Example sentences of "[noun sg] would have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Politeness and kindness would have constituted a refusal . |
| 2 | Parliamentary arithmetic dictated , therefore , that Labour would have to produce a package which was acceptable to at least one of the opposition parties . |
| 3 | First , had proportional representation been in force in 1983 , then the Conservatives would not have been able to form a government on their own and coalition would have forced a moderation of policies . |
| 4 | ‘ Do you reckon Steen would have found a replacement ? ’ |
| 5 | The abrupt cessation of homage without some alternative ceremony would have divided a kingdom into two distinct parts : those parts held by laymen , for which homage was owed to the king , and those parts held by clergy , for which homage was forbidden . |
| 6 | Leftist critics have suggested that this is because any consideration of the socio-economic context of crime would have proved an embarrassment to the classical position . |
| 7 | The proposal would have ended a system of low taxation on land sales which had helped fuel a property boom since the late 1980s . |
| 8 | Any proposal would have to achieve a majority in both houses . |
| 9 | The words were propelled at them like stones from a sling : a direct hit would have killed a bear . |
| 10 | " We estimate that a typical child would have to eat a tonne of chocolate a week for life to exceed the safe dose , " said the alliance 's spokesman . |
| 11 | Managing director Bernard Segrave-Daly said he had also been hoping the Chancellor would have introduced a duty system which would have helped smaller firms . |
| 12 | The Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore says that every village would have to add an average of six houses per year to eliminate India 's shortage of rural homes . |
| 13 | Since Sir Edmond 's will ruled out charging fees , there were two possible solutions : either the Goldsmiths would have to increase the stipend from their own income from Shaa 's bequest , or the local community would have to take a hand . |
| 14 | At a time when this was the only bridge in Prague , such a meeting would have made an impression . |
| 15 | Aggression would have given a survival advantage in cave dweller days and earlier and so would have been favored by natural selection . |
| 16 | The marquis would have to marry a woman of noble blood , but that did n't stop Topaz from wanting and loving him . |
| 17 | The wing would have had a tendency to turn left in flight unless the change had been made ( incorrectly ) to counteract an inherent right turn . |
| 18 | She had enclosed patterns and detailed instructions , and while she hoped , for the sake of appearance at the wedding , that the children 's clothes would be properly cut and fitted , she also hoped that between them Cynthia and her dressmaker would have made a pig 's ear of the business . |
| 19 | Under the Lalonde scheme , any company producing toxic waste would have to reach an agreement with the state environment agency to ensure it was adequately treated . |
| 20 | The public had a right to be properly informed , which could only be denied them if it appeared absolutely certain that the article would have presented a threat to judicial authority . |
| 21 | This suggests , for example , that a new two-year bond issued at par would have to have a coupon of 10.25 per cent and that for a three-year bond ( with annual coupons ) trading at par the following equality holds ( see ( 5.10 ) ) : demonstrating that the YTM and the coupon are identical when a bond is trading at par . |
| 22 | The wine would have delighted a connoisseur . |
| 23 | A real thief would have taken a screwdriver and levered off the clasps . |
| 24 | Tax advisers , for whom Labour 's belt-tightening would have meant an accountants ' bonanza . |
| 25 | Probably , at the present day , such service on such request would have raised a promise by implication to pay what it was worth , and the subsequent promise of a sum certain would have been evidence for the jury to fix the amount . ’ |
| 26 | The Cajun Chicken too was very good indeed although the portion would have disappointed an American . |
| 27 | Many a woman would have paid a fortune to have had his eyelashes , thick , long and curling . |
| 28 | Sinatra would have started a fight there and then but his minders knew that the club had its own hit men and refused to start throwing punches . |
| 29 | A bit of forward planning would have ensured a sum was put aside in the budget . |
| 30 | The firm application of market methods of control would have yielded a rise in interest rates which would have provided , albeit more slowly , the allocative mechanism rather than the banks having to discriminate against one customer in favour of another . |