Example sentences of "which would [adv] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She patted him on the shoulder and he drove off as she plumbed her bag for a ring of keys which would n't have looked out of place at Balmoral . |
| 2 | ‘ There were a few deaths in the dale which would n't have happened in later years . |
| 3 | So I told the press the next morning who were mega grumpy at all of this and I do n't blame them , so when the ceremony started Pat took the stills photographer round to the front and the television guys as the Princess began to inspect er the crew pulled all their gear through the Band of the Royal Marines over their toe caps under the tubas and pressed their cameras under the nose of the Princess Royal which would n't have happened had the Lieutenant Commander been prepared to listen to us and of course you could see him getting angrier and angrier |
| 4 | In the intimidating atmosphere of the Mararios Stadium they silenced the partisan crowd with an early goal and then came so close to getting a second which would surely have put them through to a money spinning meeting with Paris St Germaine . |
| 5 | We devised a sort of Great Egg Race for the children — Rover gave us some materials which would normally have gone on the scrap heap , lent us a hall and judged the competition . |
| 6 | He watched her swing an indelicate leg over the top bar of her man 's bike , displaying a neatly rounded calf which would normally have engaged his interest , but in the cruel circumstances failed to register . |
| 7 | The court which would normally have taken cognizance was that over which the lord presided ; and although it was in the lord 's court that the vassal made his defiance , it was usually done , not in person , but by messenger or herald , and the vassal could not at that stage accept any ruling of the court . |
| 8 | In Howell v. Coupland ( 1876 C.A ) , the seller agreed to sell 200 tons of the potato crop on a specific piece of land , which would normally have produced easily that amount . |
| 9 | He was frightened , despite the encouraging winks of Deuce and the occasional smile from Doug ; disoriented amid the tropical forest-sized plants , the silent , ceaseless escalators , the glass walls and lifts , the page boys in scarlet and green livery and all manner of sights which would normally have thrilled him and been companionable to his mind and stored for his sister . |
| 10 | Thus , in New South Wales , for example , a new offence of sexual assault has been created consisting of four categories and covering conduct which would formerly have amounted to rape , indecent assault or non-consensual buggery . |
| 11 | However , minor changes which would not have altered the views of a reasonable shareholder may be disregarded by the court ( see Re Minster Assets plc [ 1985 ] BCLC 200 ) . |
| 12 | They were free to raise funds elsewhere if they could , and one at least got a substantial sum from a local authority which would not have supported a project of that nature if it had not come to them from their own school children . |
| 13 | Historically Rainer is very valuable because there are several extremely important legal decisions of Innocent III which would not have survived but for Rainer 's collection . |
| 14 | The sentence should have read it : ‘ It proved possible to maintain a limited number of local foster placements which would not have met the central standards of a specialist fostering team , but which met the temporary needs of certain local children more appropriately . ’ |
| 15 | C.5 which would not have arisen but for acts of the Purchaser after Completion ; |
| 16 | Great disorders had occurred among the children which would not have taken place had proper influence been exerted by the master . |
| 17 | any liability which attaches by virtue of an agreement but which would not have attached in the absence of such agreement |
| 18 | any liability which attaches by virtue of an agreement but which would not have attached in the absence of such agreement |
| 19 | agreement but which would not have attached in the absence of such agreement . |
| 20 | We will have also to change all those things which would not have happened if the election had been delayed , e.g. Mrs Thatcher 's age at election time . |
| 21 | He flung himself into athletics and , eventually became a top-flight international sprinter ; which is just as well , for , had he not realized his early promise , he would have been stuck in a sports shop with no qualifications — which would not have reflected what he considered his genuine educational aptitude . |
| 22 | This provided Railfreight with valuable contracts for long-distance bulk coil traffic , traffic which would not have materialised if the steel industry had survived the 1980s unscathed . |
| 23 | The relevant circumstances were that : ( i ) the limitation terms had nut been negotiated by any representative body ; ( ii ) the buyers could not have discovered the error ( i. e. that the wrong seed had been delivered ) until after the crop was sown , whereas the sellers were in a position to have known ; ( iii ) the buyers could not reasonably have been expected to cover such a risk ( i.e. of crop failure ) by insurance whereas it was possible for seedsmen to cover their liability by insurance at a modest premium which would not have put up the cost of seeds by very much ; ( iv ) the error could not have occurred without some negligence on the part of the sellers . |
| 24 | When , a few minutes later , madam 's pancakes were brought , she ate her way through a plateful of stodge with brisk fortitude which would not have disgraced a squad of Irish navvies . |
| 25 | And the successful formalization of data can open up questions for research , and types of evidence , which would not have occurred to the research community without the effort to present the data in computer-friendly form . |
| 26 | driver of vehicle involved in collison with another vehicle exonerated for responsibility for subsequent events which occur because another driver has driven recklessly and which would not have occurred had that driver been driving merely negligently . |
| 27 | Then he had steered her to a chair , rather than the sofa , which would probably have provoked a new attack of ‘ imagination ’ . |
| 28 | Which would probably have cheered an angry Oz reader , who signed himself ‘ J.F. ’ in a letter to the magazine that year . |
| 29 | However , in New South Wales , the lowest maximum penalty for conduct which would previously have amounted to rape is seven years . |
| 30 | Secondly , the fiction/concession theory could have supplied an image of the company as separate and distinct from its shareholders which would also have supported the institution of limited liability , but there were strong reasons for preferring the natural-entity model of the company . |