Example sentences of "[noun sg] would have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Politeness and kindness would have constituted a refusal . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | First , had proportional representation been in force in 1983 , then the Conservatives would not have been able to form a government on their own and coalition would have forced a moderation of policies . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you reckon Steen would have found a replacement ? ’ |
| 6 | Chant would have given a good deal to break the bastard 's nose so he bled on it . |
| 7 | The abrupt cessation of homage without some alternative ceremony would have divided a kingdom into two distinct parts : those parts held by laymen , for which homage was owed to the king , and those parts held by clergy , for which homage was forbidden . |
| 8 | Price Waterhouse 's UK practice would have experienced a negative growth rate in fee income in the year to June 1992 , if it had not been for the firm 's corporate recovery arm . |
| 9 | It 's improbable that a male college would have achieved a similar effect with men or women . |
| 10 | To have released Meehan from seven years of wrongful imprisonment , recommended a free pardon for him , and then to have arrested and charged Waddell for the same crime would have required a greater degree of resolution than either of them possessed . |
| 11 | The proposal would have ended a system of low taxation on land sales which had helped fuel a property boom since the late 1980s . |
| 12 | This proposal would have involved a different , immensely complicated , and , for suspects , terrifying new caution which could easily fatally have undermined the whole rule . |
| 13 | In any case , a shotgun fired into the undertaker 's neck at close range would have made a real mess ; we would n't be looking at just a cupful of blood . |
| 14 | Conservative group leader Tony Richmond accused finance committee chair Jan Taylor of saying the council would have set a higher budget if it were not for government spending constraints . |
| 15 | The words were propelled at them like stones from a sling : a direct hit would have killed a bear . |
| 16 | A doctor would have a defence of therapeutic privilege , if disclosure would have posed a serious threat of psychological detriment to the patient . |
| 17 | Managing director Bernard Segrave-Daly said he had also been hoping the Chancellor would have introduced a duty system which would have helped smaller firms . |
| 18 | Opponents said the plan would have had a variable impact , because of differences in the charges of landfill operators across the country . |
| 19 | The removal of a large section of the landed and business sections of the community would have had a devastating effect on the province as a whole , and especially its economy . |
| 20 | Aggression would have given a survival advantage in cave dweller days and earlier and so would have been favored by natural selection . |
| 21 | Ideally the research team would have liked a randomised control experimental design whereby half the eligible people would have been allocated to the action group and the remainder to the control group on a random basis . |
| 22 | That teacher would have had a different attitude if Nader had been around . |
| 23 | However , if it produced the right sort of pro-saving policies in the meantime , the hand-wringing would have served a useful purpose . |
| 24 | In a poll of Anglican Clergy undertaken in 1864 only 40% expressed the view that the damned would suffer everlasting torment ; it may be assumed that a poll of laity would have disclosed a substantially lower percentage.ii . |
| 25 | The wing would have had a tendency to turn left in flight unless the change had been made ( incorrectly ) to counteract an inherent right turn . |
| 26 | ‘ A Jacobite Guinea would have made a fascinating pendant to my collection . |
| 27 | She had enclosed patterns and detailed instructions , and while she hoped , for the sake of appearance at the wedding , that the children 's clothes would be properly cut and fitted , she also hoped that between them Cynthia and her dressmaker would have made a pig 's ear of the business . |
| 28 | Visits to Dunfermline became holy days , later corrupted to holidays , and the town would have resembled a teeming holiday camp , says Mr Putter , with bed and breakfast the biggest industry . |
| 29 | The Consul General would have given a great deal to stop this exchange going any further but he could hardly say anything without worsening the situation for himself . |
| 30 | The public had a right to be properly informed , which could only be denied them if it appeared absolutely certain that the article would have presented a threat to judicial authority . |