Example sentences of "it would have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If our Lord had been resurrected only as a spirit it would have signified a victory over the spiritual world but the fact that it was a physical resurrection shows his sovereignty over history and the created world . |
| 2 | Ministers of Health would have incurred little or no extra criticism if they had failed to provide the services which the £25 million yielded by the prescription charges have made possible ; what criticism there was , would have been diffused over a hundred objects and none of it would have made a distinct impression on the mind of the electorate . |
| 3 | It would have made a compact little home except it was painted dark brown like the corridors . |
| 4 | Not , in truth , that she expected any , important or otherwise , but it would have made a difference to the day . |
| 5 | ‘ Quite right , sugar-plum , ’ Mr Wormwood said , casting a look of such simpering sloppiness at his wife it would have made a cat sick . |
| 6 | If it did act , it would have made a jurisdictional error and its decision would be a nullity . |
| 7 | ‘ It would have made a difference in the disposition of that part of the estate which had n't been given away . |
| 8 | Indeed , it would have done some good to have one when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer , as it would have made a significant difference to some of the measures that he took , which stoked the fires of inflation . |
| 9 | It would have appeared a politically harmless work , if it had not contained a violent attack in the Preface on ‘ the impertinent and ignorant preachers ’ appointed by the Government , ‘ who think all religion is a sermon and all sermons ought to be libels against truth and old Governors , and expound chapters that the meaning may never be understood ’ . |
| 10 | More than that , it would have constituted a breach of rules of respect for elders , a denial of social hierarchy inculcated throughout infancy , boyhood , schooldays . |
| 11 | It 's from the Bible , actually , and it would have formed a small part of what I wanted to say to you this morning ; ‘ Do n't make friends with people who have hot , violent tempers . |
| 12 | Quigly , Willis and Frome — it would have formed a sufficiently high-sounding trio of names to grace a solicitors ' firm . |
| 13 | He badly wanted to believe he had beaten FAKINTIL — it would have eased a move into their crony politics for him . |
| 14 | It would have given a similar sort of chance to the one he missed in the first minute . |
| 15 | If earlier national and local links still existed it would have given a helpful criterion to governors to know whether their school was being managed well . |
| 16 | The Criminal Law Revision Committee , Eighth Report , Theft and Related Offences , Cmnd 2977 , para. 123 , goes against Lambert in that it would have given a defence only when the accused 's act was " morally and socially acceptable " . |
| 17 | It would have saved a lot of unnecessary antagonism . ’ |
| 18 | With hindsight it would have saved a lot of heartbreak if he had looked the other way . |
| 19 | ‘ Neither am I , querida , ’ he said slowly , ‘ but I wish that I 'd had those skills in Seville because it would have saved a lot of anguish . |
| 20 | A philadelphia intellectual , Benjamin Franklin , back in his native land after a prolonged and enjoyable period in England , put down a statement of the need for political union which the conference accepted , but the colonial assemblies then rejected this plan for common defence , probably because it would have involved a good deal of extra spending . |
| 21 | In its original form , it would have involved a cost to the British taxpayer , to the Government and to employers of up to £500 million . |
| 22 | Had Woolwich failed in those proceedings , it would have faced a bill for interest , which would not have been deductible for tax purposes , in an amount far exceeding the net return which Woolwich could have obtained from investing the money withheld . |
| 23 | Had Woolwich failed in those proceedings , it would have faced a bill for interest , which would not have been deductible for tax purposes , in an amount far exceeding the net return which Woolwich could have obtained from investing the money withheld . |
| 24 | It would have assumed a place similar to that of the forerunners of the churches and chapels of historic times . |
| 25 | ‘ All this could have been done in commercial machinery shops , but it would have cost a fortune , ’ he says . |
| 26 | ‘ But without the special cover I 'd have had to pursue that claim on my own and it would have cost a great deal more . |
| 27 | By the time Siward 's army had reached the plains by the Forth , it would have marched a very long way , and suffered fighting , and would be drawn , in any case , only from those regions Siward was master of , for neither Wessex nor Mercia , it was sure , would waste men on extending Northumbria 's empire . |
| 28 | Had the airplane crashed into the mountain , it would have cut a swath through the trees . |
| 29 | The use of the scarce resource on one opportunity ( project ) may mean that another opportunity can not be undertaken even though it would have generated a positive contribution in cash-flow terms . |
| 30 | That is the use of the scarce resource on one project may mean that another project can not be undertaken although it would have generated a positive contribution to fixed costs and profits . |