Example sentences of "[noun pl] would have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His last words would have made a fine song title . |
| 2 | The latter half of the sixteenth century does , arguably , represent a significant turning point in the development of the hierarchy : until that time one can argue that its evolution had been largely functional , that the nature of the hierarchy ensured that those who reached the highest learned offices would have received a thorough grounding in the necessary sciences through both their education and their teaching , and practical training in the application of the law through holding several important kadiliks ; but that after that time , that is , from toward the end of the sixteenth century , the elaboration of the hierarchy was much more negative from the point of view both of learning and of good administration , being essentially an attempt to provide jobs and honours for an ever-increasing number of those seeking both . |
| 3 | And no doubt other authors would have chosen a different balance of topics — more invertebrates and light vertebrates perhaps . |
| 4 | Some referees would have produced a red card instantly , but Alan Flood decided that the challenge only merited a yellow . |
| 5 | A significant number of subjects ( 7/37 ) , however , had food reflux that was outside one standard deviation from the mean , whereas only one of these subjects would have had a positive reflux score by measuring acid alone . |
| 6 | Instead of a free subscription to an obscure journal ( which came with the registration fee ) many listeners would have preferred a decent abstract list — not to mention fewer unimaginative and time-worn presentations . |
| 7 | A joining of the two companies would have created a huge holiday company with about 30pc of the UK market . |
| 8 | Sir Leon Brittan , the EC Commissioner responsible for competition , said that the companies would have acquired a 50 per cent share of the world market for commuter aircraft of 20-70 seats and 67 per cent of the EC market . |
| 9 | This left him an enormous amount of scope for demonstrating the kind of narrative energy that most English fiction-writers would have given a great deal to acquire . |
| 10 | The bride was an attractive and lively young woman who under normal circumstances would have made a sympathetic wife for an energetic and ambitious young man . |
| 11 | Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him . |
| 12 | And yet , I 'm quite sure that as they got nearer and nearer to Bethlehem their feelings would have changed a little bit . |
| 13 | The London stockbrokers County Natwest Wood Mackenzie reported on Dec. 21 their calculation that the only major stock market in which a sterling investor would have realized an average gain during 1990 would have been Mexico , where booming market conditions would have produced a 53.2 per cent profit ; the UK , by comparison , would have produced a 7.7 per cent average loss , the West German market would have brought a 21.4 per cent loss , and the USA a 17.1 per cent loss . |
| 14 | You might have thought these further disclosures would have had a powerful effect on me but , of course , I was inured to surprise where this man was concerned . |
| 15 | Such stories would have made a lasting impression on my father and given him an early interest in Abyssinia . |
| 16 | Even one of those items would have put a heavy stress on a new , fragile relationship . |
| 17 | These intra-uterine devices would have had a contraceptive effect and were relied on by some women for that purpose . |
| 18 | This could , of course , have been repealed , but to do so would have breached the general principle of free education , and the resulting expansion of charges would have risked a public outcry . |
| 19 | However , insufficient height was available to install windows copying the attenuated shape of the original ‘ lancets ’ and the unquestioning reproduction of the arch form in the new windows would have produced a weaker visual result than the treatment which was adopted — the insertion of new tripartite lights capped by a simple square-headed profile ( Plates 18 and 19 ) . |
| 20 | It is no secret that many business leaders would have preferred a new assertive Chancellor . |
| 21 | In terms of the Midlands ' representation in the Premier League the game was wasted as Notts County 's victory is unlikely to save them while the three points would have gone a long way to ensuring Coventry 's place . |
| 22 | Pressures were now underway for decolonisation and , in any case , the economic exploitation of the colonies would have required a massive capital outlay which Europe could not possibly finance . |
| 23 | However , there are no easy solutions to the problems of an area such as the Highlands within the constraints of the existing national economic structure , and there is no certainty that small-scale industries would have provided a better base for employment growth . |
| 24 | Even without Terence O'Neill , such claims would have had a better hearing in the 1960s than they had had in the 1920s . |
| 25 | ‘ Many young women would have made a different choice , ’ he answered . |
| 26 | Gascoigne and his colleagues would have faced a fierce backlash had Lazio lost to bitter local rivals Roma in the Olympic Stadium . |