Example sentences of "that would have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skies appeared to contain little that would have startled older astronomers , apart from a host of new observations by means of more powerful telescopes and measuring instruments ( both largely German developments ) and the use of the new technique of photography , as well as spectroscopic analysis , first applied to the light of the stars in 1861 , which was to turn out to be an enormously powerful tool of research . |
| 2 | WHY is it that whenever I decide to don salopettes and head off in search of that damned elusive substance — Scottish snow — howling hurricanes decide to renew my acquaintance and pea-soupers that would have done Victorian London proud descend on the mountain ? |
| 3 | He is its chairman , Sir William Wilkinson , who has campaigned courageously despite personal difficulties that would have stopped many more bullish men . |
| 4 | I have experienced this directly in researching this book and am deeply indebted to many new friends , in areas of science that would have remained foreign to me , for their time and patience in explaining things that I never knew and I hope that we all gained from the experience . |
| 5 | And 69 Members ( including the tellers ) voted for an amendment that would have made permanent television conditional on the provision of such a channel . |
| 6 | This French system was one contender for a weapon that would have cost two billion pounds . |
| 7 | Last week their friends and relatives staged a demonstration alleging that police covered up evidence that would have supported that claim . |
| 8 | Although parts of Sun , such as Sun Federal , have reportedly been flirting with IXI , Sun headquarters has clearly labelled the firm a competitor going so far as to put a last-minute kibosh on a real estate deal that would have moved IXI headquarters in Cambridge , England into Sun UK 's offices as a tenant . |
| 9 | It was true that Ted Mosse had turned out not to be too honest , even in his best uniformed days , had run various little corruptions and been found out , but it did not seem the sort of bad behaviour that would have worried most of working-class South London . |
| 10 | The new rule is also a clear victory for the environmentalists against a proposal by the Bush administration that would have eliminated any waiting period . |
| 11 | Offered a settlement that would have retrieved half the gold , Moreira sternly refused — and has not had any of it back . |
| 12 | The other key characteristic of the even-toed ungulates that would have helped this process along is the structure of the feet . |
| 13 | Certain models have dropped to prices that would have seemed inconceivable even in late 1991 . |
| 14 | Then he saw Peter 's face , the excitement in his eyes , and remembered the morning and the crashing gallop through the wood , and being aware afterwards of what he had done , something that would have seemed impossible before . |
| 15 | Even under the firmly established Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher , backbenchers showed a degree of independence that would have seemed remarkable thirty years earlier . |
| 16 | I do n't think the live yoghurt I used was any good because , for a start it was fruit flavoured , no it was n't it was natural , but it said mild flavoured and I do n't think it was the proper like the Greek style really live yoghurt that would have started all the fungus growing on it . |
| 17 | In sum , a reissue that would have had more of my blessing if offered at bargain price . |
| 18 | Melissa flushed vivid puce , threw him a look that would have had weaker men quailing , and stormed off . |
| 19 | To avoid the damage to company status that would have accompanied widespread redundancies , many regular production workers were transferred to marketing jobs , including door-to-door selling , while Sumitomo officials reorganised the company . |
| 20 | ‘ Are you going to join us ? ’ invited Eleanor , with a smile that would have charmed most men right into the palm of her hand . |
| 21 | Here was a socialist plot that would have launched General Ripper into a pre-emptive strike against Brussels . |
| 22 | She went down the passage at a pace that would have left any wounded snails simply nowhere , and tapped at his sitting-room door . |
| 23 | The Dale Farm Olympic Youth Camp , held earlier this month in Antrim , dealt with topics that would have left old timers in sport shaking their head in disbelief . |
| 24 | Not only were most holdings too small to provide much work for hired labour , but the big villages that would have housed such a workforce did not exist . |
| 25 | The Lancaster was now the mainstay of Bomber Command , each aircraft delivering a bombload that would have needed four aircraft of 1940 vintage to have lifted it . |
| 26 | For the rest of a sunny but refreshingly cool Delhi day he buried himself in batting practice with a vigour that would have sapped any man without his phenomenal stamina . |
| 27 | Any partial parse that is rejected will be removed — thereby removing any parse that would have contained this component . |