Example sentences of "would have [verb] a [adj] amount " in BNC.

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1 Identifying the specific weaving group is , of course , far more difficult , and you would have to gather a considerable amount of information on the individual variations in weave , colour and composition before hazarding a guess .
2 Once he had decided to write the Guide Book he realised he would have to do a considerable amount of writing and although he never felt he was a good writer , his unwavering intent carried him through .
3 X/Open said it very much hopes Novell will join its menagerie , but hinted it would have to pay a significant amount for the pleasure .
4 ‘ We would have had a monumental amount of stuff anyway , even if we had n't had the business . ’
5 It would have taken a considerable amount of time for any Government taking over their shambolic performance to improve the quality of just about everything in the environment , as we have been doing .
6 At the actual erm meeting which put this into practice the Conservatives suggested a phased in method , some now and some later , and this would have relieved a certain amount of hardship .
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