Example sentences of "it would have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Ministers of Health would have incurred little or no extra criticism if they had failed to provide the services which the £25 million yielded by the prescription charges have made possible ; what criticism there was , would have been diffused over a hundred objects and none of it would have made a distinct impression on the mind of the electorate .
2 If it did act , it would have made a jurisdictional error and its decision would be a nullity .
3 It would have made a compact little home except it was painted dark brown like the corridors .
4 Indeed , it would have done some good to have one when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer , as it would have made a significant difference to some of the measures that he took , which stoked the fires of inflation .
5 It 's from the Bible , actually , and it would have formed a small part of what I wanted to say to you this morning ; ‘ Do n't make friends with people who have hot , violent tempers .
6 If earlier national and local links still existed it would have given a helpful criterion to governors to know whether their school was being managed well .
7 It would have given a similar sort of chance to the one he missed in the first minute .
8 A philadelphia intellectual , Benjamin Franklin , back in his native land after a prolonged and enjoyable period in England , put down a statement of the need for political union which the conference accepted , but the colonial assemblies then rejected this plan for common defence , probably because it would have involved a good deal of extra spending .
9 ‘ But without the special cover I 'd have had to pursue that claim on my own and it would have cost a great deal more .
10 The use of the scarce resource on one opportunity ( project ) may mean that another opportunity can not be undertaken even though it would have generated a positive contribution in cash-flow terms .
11 That is the use of the scarce resource on one project may mean that another project can not be undertaken although it would have generated a positive contribution to fixed costs and profits .
12 Television showed he was onside and under the revised law it would have stood a better chance of being allowed .
13 It would have ended a fantastic year on a bitter note and I did n't want that . ’
14 Is the Minister aware that if the Wakefield district council social services department had to stick to its standard spending assessment it would have to save a further £3 million this year on services for the chronically sick and disabled ?
15 Another half-hour of it would have sealed a momentous victory .
16 It would have taken a considerable amount of time for any Government taking over their shambolic performance to improve the quality of just about everything in the environment , as we have been doing .
17 It would have taken a blind man , or a very naive one , not to spot some connection between their style of play and the kinds of responsibilities and decisions they have to make in the outside world .
18 It would have taken a bold investor to put 40% of a stock portfolio in the Tokyo market in the mid-1980s , even though that was what Japan 's share of global stockmarket capitalisation had become .
19 Four years ago it would have taken a whole day to set up a run of car doors at the plant .
20 As there is little work in the shipyards , it would have taken a special appeal to have convinced them to down tools .
21 If it did n't come off , the worst thing that could have happened is that it would have taken a few years to move him out . ’
22 But , while this would have brought the Tory rebels back on board , it would have left a big question mark over whether Mr Major could continue .
23 Even when it was clear that this would n't happen and that it would have to accumulate a special fund , especially for the future cost of ‘ decommissioning ’ the stations , the Board 's accounts showed a relatively small amount being set aside .
24 This was far more than could be justified in the straitened circumstances of the time ( and indeed it would have produced a large margin of spare capacity on the actual early 1950s peak demand ) .
25 Had M1 been retained as a narrow measure of money supply , it would have shown a sudden increase as the sight deposits in the Abbey National would now have been included .
26 If the price had been £50 lower it would have earned a fourth star .
27 The Aquino government had resisted the return of the body on the grounds that it would have had a destabilizing effect on the country .
28 While the consortium had offered to put up £2,500 million in private capital the project would also have involved ERL taking over a £1,000 million government loan already allocated to BR to improve commuter services along the route , a further £400 million investment by BR ( in exchange for which it would have had a 50 per cent stake in commuter services along the route ) and a government " capital grant " of £500 million .
29 Had this proposal been implemented , it would have had a disastrous effect on the morale and effectiveness of L Detachment .
30 Had a piece of Lotharian history survived for these years , it would have told a different story .
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