Example sentences of "would have [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is however not at all obvious that the results yield the conclusion that Griffin draws , nor is it clear that even if they did we would have evidence for saying more than that the creatures recognise their own bodies . |
| 2 | Daily Telegraph If you did not put aluminium in you would have water that was cloudy . |
| 3 | Berle and Means considered that a member with 20 per cent of the votes would have minority ownership control of the company . |
| 4 | James would have plenty to say about it if he knew . |
| 5 | It would have capital resources of 10,000 million ECU ( some US$12,400 million ) , 30 per cent of this to be paid up in members ' subscriptions and the rest being callable capital . |
| 6 | The APU collection of questions was searched for items which conformed individually and collectively to the following criteria : — nearly all the items would have success rates between 60 per cent and 95 per cent nationally ; — all the items would have low omission rates among the bottom 20 per cent band of attainers nationally ; that is , they would not deter this group of pupils , who would be willing to " have a go " at them ; — overall , the items should cover a reasonable variety of topics , including basic ideas such as fractions , decimals , graphs ; and , — as far as possible the items selected would have a high incidence of a distinctive error or errors which would give them some diagnostic value . |
| 7 | Then she began to make her way down the plane to find Greg , who had oxygen , and David , who would have glyceryl trinitrate in his case . |
| 8 | High tide was about a quarter-past eleven at night , a moderate tide ; there would have bean between four and four-and-a-half feet in the basin at the top of the flood . ’ |
| 9 | Here , in a room even estate agents would have difficulty describing as anything other than small , 20 people clung to the perimeter walls as a man with a Chris Waddle haircut hammered out some old rock cliches . |
| 10 | If Berger took the lead into the first corner , then Senna would have difficulty getting by on such a tight and twisting circuit . |
| 11 | Within days rumours began to circulate that Knighton would have difficulty in raising the £10m he needed to buy out Edwards , the £10m reserved to buy out other shareholders and the £10m pledged to the rebuilding of the Stretford End . |
| 12 | Even at his fittest the 17 ½-stone Mason would have difficulty passing as a flying bird . |
| 13 | Even at his fittest the 17 ½-stone Mason would have difficulty passing as a flying bird . |
| 14 | Youngsters in particular would have difficulty — cheques from relatives and friends could not be cashed by their parents . |
| 15 | Even as he closed the door behind him , the thallium was on its way down through Donald 's oesophagus , slithering towards his stomach and digestive tract , where his body chemicals would turn it into a disease Donald would have difficulty in recognizing . |
| 16 | In the early days of the clearinghouses it was anticipated that they would have difficulty in persuading librarians to contribute their material . |
| 17 | ‘ If you had a Rip Van Winkle who went to sleep before the programme started and woke up now , he would have difficulty in recognising what had happened . ’ |
| 18 | Judges would have difficulty in removing the prisoners by habeas corpus however , and a short bill would be needed . |
| 19 | It was to cut his ties that he had begun , from the earliest days , to sign his work ‘ Vincent ’ , following the practice of his adored Rembrandt , and making the excuse then that foreigners would have difficulty pronouncing his surname . |
| 20 | Just as in his rotation of Party officials to areas with which they had no connection and where they would have difficulty building up a power-base , so now Ceauşescu was transferring people into new places of work , forcing them to move from their old homes . |
| 21 | While officials in New York refused to confirm that the USTA could forget any idea of financial aid , there is no doubt that , in the current world recession , New York has been hit harder than most and that Mayor David Dinkins , although an avid tennis fan , would have difficulty in getting approval for the money to be spent improving access roads etc to a new tennis facility , in view of all their other problems |
| 22 | Mr Panetta thought not only that , at present , the mood in Congress is running against ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement , but that the administration would have difficulty when it sends its health-care proposals to Capitol Hill this month . |
| 23 | Somali aid workers gave warning that , if imported food aid continued to flow in , local farmers would have difficulty selling their own produce . |
| 24 | Businesses would have difficulty surviving without the use of this communication tool , and our private lives would be very different without it . |
| 25 | Opponents would have difficulty keeping him quiet . |
| 26 | Would have difficulty pro possibly in actually getting to their flat . |
| 27 | Responding members of the ACCA , CIMA and CIPFA preferred the option of all members being called chartered accountants , whereas those from the three institutes of chartered accountants indicated that they would have difficulty with this proposition . |
| 28 | If there is one country that we would have difficulty in isolating , it is North Korea . |
| 29 | Although one can understand the Opposition having difficulty with their own Back Benchers , I never expected that they would have difficulty with members of their own Front Bench . |
| 30 | It appeared unlikely , however , that de Klerk would have difficulty steering the proposed legislation through the Parliament , where the ruling National Party together with the pro-reform Democratic Party controlled almost three-quarters of the seats . |