Example sentences of "what they would have been " in BNC.
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1 | We did not make it clear that the table showed not the banks ' actual ratios but a hypothetical estimate of what they would have been had the banks not borrowed subordinated loans to boost their capital ( as Japan 's finance ministry let them do after June ) . |
2 | ‘ Before , the tariffs did n't reflect our demand patterns , and the savings averaged have been up to 20% over what they would have been . ’ |
3 | Cos you know to look at the bottom line of total design fees against what they would have been if we 'd gone in fixed price ? |
4 | The picture that we now have from Oppenheimer 's work is as follows : The gravitational field of the star changes the paths of light rays in space-time from what they would have been had the star not been present . |
5 | He could only speculate what they would have been like in colour . |
6 | It is easy to forget that the majority of the people living on earth still lived and died where they had been born , or , more precisely , that their movements were no greater or no different from what they would have been before the Industrial Revolution . |
7 | I 'm not actually sure that either er was mentioned erm , what they would have been told er was that there was an escaped prisoner there er who was armed and our intention was to arrest him . |