Example sentences of "which would have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A compromise agreement reached on Jan. 8 , negotiated under the auspices of the special mission of the Organization of American States ( OAS ) , which would have paved the way for the return from exile of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide , was later rejected by military and parliamentary leaders in Haiti , leaving the country 's political crisis unresolved . |
| 2 | was given leave by an overwhelming majority of the House of Commons ( 228 votes to 17 ) to introduce a Bill which would have imposed a requirement of reasonableness where a mistaken belief in consent was alleged . |
| 3 | Guillaume was also disturbed by Modi 's unpredictable and unbusinesslike behaviour : ‘ the mere idea of asking him for a signature , which would have legalized a relationship , seemed ridiculous to me ’ . |
| 4 | Both chambers of the Czechoslovak Federal Assembly — the Chamber of the People and the Chamber of Nations — rejected a constitutional reform bill on Oct. 1 which would have legalized the ending of the Federation [ see p. 39105 ] . |
| 5 | The collapse in confidence was prompted by proposals by the US Senate to limit credit card borrowing [ see also p. 38566 ] , a move which would have damaged the revival of retail markets ; markets calmed , however , following Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady " s dismissal of the idea , and the index ended the month 6 per cent down from the 3,075 level recorded at the end of October . |
| 6 | 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 ] . |
| 7 | The DTI said it wanted to avoid the risk of a ‘ disorderly collapse ’ which would have threatened the savings of those people who had already put money into the funds . |
| 8 | In the mid 1970s there was an abortive attempt to develop a new way of managing the industry in the Territories Plan ( which would have given a structure very similar to that developed in Germany in much earlier years and still in use both on DB and DR ) , but this failed largely on account of union opposition . |
| 9 | His proposed referendum law , which would have given the president the right to call a referendum either on his own initiative or in response to a significant demand from voters in both Czech and Slovak republics , was also defeated . |
| 10 | Among the more important objects is a shabti-figure , still in the Amherst Collection , which would have represented the deceased in the underworld . |
| 11 | However , for the purposes of the relevant part of the lbw law , the wicket is actually about 37 cm wide — over 38% wider — as you should add almost the total diameter of the ball ( over 7 cm wide to both the off and leg stumps to allow for a ball which would have flicked the stumps — thus fulfilling the criterion of hitting the wicket . |
| 12 | A compromise was put forward by the General , Municipal and Boilermakers union which would have created a register of individual union supporters . |
| 13 | A slightly different approach diagnoses the Gettier counter-examples as arising because there are some truths which would have destroyed the believer 's justification had he believed them ( cf. |
| 14 | The MMC rejected GEC 's claim that the merger would have created a company which would have sustained the UK 's position in world markets into the next century , and implied that GEC should rely more on organic growth ( ie internal growth ) than on growth by acquisitions . |
| 15 | However , it seems unlikely that the British parent did not back Mr Nathan 's proposal , which would have secured a price for Imigran similar to that in Britain . |
| 16 | The same day it transpired that an additional factor had been the judge 's decision to dismiss " public interest immunity " certificates which had been signed by four senior ministers and which would have prevented the disclosure of certain information about the case . |
| 17 | Questioned by the procurator-fiscal , Andrew Normand , British Rail 's director of operations at the time , Terence Worrall , admitted that had the sheriff 's deliberations been fully taken into account , additional safety procedures would have been introduced which would have prevented the Newton disaster . |
| 18 | Questioned by the procurator-fiscal , Andrew Normand , British Rail 's director of operations at the time , Terence Worrall , admitted that had the sheriff 's deliberations been fully taken into account , additional safety procedures would have been introduced which would have prevented the Newton accident . |
| 19 | There is no Sixth Amendment guaranteeing the right to ‘ a speedy and public trial , by an impartial jury ’ , which would have prevented the trials without jury which have existed in Northern Ireland since the 1970s . |
| 20 | What the verdict of ‘ lack of care ’ presupposes is that some other persons had at least the opportunity of rendering care ( in the narrow sense of that word ) which would have prevented the death . |
| 21 | The court heard that a simple safety device which would have prevented the tragedy , was n't properly fitted . |
| 22 | That meant that a proposal , which would have prevented the collision , for four new platforms at Newton had been scrapped . |
| 23 | In a scene which would have broken the heart of every parent , the elderly couple cried uncontrollably at the sight of their son 's grave . |
| 24 | Officials wanted to save £80,000 on a satellite which had cost £240 million to launch , which would have disrupted the project . |
| 25 | The public , already faced with recession , balked at the prospect of dramatically increased costs and changes which would have affected every aspect of Californian life . |
| 26 | In effect this covers cases where some relevant statutory provision or precedent which would have affected the decision was not brought to the attention of the court . |
| 27 | Lucinda lay , gazing upward , thinking about her mother so far away in London and about last night 's misfortune , which would have pleased the Countess greatly : three miserable women spending the night on a hard station bench . |
| 28 | Chester City Council , together with private-sector businesses , had put together a bid for the centralised centre which would have cost the Government nothing . |
| 29 | Chester had put together a deal for the centre which would have cost the Government nothing because it was tied in with private sector development . |
| 30 | A representative of an independent observers ' group comprising United States and Canadian citizens of Serbian extraction and led by US congresswoman Helen Delich Bentley told a press conference on Dec. 26 that it had found irregularities which would have rendered the elections illegal in the West . |