Example sentences of "[noun sg] would have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a range of 10,000 miles , the aircraft could have managed its mission although each sortie would have taken nearly thirty hours ! |
| 2 | If the place had carried the distinct imprint of Carson 's personality the action would have fitted in easily , but the apartment was strangely arid in its elegance and she was sure that she would feel unsettled . |
| 3 | The party 's new policy is that workers taking sympathy action would have to demonstrate a ‘ genuine interest ’ in any dispute . |
| 4 | Parliament could not have intended paragraph ( b ) to produce new substantive rights in respect of registered land , enabling registered dispositions to be set aside and removed from the register in circumstances where , if the land had not been registered , no cause of action would have existed . |
| 5 | Pursuing legal action would have cost them money they did n't have ( unless it meant selling their house which was not an option ) but doing nothing left them with the feeling that justice was n't being done . |
| 6 | Had we emphasized not the choices made but the social rules followed by social actors , then a more collective account of social action would have emerged . |
| 7 | Mr Jack Adams , chairman of the union side , said that action would have to take place within a 28-day period from yesterday 's anouncement or it would be ruled out of order . |
| 8 | A suggested reason for this decision is that to grant an action would have subverted the common law negligence action which lay in these circumstances . |
| 9 | But the solicitor for the three cleared men says he doubts a civil action would have succeeded . |
| 10 | To translate this new legal status into political action would have required an organised support basis and this did not exist . |
| 11 | Had the plaintiff sued his brother then the action would have failed on the grounds of volenti . |
| 12 | Had the hernia been strangulated , action would have had to be taken at the first sign of trouble . |
| 13 | Had the plaintiff acted on his own , rather than in combination with his brother , no action would have lain . |
| 14 | A casual glance would have made it seem that her expression was stiff with anger . |
| 15 | One glance would have told her that he was close to a heart attack . |
| 16 | ‘ About 100 jobs could go and facilities throughout the borough would have to close . ’ |
| 17 | The Association would have changed the day if the Minister had consulted them , but he had banned it without enabling them to change their plans . |
| 18 | I do not think this association would have put Flaubert off . |
| 19 | Politeness and kindness would have constituted a refusal . |
| 20 | And that was only about a minute of the game gone and I dare say er Ian whose place he 's taking on that left-hand side would have relished that kind of opportunity . |
| 21 | We 'd go barefoot in the fields and play fairies , and horses and keepers : the horse would have to step in as many cow shits as possible and the keeper would have to clean it up from between their toes . |
| 22 | Opinion polls suggested throughout the campaign that Labour would have stood a better chance with the Scottish lawyer at the helm , and he has powerful support on the backbenches , especially among fellow Scots . |
| 23 | But the seats that Common Wealth began to win were often seats which Labour would have stood little chance of winning even under the most favourable conditions . |
| 24 | Lorraine Monk , of Kingston-upon-Thames , said Labour would have to do far more than merely reverse NHS cuts . |
| 25 | Let us examine the implications of this ; property crime became by far the most common form of crime during the period in which the prison emerged ; therefore forced labour would have become the most common punishment ; forced labour requires incarceration ( people tend not to turn up for it of their own free will ) . |
| 26 | He never had the substance for a leader and Labour would have done much better with Denis Healey . |
| 27 | ‘ That opinion was largely based on the fact that in Robin Cook , Labour would have boasted a senior Cabinet minister with good understanding and enthusiasm for racing . |
| 28 | But even without that gift from the political gods , Labour would have ended its conference in confident composure . |
| 29 | Some thought Labour would have had its ideal leader , a courageous genius in party management , and with a streak of inspiration in philosophy , if it could have bred from the two of them . |
| 30 | Parliamentary arithmetic dictated , therefore , that Labour would have to produce a package which was acceptable to at least one of the opposition parties . |