Example sentences of "[conj] would have [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skies appeared to contain little that would have startled older astronomers , apart from a host of new observations by means of more powerful telescopes and measuring instruments ( both largely German developments ) and the use of the new technique of photography , as well as spectroscopic analysis , first applied to the light of the stars in 1861 , which was to turn out to be an enormously powerful tool of research . |
| 2 | WHY is it that whenever I decide to don salopettes and head off in search of that damned elusive substance — Scottish snow — howling hurricanes decide to renew my acquaintance and pea-soupers that would have done Victorian London proud descend on the mountain ? |
| 3 | And 69 Members ( including the tellers ) voted for an amendment that would have made permanent television conditional on the provision of such a channel . |
| 4 | Last week their friends and relatives staged a demonstration alleging that police covered up evidence that would have supported that claim . |
| 5 | Although parts of Sun , such as Sun Federal , have reportedly been flirting with IXI , Sun headquarters has clearly labelled the firm a competitor going so far as to put a last-minute kibosh on a real estate deal that would have moved IXI headquarters in Cambridge , England into Sun UK 's offices as a tenant . |
| 6 | The other key characteristic of the even-toed ungulates that would have helped this process along is the structure of the feet . |
| 7 | Melissa flushed vivid puce , threw him a look that would have had weaker men quailing , and stormed off . |
| 8 | To avoid the damage to company status that would have accompanied widespread redundancies , many regular production workers were transferred to marketing jobs , including door-to-door selling , while Sumitomo officials reorganised the company . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you going to join us ? ’ invited Eleanor , with a smile that would have charmed most men right into the palm of her hand . |
| 10 | Here was a socialist plot that would have launched General Ripper into a pre-emptive strike against Brussels . |
| 11 | The Dale Farm Olympic Youth Camp , held earlier this month in Antrim , dealt with topics that would have left old timers in sport shaking their head in disbelief . |
| 12 | The Lancaster was now the mainstay of Bomber Command , each aircraft delivering a bombload that would have needed four aircraft of 1940 vintage to have lifted it . |
| 13 | For the rest of a sunny but refreshingly cool Delhi day he buried himself in batting practice with a vigour that would have sapped any man without his phenomenal stamina . |
| 14 | Any partial parse that is rejected will be removed — thereby removing any parse that would have contained this component . |
| 15 | At Halling Manor Works , a horse weighing nearly a ton fell into one of these shutes and would have fallen 40 feet into the river had not the shutter been down . |
| 16 | The thing is that I could n't cancel the draft — it cost £6.50 to get it , and would have cost another £12.00 to get it annulled . |
| 17 | ‘ At this moment , yes , but he 'd been promoted to registrar and would have assumed that title in a fortnight 's time . ’ |
| 18 | Nigel was proud of his reviews and would have liked another woman to show them to . |
| 19 | OO am and would have saved several people much time and hassle . |
| 20 | Thus a lady 's companion , though a domestic servant , was often of comparable birth to her mistress and would have received appropriate treatment . |
| 21 | But actually any three anchor points on the plane would have done the trick just as well , and would have given identical results . |
| 22 | She would have been eligible for and would have got local authority accommodation . |
| 23 | Viscount Kilmuir L.C. stated , at p. 596 , that the pursuers might recover whatever sum they might prove was in excess of such a charge as would have avoided undue discrimination against them , and he supported this by reference , inter alia , to Great Western Railway Co. v. Sutton ( 1869 ) L.R. 4 H.L. 226 . |
| 24 | The respondents may therefore recover whatever sum they may be able to prove was in excess of such a charge as would have avoided undue discrimination against them . |