Example sentences of "[pron] would have [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He is large Minnie and loud and not altogether sensible often and I would have no other man in the house to manage him if need be .
2 I would have no other reason for marrying him . ’
3 Now in order to make a prediction of what say what 's going to happen this year I would have to know the state of the system of the ocean and the atmosphere on January first and in order to do that in an ideal world I would have a tremendous amount of data about the ocean and about the atmosphere and be able to put it into this model but this data , by and large , does n't exist .
4 I like to feel that if it came to a stand-up fight I would have a good chance of victory and escape .
5 I was in two minds about closing the door , but decided that it would be safer to do so ; if anyone came through it unexpectedly I would have a split second to look lost and nonchalant .
6 I have relatively high stakes in conformity — I happen to have done fairly well out of it ; I would have a certain amount to lose in terms of reputation were I to be apprehended .
7 He himself had gone to University College , Oxford , so he thought I should apply there , because I would have a greater chance of getting in .
8 And I would have a great deal of sympathy with that view , quite frankly .
9 Well now , at the end of that six months I 'd had varied success , sometimes I had poor periods when I was n't detecting much , then I would have a little break , do better , but at the end of the six months nobody told me whether I was stopping there , but twenty years later I did go back to uniform as an inspector .
10 And while her eyes went wide at the importance of that statement to the literary world , ‘ It was with no small degree of relief , ’ he continued , ‘ that I personally took my work to my publishers in Prague and , that done , resolved that apart from day-to-day correspondence I would have a whole month off — perhaps longer — and free my mind of anything connected with work .
11 IT IS rare I feel strongly about anything appertaining to Darlington , otherwise I would have an ulcerated stomach .
12 I told her she might' get a chance , though of course I would have the ultimate control .
13 Even if it landed on time , I would have the four-hour journey to Hull and it was unlikely that I would make it to the funeral .
14 I knew that at the end of the four sets of treatment I would have the final scan .
15 If I were the patient I would hope someone would have the common sense not to operate on me .
16 What was more , it was in the highest degree unlikely that any protest of his would have the slightest effect in any matter relating to Hilary Frome .
17 The money we put into oil exploration , if we were lucky , would find us a new field , which would have a limited life only .
18 cuts in defence expenditure , both of which are irresponsible and both of which would have a devastating effect on our capacity to defend ourselves .
19 Under the Labour party 's proposal , that property would be revalued , which would have a devastating effect on the finances of that young couple .
20 Mr Fallon , a champion for redevelopment of the site , said : ‘ I do n't want to see anything which would have a detrimental effect on the bus company but the area is crying out for a new development . ’
21 Mr Fallon , who supports redevelopment of the site , said : ‘ I do n't want to see anything which would have a detrimental effect on the bus company but , at the same time , the area is crying out for a new development . ’
22 Being in some institutional positions ensured that the individuals involved would come to make decisions which would have a major impact upon society .
23 He said that he would impose a state of emergency if necessary , but did not want to do anything which would have a negative effect on democracy .
24 Everything that Labour says about public spending shows that it is completely indifferent to inflation , which would have a bad effect on unemployment .
25 That is an interesting parallel with the Liberal Democrats ' proposals for local income tax , whereby local councils would be given authority to raise taxes locally — which would have a profound effect on industrial location .
26 One , however , was the decision to establish a European Movement which would have a National Council in each country , to carry on the debate and pressure governments .
27 Or why person D , who experiences a relatively minor but intrusive event which would have no adverse consequences for persons A , B , C and E , becomes floridly psychotic ( arrow a , Figure 7.1 ) .
28 This ignores the saving on refuse disposal ( which would have the effective price ) and the fact that one method reduces landfill pollution , while the other generates a type we do not yet know how to clear up .
29 The vote was not legally binding , but was thought to put strong pressure on the Council of Ministers , which would have the final decision on the basis of qualified majority voting .
30 The Minister of Law and Order Hernus Kriel announced on Nov. 8 the formation of a new police unit which would have the specific task of stabilizing and controlling political unrest .
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