Example sentences of "would have [verb] [adj] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In order to determine the probabilities of such singular histories , one would have to invoke some principle other than the known laws of science .
2 The adult animal would have stood 12.5 metres tall and stretched 40 metres from head to tail .
3 The climate extremes suggested by the physical models would have rendered southern Africa inhospitable for both animal and plant life , yet fossils of the most diverse and prolific terrestrial vertebrates , the mammal-like reptiles dicynodonts , are found in South Africa , Zambia , Zimbabwe , Malawi and Tanzania .
4 On the Government 's own figures , over 30% of those who would have received legal aid next year will lose it because of the proposed eligibility cuts .
5 The Income & Growth PEP allows you to invest in the Capital House Income & Growth Unit Trust which , despite one of the most difficult periods for stock market investment , has seen an investment of £100 grow to £183 over the last five years — had you been able to invest in the Income & Growth PEP over this period you would have received this return free of all personal taxes .
6 The contrast between the two men would have struck any observer that morning .
7 With regret Stirling realized that he would have to abandon offensive action that night and decided to withdraw without placing any bombs , so as not to jeopardize a future visit .
8 In the same period , kin links were an important mechanism for recruiting labour , and so living in the parental household would have given young people increased chances of finding work , as well as providing them with accommodation which they might not have been able to afford on their own .
9 OO am and would have saved several people much time and hassle .
10 said if I would have sold that car next to nothing I would have been done for it
11 This would have left visuo-spatial functions intact in the right whereas in women language could have become established in both hemispheres , crowding most specialised visuo-spatial ability .
12 A Gallup survey for The Daily Telegraph suggests that if he had been leader , the party would have had greater success last Thursday .
13 I wonder if he would have had any joy that day … only if you tied the rabbits ' legs together , I expect .
14 He would have to probe this man first and get to understand him .
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