Example sentences of "[noun] would have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His last words would have made a fine song title . |
| 2 | Opinion polls suggested throughout the campaign that Labour would have stood a better chance with the Scottish lawyer at the helm , and he has powerful support on the backbenches , especially among fellow Scots . |
| 3 | ‘ That opinion was largely based on the fact that in Robin Cook , Labour would have boasted a senior Cabinet minister with good understanding and enthusiasm for racing . |
| 4 | The latter half of the sixteenth century does , arguably , represent a significant turning point in the development of the hierarchy : until that time one can argue that its evolution had been largely functional , that the nature of the hierarchy ensured that those who reached the highest learned offices would have received a thorough grounding in the necessary sciences through both their education and their teaching , and practical training in the application of the law through holding several important kadiliks ; but that after that time , that is , from toward the end of the sixteenth century , the elaboration of the hierarchy was much more negative from the point of view both of learning and of good administration , being essentially an attempt to provide jobs and honours for an ever-increasing number of those seeking both . |
| 5 | And no doubt other authors would have chosen a different balance of topics — more invertebrates and light vertebrates perhaps . |
| 6 | Chant would have given a good deal to break the bastard 's nose so he bled on it . |
| 7 | Some referees would have produced a red card instantly , but Alan Flood decided that the challenge only merited a yellow . |
| 8 | A significant number of subjects ( 7/37 ) , however , had food reflux that was outside one standard deviation from the mean , whereas only one of these subjects would have had a positive reflux score by measuring acid alone . |
| 9 | Price Waterhouse 's UK practice would have experienced a negative growth rate in fee income in the year to June 1992 , if it had not been for the firm 's corporate recovery arm . |
| 10 | Instead of a free subscription to an obscure journal ( which came with the registration fee ) many listeners would have preferred a decent abstract list — not to mention fewer unimaginative and time-worn presentations . |
| 11 | It 's improbable that a male college would have achieved a similar effect with men or women . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This proposal would have involved a different , immensely complicated , and , for suspects , terrifying new caution which could easily fatally have undermined the whole rule . |
| 14 | In any case , a shotgun fired into the undertaker 's neck at close range would have made a real mess ; we would n't be looking at just a cupful of blood . |
| 15 | Conservative group leader Tony Richmond accused finance committee chair Jan Taylor of saying the council would have set a higher budget if it were not for government spending constraints . |
| 16 | A joining of the two companies would have created a huge holiday company with about 30pc of the UK market . |
| 17 | Sir Leon Brittan , the EC Commissioner responsible for competition , said that the companies would have acquired a 50 per cent share of the world market for commuter aircraft of 20-70 seats and 67 per cent of the EC market . |
| 18 | If necessary , Havvie Blaine would have married a one-eyed dwarf to restore their fortunes , but luck was with him — he had Sally-Anne Tunstall in his sights , and the hope that she and her papa might not enquire too carefully into the Innescourt means , and if they did , why , transforming the daughter of a vulgar American robber-baron into Great Britain 's premier duchess was surely worth a dollar or two . |
| 19 | A doctor would have a defence of therapeutic privilege , if disclosure would have posed a serious threat of psychological detriment to the patient . |
| 20 | This left him an enormous amount of scope for demonstrating the kind of narrative energy that most English fiction-writers would have given a great deal to acquire . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The bride was an attractive and lively young woman who under normal circumstances would have made a sympathetic wife for an energetic and ambitious young man . |
| 23 | Even a political genius coming to power in propitious circumstances would have had a hard time meeting all these claims on him . |
| 24 | The Warsaw pact would have to find a new home for its southern command , a small price . |
| 25 | Private shareholders in Concorde would have required a high expected return to entice them into such a risky project . |
| 26 | Opponents said the plan would have had a variable impact , because of differences in the charges of landfill operators across the country . |
| 27 | The removal of a large section of the landed and business sections of the community would have had a devastating effect on the province as a whole , and especially its economy . |
| 28 | King Hussein would have preferred a separate Palestinian delegation , he said , but " we have no objection to providing an umbrella for our Palestinian brethren " . |
| 29 | Ideally the research team would have liked a randomised control experimental design whereby half the eligible people would have been allocated to the action group and the remainder to the control group on a random basis . |
| 30 | That teacher would have had a different attitude if Nader had been around . |