Example sentences of "would [adv] have [vb pp] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Royalist Roman Catholic French would probably have made better conquerors of Ireland , if Ireland had to be reconquered once more . |
| 2 | However the Occupational Pensions Board called for a pensions tribunal and Tony Thurham , chairman of the Association of Pensions Lawyers , said : ‘ Many pensions lawyers would have preferred a tribunal since it would probably have had greater powers and more staff . |
| 3 | It would also have meant higher administrative costs which would have had to have been borne by charge payers . |
| 4 | Had he survived , the old chap would surely have found better ways to fritter this weekend . |
| 5 | And I was delighted to have the neighbourhood laid out for me in the way a child sees its domain , and to earn a little money and receive from Mme Bluot the excellent unsold cakes and breads she would otherwise have had Didier feed to the ducks . |
| 6 | Later , a second change permitted these tax benefits to be offset against income that would otherwise have attracted higher rates of tax . |