Example sentences of "would have meant a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there was his failure to embrace the Shatalin plan for market reforms , which , for all its faults , would have meant a clear break with the centrally planned past . |
| 2 | He was offered enormous sums to go to South Africa but would never contemplate it ; it would have meant a betrayal of everything he stood for , a soul-selling of Faustian proportions . |
| 3 | To have got it ready by December 29th would have meant a fearful rush . |
| 4 | This meant further discontent on the part of the workers and peasants , which would have meant a greater use of coercion by the state . |
| 5 | This would have meant a gain of one seat to SDLP . |
| 6 | George could have cabled Maxim , but that would have meant a cypher clerk at each end reading the material , and a letter by diplomatic bag would have taken at least thirty-six hours . |
| 7 | Normally , this would have meant a day off work to attend a training session at a cost of at least £150 per head . |
| 8 | To accept them would have meant a complete recantation of all his actions over the past five years . |
| 9 | Winning entente floral would have meant a big tourism boost for cheltenham — so what went wrong ? |