Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the indications were that by the end of 1991 the Soviet economy would have registered a severe , possibility catastrophic deterioration . |
| 2 | After discreet soundings , they prudently abandoned the idea , which would have involved a major encroachment upon judicial independence . |
| 3 | This proposal would have involved a different , immensely complicated , and , for suspects , terrifying new caution which could easily fatally have undermined the whole rule . |
| 4 | The pressure on the welders would have involved a very high rejection rate — a problem overcome by robot welding . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The other path that he might have followed would have involved a direct appeal to the French people to support his constitutional views . |
| 8 | The judge said , the men 's defence would have involved a re-examination of the events of nineteen seventy four . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The Haifa Bay route would have constituted a serious disruption as it passed overland through intensively developed urban and farming areas to the Jordan Valley , destroying property and agricultural land . |
| 11 | The statutory recognition of auditors ' resignation occurred for the first time in the Companies Act 1976 , prior to which resignation would have constituted a de facto breach of contract . |
| 12 | The detractors say they are relative newcomers who would have constituted a gamble . |
| 13 | The ‘ adherents of the bloodline ’ would have constituted a relatively small circle of probably aristocratic or patrician caste , members of Jesus 's own family and families related to it . |
| 14 | The presence of such ‘ advisers ’ would have constituted a severe infringement of China 's political autonomy . |
| 15 | Politeness and kindness would have constituted a refusal . |
| 16 | In the following years , he would have undertaken a vision quest similar to that described by the Nez Perce warrior Yellow Wolf : |
| 17 | Even the most heavy-weight scientists , snobbish to the end about their colleagues , would have accepted a Nobel prize winner of Blackett 's stature . |
| 18 | He would have applied a multiplier of 12 . |
| 19 | It is not clear whether they are issues in which Marx was ever really involved ; if he had been , then it would seem likely that they would have played a more important role in his later work . |
| 20 | ‘ Maybe he would have played a few minutes more , ’ said Zoff . |
| 21 | Once a femur or a forearm would have played a pure note if you 'd used one for a pipe , but the pieces would whistle harsh and offkey now from the holes bored into them by the efficient mandibles of her companions in the vertical grave , the cenote where they placed her after the battle , during the truce . |
| 22 | However , it seems unlikely that the British parent did not back Mr Nathan 's proposal , which would have secured a price for Imigran similar to that in Britain . |
| 23 | He walked into a Ladbrokes betting shop at Hexham , Northumberland , six days later and demanded his winnings , unaware that the payout for the bet would have totalled a staggering £3,826,470,000,000,000 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I sound like Piers , she thought suddenly , when a few months ago I would have giggled a bit at a remark like that . |
| 26 | Classic Maya civilization appears to have collapsed some 600 years before the Spanish conquest of Central America , but even if it had survived it seems inevitable that the Maya obsession with time would have remained a historical curiosity with no influence on the modern world . |
| 27 | First he would have pushed a strong diversionary force at Charleroi , then , when the allies moved to defend Brussels from the south , he would have launched the real attack to the west . |
| 28 | In short , the ration book would have become a national institution like the council house . |
| 29 | " If I 'd wanted to spend over five hours on the golf course I would have become a greenkeeper and not a professional golfer . " |
| 30 | I thought that , in spite of the noise of the birds , I would have heard a hammer going down there along the cliffs . |