Example sentences of "would have [verb] a greater [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This is thanks to handling and power which , to my mind , would have posed a greater threat to the Honda NSX 's title of best-handling car than any Mazda RX-7 .
2 It may be that he had missed his metier , and that he would have made a greater mark had he gone into politics .
3 Even so , it may be doubted that he would have made a greater impact upon the course of history .
4 This meant further discontent on the part of the workers and peasants , which would have meant a greater use of coercion by the state .
5 Presenting the seventh development plan ( 1991-97 ) to the National Assembly on Nov. 19 , Masire said that he expected a slowdown in revenue in the coming period and that the private sector would have to play a greater role in diversifying the economy and reducing the dependence on mineral exports .
6 The government , at no additional cost to the Exchequer , would have had a greater impact on the individual 's welfare .
7 To have released Meehan from seven years of wrongful imprisonment , recommended a free pardon for him , and then to have arrested and charged Waddell for the same crime would have required a greater degree of resolution than either of them possessed .
8 Nevertheless , they did not forget the main object of their expedition and kept a careful record of all the plants found , though they commented that had the journey been made a month or two sooner , they would have found a greater number of rarities .
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