Example sentences of "that [noun sg] would have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That cow would have kicked the pail out of the byre in shame if it had squirted anything out like that . ’ |
| 2 | The judges in that case would have answered that question quickly in the negative , for obviously other judges were not all agreed in either direction . |
| 3 | any liability accepted by agreement or contract unless that liability would have existed otherwise . |
| 4 | If it had been possible for a bird to stop still with surprise in the air , and stay exactly where it was , that rook would have done it then . |
| 5 | If there had been any chance ever of the rescues ' succeeding , that perception would have destroyed it . |
| 6 | So even if we agree that abolition was his intention and that that intention would have failed , if we consider also that it was mistaken anyway , we need pursue the point no further , except to add this : granted that the evil of insufficiently regulated competition is that it leads ultimately to the vicious exploitation of employees , the point can hardly be made of industrial co-operatives . |
| 7 | Even a small amount of power from that engine would have helped to offset the tremendous drag of the wheels hanging out . |
| 8 | That receipt would have acted as a bill of sale for the dogs , but without it ‘ Title of Ownership ’ had not been passed for Sophie and Robbie . |
| 9 | In 1973 , approximately 14% of the persons training for building surveying were doing so through full-time study ; still a minority , but trends were obvious and it was predicted that seven years later , by 1980 , that percentage would have increased to around 30% ; in the event the figure was 46% . |
| 10 | ( c ) If the death takes place after the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , but within seven years of the advance or determination , then in ascertaining for the purposes of CTT the value of the deceased 's estate immediately before his death there is to be included the value of any property which would have been chargeable with estate duty had Section 2 ( 1 ) ( b ) ( i ) of the Finance Act , 1894 , still been in force ( ie , after the application of any taper relief ) , unless the deceased was the surviving partner of a marriage which had been terminated by the death of the other spouse before 13/11/74 and the exempting provisions of Section 5 ( 2 ) of that Act would have applied had they still been in force ; and the persons accountable for the tax are those who would have been accountable under Section 44 of the Finance Act , 1950 , for any estate duty that would have been chargeable . |
| 11 | I am sure that that proposal would have affected the lives of my constituents . |
| 12 | Although if he had done so we doubt whether that committee would have thought it necessary to take any proceedings against the barrister . |
| 13 | A full survey even of German theology in that period would have had to mention very many more , and to bring out a far wider range of approaches and issues ; but we have attended particularly to those whose legacy did most to shape the background to more recent thought . |
| 14 | The best performing unit trust over that period would have produced £9,481 . |
| 15 | That teacher would have had a different attitude if Nader had been around . |
| 16 | It was necessary to buy records , and that factor would have put it beyond our reach . |
| 17 | Even if he did win , the owner would buy him in after the race , so that Boardwalk would have paid back a small fraction of his training costs . |
| 18 | In 1880 that person would have known one person in every 20 . |
| 19 | that the acceptance of that offer would have required the dismissal of the petition , and |
| 20 | Touching the face through that gauze would have seemed like sacrilege , so he chose the hair instead . |
| 21 | She said , and she 's right , dammit , that Father would have wished — that she expected … . |
| 22 | No matter how paranoid he felt from time to time about the DIA , Coleman could not conceive that Control would have told him to get hold of a legitimate Thomas Leavy passport for Operation Shakespeare knowing in advance that it would blow the mission and lead to his arrest . |
| 23 | Apparently it was convenient for BR to say that , because , had there been such a high-speed line included in the Channel Tunnel Bill , it is possible that that Bill would have fallen . |
| 24 | Erm having made these contributions erm he got a note to the effect from the T P A that erm some of the money that he paid in to the A B C had to be repaid to him as a lump sum because the money coming from that sum would have taken his pension over the forty eightieths . |
| 25 | Although that information would 've come out with her salary would n't it ? |
| 26 | Not that Lubor would have answered anyhow . |
| 27 | That combination would have softened my mind without recourse to proscribed substances . |
| 28 | That killing would have happened in any gaol , not only Whitely . |
| 29 | He grew a real beard , which would incommode him for other parts ; he thought , behaved , responded Learwise , in as short-sighted a fashion as that monarch would have done , having handed on his characteristics to his youngest daughter . |
| 30 | An authoritative player in that position would have helped Wales greatly . |