Example sentences of "[adj] would have make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that this would have made the slightest difference to the outcome . |
| 2 | This would have made a fascinating court case . |
| 3 | But in that case , why could they not have called in the authorities and have the other fellows cleared out ? — only this would have made but a tame end to the story . |
| 4 | The assumption here is that if the pound had been devalued earlier on this would have made it possible to adhere to the growth path of the plan , but in the light of the comments made above this view is open to doubt : it gives the plan more credibility than it merited . |
| 5 | Basal secretion was measured before the induction of the submaximal plateau — formal maximal studies were not performed as this would have made the test unacceptably long . |
| 6 | As long as war went on in Europe the French would have to make it their main area of activity and could not concentrate on colonial or naval war . |
| 7 | a reasonable profit but some would have made more than others . |
| 8 | The only way the scale effect could have been achieved is with layers of shaped leather or metal : either would have made the garment extremely heavy and unwieldy . |
| 9 | and these would have made up for some of the others perhaps won for them by Lloyd George . |
| 10 | If I 'd met you earlier the fact that I 'm married would have made it impossible for me to take off and fly with you like this . |
| 11 | Mrs Gotobed would have made a Will and Hepzibah and Mister Johnny would be safe in Druid 's Bottom for ever and ever … |
| 12 | The 5/ a week given in 1908 to those aged over seventy would have made a significant contribution to the pre-war family economy , but the Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women 's Organisations and members of the Fabian Women 's Group felt that this should be weighed against the increased friction caused by an old person coming into an already overcrowded home , pointing out that elderly people 's ideas of hygiene and childrearing might not be desirable , an argument that appealed to the infant welfare movement . |
| 13 | More would have made her flight obvious . |
| 14 | I should 've tidied up a bit — that would 've made Mr Jackson think I 'm grown up enough to look after myself , but it 's too late now . |
| 15 | " That would 've made him sit up and take notice , Joey , would n't it ? " |
| 16 | ‘ That would 've made them even madder . |
| 17 | That would have made an impression at a literary party , but the old trout just replied , ‘ Silly boy , I do n't think you 've been listening to a word I said ! ’ |
| 18 | The only way I could have done real justice to the subject would have been to cut down on other chapters , and that would have made it more of a carp book than anything else . |
| 19 | Even that would have made me third Vet , but is from good overseas runners come in , you could see a few run under 2:20 ; then I do n't know where I 'll be . |
| 20 | Unless the United Nations peacekeepers proved very much tougher in Serbia than they have done in Croatia , that would have made it unlikely that Croats and Muslims would have felt secure enough to return to their former homes . |
| 21 | That would have made it 45 for 5 . |
| 22 | That would have made him stop , look at her , see . |
| 23 | That would have made John laugh , I thought ; I can imagine him here after all . |
| 24 | That would have made rather a stirring final scene for my Education ? |
| 25 | And that would have made her miserable . " |
| 26 | Normally that would have made her feel a little melancholy , for she 'd never grown accustomed to the frequent farewells that were an inevitable part of her professional life . |
| 27 | But I do n't like leaving places , so that would have made me sad . ’ |
| 28 | This punctuation would have made some difference to the reader 's processing of the sentence ; [ 14 ] in particular would have made the " click " seem a matter of importance and surprise in its own right , dividing the reader 's attention between the two events , instead of making him see them as integral parts of a whole . |
| 29 | In addition , the heavy tax rates of the late-Seventies would have made it virtually impossible , had one or other of the pair died , for the company in its entirety to be passed on to the children , Laura 's most cherished ideal . |
| 30 | We had no doubt that if there was the slightest suggestion that the statements differed materially from the evidence given by the witnesses the learned trial judge would have called for these statements and examined them himself and if necessary would have made them available to the defence . |