Example sentences of "if the [noun sg] had be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the link had been spotted , Sir Anthony concluded , Barlow Clowes 's operations would have been halted in 1984 . |
| 2 | Thus in considering whether there is a sufficient connection with this country the court will look at all the circumstances , including the residence and place of business of the defendant , his connection with the insolvent , the nature and purpose of the transaction being impugned , the nature and locality of the property involved , the circumstances in which the defendant became involved in the transaction or received a benefit from it or acquired the property in question , whether the defendant acted in good faith , and whether under any relevant foreign law the defendant acquired an unimpeachable title free from any claims even if the insolvent had been adjudged bankrupt or wound up locally . |
| 3 | It is plain that if the judge had been appraised of all these matters now before the court , he would have come to the same conclusion as we have , namely that the necessary intention had not been proved on the part of the appellants . |
| 4 | I would have felt much happier if the word had been will rather than could . |
| 5 | In neither case , if the land had been unregistered , would the Hammonds or the building society have obtained a legal estate . |
| 6 | If the temple had been stripped of its wealth and its income from land , then the priestly college would have been unable to maintain such a large establishment , since the rising level of the water-table would have necessitated major engineering works . |
| 7 | Would the cost have been significantly higher if the order had been divided ? |
| 8 | If the recession had been caused solely by unexpectedly weak domestic demand , we would have seen stocks rising initially , before falling as businesses reacted . |
| 9 | If the WGMS had been used in Britain in 1987 it would have been put to an exacting test in the South-East ( regarded in this context as one of the nine officially defined standard regions of England ) . |
| 10 | But , as stated in Anderson v. The Queen , at p. 108 , per Lord Guest ‘ in cases of murder great care must be taken to see that there has been no miscarriage of justice ’ and the test , a strict one , has been described in Woolmington v. Director of Public Prosecutions [ 1935 ] A.C. 462 , 482–483 , per Viscount Sankey L.C. as whether ‘ if the jury had been properly directed they would have inevitably have come to the same conclusion ’ and in Stirland v. Director of Public Prosecutions [ 1944 ] A.C. 315 , 312 , per Viscount Simon L.C. , as involving ‘ a situation where a reasonable jury , after being properly directed , would , on the evidence properly admissible , without doubt convict . ’ |
| 11 | Now in fairness it would n't be our responsibility to pay for a new engine if the vehicle had been drive on . |
| 12 | Restorative proctocolectomy was considered to have failed if the pouch had been excised or an ileostomy had not been not closed . |
| 13 | If the relationship had been especially close and happy , and if parents have continued to be of prime importance in a daughter 's life , then the shock will be all the greater . |
| 14 | However , if the scene had been described , and the noun phrase der Schrank used , it would be natural to regard the encoding of the fact that it had been used , as part of a representation of the text 's superficial characteristics . |
| 15 | If the animal had been stolen from another district , and its owner did not as a result claim it , thieves could buy the fully-documented animal for a nominal sum . |
| 16 | Perhaps too serene , Ellen thought : there was something static in her expression , as if the skin had been plumped out by a layer of silicone wax beneath , and made her doll-like . |
| 17 | If the play had been completed it would have shown the marriage of Edwy and Elgiva destroyed by parental manipulation and political intrigue . |
| 18 | He flashed signals back to me and then ran downstairs to check by telephone to see if the message had been sent and received correctly . |
| 19 | If the university had been , say , in Vermont , I would have agreed to go and would somehow have found the money to pay my fare and support myself in America — and interpret for Jean-Claude . |
| 20 | Of course , if the building had been finished , many of these flaws would have been obscured by carpets . |
| 21 | But there was some comfort in the figures for the Government and for an already hard-pressed pound , which could have faced another battering if the deficit had been worse than the expected £1.5billion . |
| 22 | The sum was to cover compensation for the notional difference between the actual cost of the house , and what they would have paid if the defect had been known beforehand — it was not to cover the cost of the repairs . |
| 23 | If the defect had been in a component of the toaster , say the heating element , the result would still be the same unless the heating element had not been supplied as part of the toaster ( e.g. had been bought as a replacement later ) . |
| 24 | If the clause had been drafted in narrower terms , covering only clients of that branch , then , the judges said : ‘ There is little doubt that it would have been valid . ’ |
| 25 | They would not have felt at ease if the beach had been entirely unpeopled , and indeed it was not , but over here balls would not bounce nor running youngsters kick sand up on to their towels , and there was the shade essential for Jack , which his wife had still to remind him about . |
| 26 | Reported cases are small in number , and it may be true that in some ( not all ) of these cases the degree of trauma suffered by the wife is less than if the rape had been by another man ; but abolition of the marital-rape exemption is surely important as a statement of the married woman 's autonomy and freedom of choice in sexual matters . |
| 27 | It was as if the subject had been taboo . |
| 28 | If the price had been £50 lower it would have earned a fourth star . |
| 29 | And if the work had been put out to tender , savings to the council might have been £5m , the report found . |
| 30 | Five months later the Minister of Information was asked in Parliament , during the debate on the Newspaper Ordnance ( Amendment ) Bill , why this new Bill was necessary if the Government had been able to close down Ulimwengu was it somehow to legalize what had been done already ? |