Example sentences of "would have [vb pp] from [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Baker has returned to the backbenches to concentrate on his writing , leaving the talented Mr David Hunt , who would have gained from wider Cabinet experience , at the Welsh Office .
2 No one would have guessed from that question that every one of the farmers affected has been paid regularly while we carry out the necessary tests to discover what has caused the problem .
3 The latter is certainly played with great energy although even such a generally obvious piece such as this would have benefitted from heightened sensitivity : Gershwin was , after all , influenced not just by the vibrant colours of the tropics but by their warmth as well .
4 Capital costs have varied greatly , but in no case have reached the sort of level that one would have expected from shared space schemes , where costs are raised by the needs for complete resurfacing .
5 Three-quarters of all the cases would have resulted from heterosexual transmission .
6 Even in the Constitution on the Liturgy , approved in the second session , where a theology of liturgical pluralism is to some extent accepted , there is no use of the word ‘ church ’ in the plural nor of the phrase ‘ ecclesia particularis ’ ( particular church ) , though the thought of the constitution would have benefited from such use .
7 To achieve commendably rapid publication the author 's original typescripts appear to have been reproduced with a mix of typography and some English which would have benefited from editorial attention .
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