Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [verb] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the paying customers — you and me — I 'd have thought an auditors ' report claiming ‘ mismanagement and excessive expenditure ’ was a pretty good start . |
| 2 | Secondly Chairman I would like to draw the Councillors ' attention to the fact that I 'm this years representative on the South East Waste Regulation Advisory Committee and we have indeed got in hand a project which is to look at the whole of the recycling and the priorities for the South East region and I would imagine that by the time our officers have reported back to this Authority that they will have an advantage of having access to that report . |
| 3 | Last year a court blocked government plans to build a road tunnel through the Aspe valley , which would have threatened the bears ' habitat [ see ED 65/66 ] . |
| 4 | If they had done so , the economy would have retained a much fuller utilization of capacity , which in turn would have increased the companies ' profits ( from 1957 to 1963 the capacity utilization rate in manufacturing averaged only 80.5 per cent , nearly 12 per cent less than the peak achieved in 1966 ) . |
| 5 | Sondra Locke never would have made a Forces ' pin-up but that did n't deter Clint Eastwood from turning her into a star with lotsa spunk — and they were off-screen lovers — although he could have had his pick of ‘ beautiful broads ’ . |
| 6 | Tax advisers , for whom Labour 's belt-tightening would have meant an accountants ' bonanza . |
| 7 | Great care had to be taken to hide this tell-tale clay , since its detection by aircraft would have betrayed the mines ' position and depth . |
| 8 | The fruits of this estate would have provided the judges ' stipends , insulating the judges from all risk that a government might reduce their pay if they offended it . |
| 9 | The signatures of these ‘ partner equivalents ’ would serve to document the individuals ' responsibility for the examination ; to that extent it eliminates for the outside world the element of anonymity currently inherent in the practice of signing audit opinions only in the names of the firms . |