Example sentences of "it would have [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that it would have done the slightest bit of good . |
| 2 | IF it had been a Companies Act prospectus , it would have landed the entire Cabinet in jail . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If it did act , it would have made a jurisdictional error and its decision would be a nullity . |
| 5 | It would have made a compact little home except it was painted dark brown like the corridors . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was such a nice young man , we all agreed it would have made an ideal match … |
| 8 | Had such a plan been feasible , it would have achieved the complete withdrawal of all Arab armies and preserved the integrity of Palestine . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It would have given a similar sort of chance to the one he missed in the first minute . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Had the unexpected happened , and Mr Bush reclaimed the White House , it would have represented the greatest political comeback since Truman defied pollsters in the late '40s . |
| 14 | Hydro said it would have lost an estimated 195 million kroner in 1992 if accounting changes had not freed about two billion kroner of reserves put aside for future tax obligations under the old accounting system . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Television showed he was onside and under the revised law it would have stood a better chance of being allowed . |
| 19 | The former was never seriously in the running , for it would have involved the demolition of the caretaker 's house and garage , removed the First Forms ' playground and provided no new classrooms : indeed , if built , it would have rendered the 1937 extension itself too dark for further use . |
| 20 | It would have run the other way if it had heard me coming . |
| 21 | It would have ended a fantastic year on a bitter note and I did n't want that . ’ |
| 22 | O'Neill would n't concede it — it would have split the Unionist Party . |
| 23 | Her original wish to run two candidates in at least one-third of the country 's 130 multi-member constituencies was abandoned on the grounds that it would have split the socialist vote in many areas . |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | Another half-hour of it would have sealed a momentous victory . |
| 26 | It would have taken no additional effort to assemble a selection representative of the period and presenting a new view of many leading artists ' activities and styles applied to this medium . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Four years ago it would have taken a whole day to set up a run of car doors at the plant . |