Example sentences of "that would [adv] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a journey that would not have made Mrs Zamzam happy had she been able to make it herself . |
| 2 | He waited with roused senses for what would come next ; and what came was so transparent that he had hard work not to laugh , and set out without more ado to take every advantage of a stratagem that would not have fooled a child in arms . |
| 3 | Thus there must have been initial configurations that would not have given rise to a universe like the one we see today . |
| 4 | ‘ Held with the intention ’ has come to mean brought into being with the intention , on the part of anyone , and subsequently held , by him or by anyone else' ; and if that is what the draftsman intended or was instructed to express , the conclusion is irresistible that he did so with a degree of competence that would not have disgraced a chimpanzee learning the piano . |
| 5 | ‘ You must excuse me , ’ croaked the old woman , reaching for her handkerchief — a murky brown item that would not have looked out of place knotted round a leaky sewer pipe — ‘ But you got to laugh sometimes ! |
| 6 | Possibly a subsequent review stimulates action that would not have taken place but for the committee 's initial probing . |
| 7 | ‘ That is , if it was a row , not a sparring match that would n't have worried her at all . ’ |
| 8 | There was no space for two small children or one transversely-mounted adult , not a trace of walnut , and if you wanted to listen to a radio in a Cobra you 'd have needed speakers that would n't have disgraced a heavy-metal band . |
| 9 | Dodge aims to provide a set of financial systems , which will enable users of networked computers to run sophisticated accounting applications that would formerly have required the power of a mainframe . |
| 10 | By spending three million pounds diversifying in this way he hopes not only to create new employment , but also to save buildings that would otherwise have fallen into disrepair . |
| 11 | This attitude was bitterly criticized by republican politicians who felt that he had given an enormous fillip to a rebellion that would otherwise have run out of steam . |
| 12 | The organisers used studio spaces that would otherwise have remained empty throughout the summer holidays . |
| 13 | Important though this literature is , the main purpose of later sections is to isolate as far as is generally possible the impact of the government budget on the Lorenz curve that would otherwise have obtained , and then to consider proposals that are more closely tied to the poverty literature . |
| 14 | What I 'm suggesting is that it ought to be possible to design an inner northern relief road with an appropriate junction and with appropriate traffic managements in the centre of Harrogate so that you can encourage a significant proportion of the traffic that would otherwise have used the western relief road to divert to the southern bypass and inner relief road . |
| 15 | The milk ration for children was increased specifically to compensate for the nutritional shortfall in school meals that would otherwise have occurred ; civil servants realised there would be a public outcry if the meat reduction took place and nothing was done to make up for it . |
| 16 | Thus in prairie dogs fed a lithogenic diet , aspirin inhibits mucus glycoprotein secretion by the gall bladder , cholesterol microcrystal formation , and the development of gall stones that would otherwise have occurred . |
| 17 | First , by emphasizing that preferences are displaced away somewhat from the familiar , it is possible to explain two facets of the data from humans that would otherwise have seemed incompatible . |
| 18 | Later , a second change permitted these tax benefits to be offset against income that would otherwise have attracted higher rates of tax . |
| 19 | " We have brought new roads , railways and the telegraph to this backward corner of the globe that would otherwise have continued to languish in the toils of an unprogressive past . |
| 20 | He afterwards ‘ found the ball flattened that would otherwise have passed through his heart ’ ; the prayer-book had saved him . |
| 21 | She spent most of the next half hour or so talking about the extended holiday to Patagonia she was planning , in an extremely loud voice and with an enthusiasm that would probably have embarrassed the Argentinian Tourist Board . |
| 22 | But it would leave the Government exposed to the full force of house-buyers ' fury , with no international excuse for forcing an increase in mortgage rates that would probably have occurred anyway . |
| 23 | The cancerous masses developed at a rate that would normally have taken months and years . |
| 24 | Does he understand that planning permission was initially gained , with difficulty , for the building of motorways through areas of outstanding natural beauty and great environmental sensitivity , so many people would not be keen to see developers spending hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of pounds fighting in a long succession of inquiries so that they can build not just motorway service areas — possibly excluding the disabled and lorries — but hotels and other facilities that would never have received permission when the original planning consent was granted ? |
| 25 | All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have occurred . |
| 26 | All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have occurred . |
| 27 | I mean , years ago that would never have occurred . |
| 28 | The Gotobeds were bad owners , you see ; our dad was killed by a rock fall that would never have happened , Mr Evans says , if they 'd taken proper safety precautions . |
| 29 | Most probably if he had n't gone to Hollywood that would never have happened . |
| 30 | By such means it could win trust and acceptance of ideas that would seldom have stood a chance when presented through public oratory . |