8 | In such parishes as these the present field and hedge pattern was laid down in the year following the enclosure award , for the allotments would have been many and small . |
| 9 | Scott J said that the distinction lay in whether the parties would have been prepared to allow the matter to be decided on the basis of views which had not been formulated . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sure the nappy manufacturers would have been interested , ’ she said . |
| 11 | Then this would never have happened , or if it had ( I could n't bring myself to unwish an experience which still washed over me with waves of delight when I remembered it ) at least Toby would have known what he was doing , his eyes would have been open . |
| 12 | These were Stalin 's policies , and the leaders of many nations would have been happy to have seen him removed . |
| 13 | Considering the number of PFK readers who would like to see their Puffers inflate just once ( though arguably as a sign of stress this is n't such a great idea ) many marine fishkeepers would have been thrilled . |
| 14 | In other words , with the correct equipment , listeners would have been able to hear thunder as though coming from above them while hearing ‘ rain ’ trickling around their feet . |
| 15 | Within the counterculture , moreover , the response to each of the songs would have been different among different subgroups . |
| 16 | The first chapter reviews the evolution of mandibular , salivary and frontal gland methods of defence in termites ; further discussion of the ecological results of these behavioural adaptations would have been valuable . |
| 17 | ‘ To have banned him for a few months would have been one thing , but to take him to court and ban him for life seemed to defeat the object of the exercise . ’ |
| 18 | Coun Harford said the council chamber in Middlesbrough town hall or Teesside Polytechnic could have been looked at or public buildings in one of the districts would have been better . |
| 19 | If the plaintiffs ' allegations are proved , the defendants would have been liable to them in negligence before the passing of the Congenital Disabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 . |
| 20 | Although it was found that the defendants had been at fault , Atkinson J. considered that , irrespective of this , the defendants would have been liable under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher . |
| 21 | Perhaps one is being a little punctilious , but some clarification of these , and other , matters would have been helpful to the novice . |
| 22 | If he had done so , the second the third of the three matters would have been irrelevant . |
| 23 | Never take up a new sport when you are pregnant , and be careful not to overdo it , especially around the dates then your first few periods would have been due . |
| 24 | Another haemorrhage at 25,000 feet would have been disastrous . |
| 25 | Same age as Francesca , and had attended the same good North London all-girls ' grammar school , for entry to which aspiring parents would have been prepared to pay blood-money had there been anyone in the austere intellectual governing body and teaching staff who would have taken it . |
| 26 | In some cases , parents would have been able to keep the child if minimal material assistance had been available . |
| 27 | We carefully considered that issue , and I agree that many parents would have been reluctant to allow their children to serve with the armed forces at such a young age if homosexuality had been allowed . |
| 28 | It would have taken a battalion to root the fanatics out , and the casualties would have been horrendous . |
| 29 | Randi says that none of these feats would have been possible if researchers had followed his advice . |
| 30 | I am sure that if British Rail had done that , the ramblers would have been prepared to compromise . |