Example sentences of "he would have [verb] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , it may be doubted that he would have made a greater impact upon the course of history . |
| 2 | It may be that he had missed his metier , and that he would have made a greater mark had he gone into politics . |
| 3 | But the second perspective is that the rent review clause is the landlord 's price for the grant of a long term , in the absence of which he would have granted a shorter term . |
| 4 | Robert did not like to think of himself as a snob , but , had he been in charge of the Independent Wimbledon Day Islamic Boys ’ School , he would have expected a higher standard of civility from the cleaning staff . |
| 5 | and what better place to say it than here — had Middleton accepted my alternative he would have had a better chance of living ; but I would question very sincerely whether he would have had a VC . |
| 6 | Dr Julius Grayling , the man in charge , says that he would have had a worse chance of getting a grant from the Mandan Foundation if he had applied with a literal description of the work he wanted to carry out . |
| 7 | Had his life been prolonged , the writer thought it probable that he would have left a deeper mark on the science of the profession . |