Example sentences of "[that] would [vb infin] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only from a record that would have been available at the police station or from officers knowledge . |
| 2 | I enjoyed my tea and glimpse into a way of life that would have been familiar to JTR . |
| 3 | The amounts as well as qualifying ages have been altered several times since 1986/87 , so any rebate would only apply to allowances that would have been due to you at the time . |
| 4 | The maximum ACT offset is limited to the amount of tax that would have been payable on the profits assuming they had been charged at the basic rate of tax ( s 239(2) ) . |
| 5 | This contrast may be more apparent than real , however , for new technologies of birth and reproduction may alter the biologically given so as to make possible a changed perspective that would have been inconceivable in the past . |
| 6 | The results for high risk junctions illustrate roughly the pattern of findings that would have been consistent with Study 1 . |
| 7 | So , we have a speculative picture of mineral crystals on the primeval Earth showing some of the properties of replication , multiplication , heredity and mutation that would have been necessary in order for a form of cumulative selection to get started . |
| 8 | The plan contained no provisions for the long-term clean-up that would have been necessary if the tanker had been carrying heavier crude . |
| 9 | And when the external account did pose a problem , governments often devalued rather than pursuing deflationary policies to the extent that would have been necessary . |
| 10 | It was set in a triumphant smile , a smile that would have been smug if it had not been so full of the purest metaphysical good humour . |
| 11 | This movement , as Rufus had no doubt intended , sent Mary toppling forward into Adam 's arms , her breasts lightly slapping into his chest in a way that would have been blissful if it had been allowed to continue but Mary , drunk as she was , had sprung aside , actually sprung to her feet , and rather late in the day hugged her arms across her chest . |
| 12 | But perhaps Nicholson 's most spectacular achievement was the important part he played in surpassing the performance of the rival Perkin & Sons — a feat that would have been impossible without the cooperation of his friend , and mentor , Hofmann . |
| 13 | Now came the part of the operation that would have been impossible without the trained elephants . |
| 14 | What is quite clear is that after the death of Lanfranc the English monks felt free to assert themselves in ways that would have been impossible while Lanfranc lived . |
| 15 | His photographs from this time succeeded in capturing the real China in a way that would have been impossible to a foreigner . |
| 16 | A huge , icing-covered cake with a welcome-home message from airport staff greeted the plucky youngster on her arrival and she quickly tucked into the tasty treat — something that would have been impossible for her just a few months ago . |
| 17 | There is sometimes a hidden symbolism that would have been apparent to people at that time . |
| 18 | This requires bravery — to go against the ‘ safety first ’ approach — but , paradoxically , it is possible under LMS , and working with the governing body , to structure schools and their management in ways very different from anything that would have been possible before . |
| 19 | ( c ) If the death takes place after the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , but within seven years of the advance or determination , then in ascertaining for the purposes of CTT the value of the deceased 's estate immediately before his death there is to be included the value of any property which would have been chargeable with estate duty had Section 2 ( 1 ) ( b ) ( i ) of the Finance Act , 1894 , still been in force ( ie , after the application of any taper relief ) , unless the deceased was the surviving partner of a marriage which had been terminated by the death of the other spouse before 13/11/74 and the exempting provisions of Section 5 ( 2 ) of that Act would have applied had they still been in force ; and the persons accountable for the tax are those who would have been accountable under Section 44 of the Finance Act , 1950 , for any estate duty that would have been chargeable . |
| 20 | While the audience in the cinema now accepts a slackness of narrative logic ( though not of narrative drive ) that would have been rare and frowned on in the 1940s , it still expects — even in a send-up — more than token adherence to the rules of the genre or of the individual film type itself : horror , sci-fi , the Spielberg ‘ Indiana Jones ’ series , the Lucas Star Wars series , the Broccoli ‘ James Bond ’ series etc . |
| 21 | Film actors are not the only ones getting vastly rich : some pop stars command sums that would have been unthinkable only a decade ago . |
| 22 | BRIAN Clough 's Nottingham Forest and Steve Coppell 's Crystal Palace meet in a bottom-of-the-table clash at Selhurst Park today that would have been unthinkable at the start of the season . |
| 23 | Indeed , it was an achievement that they managed it just long enough to clinch the Heineken title and then , once it did not matter any longer began to lose games at a rate that would have been unthinkable during the previous years of unbroken triumph . |
| 24 | Emily drank the tea , suddenly aware of the incongruity of the situation : here she was , sitting in the kitchen like one of the servants , something that would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago . |
| 25 | By day their sunken , listless eyes reflected the depth of an inner misery that would have been unthinkable to the exuberant youths of 1925 . |
| 26 | Changes in technology have made it possible to imagine means of communication that would have been unthinkable two hundred years ago : radio broadcasts , instant word-processing , telephone conversations , etc . |
| 27 | His house in Dartmouth was demolished when a new road was made in 1864 , and the fact that the road is named Newcomen Road is no compensation for the loss of a house that would have been holy ground for today 's industrial enthusiasts . |
| 28 | Just for a moment their fingers touched , then broke apart as they both stepped back with a haste that would have been comical if it had n't been for the sudden surge of sensation that arced between them . |
| 29 | He has suggested that rare collisions between the earth and comets , recorded as scatters of tektites , must have produced vast quantities of energy that would have been sufficient to heat up considerably both the atmosphere arid the surface layers of the oceans . |
| 30 | And the fact of George Carey 's criticism of massive pay rises to top bosses , and his sermon on the social responsibilities of wealth creation , is of concern to those bosses and wealth ‘ creators ’ because remarks that would have been unexceptional from other quarters came from the head of the established church — a case of the upstart vicar from Barking not yet fully appreciating the nature of his role within the establishment to which he has only recently secured entry . |