Example sentences of "[noun pl] would have " in BNC.
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| 1 | He paused and then said , not realising the effect his words would have , ‘ I may go along and see this Vigo . ’ |
| 2 | If the dispute had ended there , the exchange of words would have passed into football folklore as further evidence of Gallacher 's greatness , but the bad boy from Bellshill had only just begun . |
| 3 | The first few days after the burial she had felt like dying herself , mostly of shame , but she had set about her tasks with the same efficiency as always , and if she did n't speak to anyone it was because words would have brought fresh tears . |
| 4 | If this were not so , Paul 's words would have contradicted what Jesus teaches . |
| 5 | His last words would have made a fine song title . |
| 6 | Had she been alone with Luke , no doubt his words would have been spiked with malice . |
| 7 | Order , for example can function as a noun or as a verb and the transition probabilities of both senses to following words would have to be computed . |
| 8 | It was suggested in Chapter Four that people who possessed three specific characteristics would have been highly unlikely to remain at home for any length of time . |
| 9 | The effect of the drag reduction kit modifications on the aircraft 's pre- and post-stall behaviour could not be documented precisely but it is unlikely that their effect on the stall speed and characteristics would have been significant . |
| 10 | In contrast , graduated tails would have constituted uncheatable handicaps even in their simplest form , and so are more likely to have evolved as reliable indicators of the viability of potential mates . |
| 11 | But Vadinamia 's spaceport city is a compact place , and any tails would have picked me up again soon enough . |
| 12 | A challenge perhaps , but heaven knows what Mr Donovan 's fans would have done with their bedroom posters if he had turned out to be gay . |
| 13 | He believes fans would have preferred a more lavish packaging for ‘ Bizarro ’ and that its fierce edge might have been a reaction to signing with RCA . |
| 14 | Creators of the farce , US cinema giants Loews , say fans would have to go to the cinema 68 times before seeing the same plot . |
| 15 | NOT even the most imaginative of San Diego Chargers fans would have been entertaining Super Bowl thoughts after the team lost their first four games . |
| 16 | I do n't believe that the fans would have caused me any problem . |
| 17 | If we had lost or drawn the fans would have blamed me . ’ |
| 18 | The fans would have come in handy during the humid weather over the last few days . |
| 19 | Mr Nelson responded to interventions by MPs on both sides who claimed that if the Bank of England had acted sooner fewer depositors would have lost cash . |
| 20 | The Pearson agreement also made a key concession to the less populous provinces by providing for a reform of the federal Senate into an elected chamber within which each of the 10 provinces would have eight representatives . |
| 21 | The Pearson agreement also made a key concession to the less populous provinces by providing for a reform of the federal Senate into an elected chamber within which each of the 10 provinces would have eight representatives . |
| 22 | Labour would have 49 MPs plus ten others ; the Conservatives 11 MPs plus 28 others ; the SNP would have three MPs plus 29 others while the Lib Dems would have nine MPs plus 11 others . |
| 23 | To grasp the overall picture of the weaponry and armour available to the knights and soldiers of Barbarossa 's armies , one must summarise the development of equipment during the period concerned , bearing in mind that any changes were not universal and immediate , and that arms and armour of both older and more recent styles would have happily co-existed . |
| 24 | Such lists would have been regarded as underground literature during Sir Keith Joseph 's tenure . |
| 25 | Under the 1944 and 1948 Education Acts such schools would have been illegal : pupils must be transferred from primary to secondary between the ages of ten and a half and twelve . |
| 26 | But presumably if the ‘ good ’ schools became , as a result of their location , their examination results , or by some other means , identifiable in the eyes of parents , then these schools would have to become selective . |
| 27 | In addition no child would be admitted at 11 unless his parents undertook to keep him at school until 18 ( though presumably the schools would have the right to throw out children who proved unsuitable , or who did not do enough work ) . |
| 28 | Pupils at the new schools would have to expect longer working days and longer terms than at maintained schools . |
| 29 | The mechanisms of control and the latitude which such schools would have are still unclear and are being studied by the Ministry of Education . |
| 30 | All fourth and fifth year pupils in maintained schools would have nine weekly science lessons , three each in physics . |