Example sentences of "it would have [vb pp] 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 | Another half-hour of it would have sealed a momentous victory . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Four years ago it would have taken a whole day to set up a run of car doors at the plant . |
| 19 | As there is little work in the shipyards , it would have taken a special appeal to have convinced them to down tools . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | If the price had been £50 lower it would have earned a fourth star . |
| 25 | The Aquino government had resisted the return of the body on the grounds that it would have had a destabilizing effect on the country . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Had this proposal been implemented , it would have had a disastrous effect on the morale and effectiveness of L Detachment . |
| 28 | Had a piece of Lotharian history survived for these years , it would have told a different story . |
| 29 | It would have guaranteed a complete change in the way things were run at Westminster . |
| 30 | It would have needed a later generation of social workers , free from the prejudices of war , to detect the frustration behind the mask of ingratitude and disloyalty . |