Example sentences of "would have [verb] [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hunter , one can assume , would have advocated chemical treatment of the entire body . |
| 2 | An interesting question is whether the boots would have withstood another day of similar conditions . |
| 3 | Although it is true that more people would have contracted serious illnesses of a type which have now been eradicated — especially tuberculosis , which struck large numbers of people ( women more frequently than men ) throughout the nineteenth century — very few people would have survived into a long and infirm old age ( Johansson , 1977 ) . |
| 4 | I would have savoured this piece of news with greater relish had I not been booked on BA724 to Geneva at 0845 that morning . |
| 5 | But the seats that Common Wealth began to win were often seats which Labour would have stood little chance of winning even under the most favourable conditions . |
| 6 | More fundamentally , even if we could invent a new investigative body , it too would have to be trained to produce reliable results , and for it too we would have to invent some sort of internal verification mechanism . |
| 7 | Like Braid , the name of Vardon would have stirred local followers of the game . |
| 8 | Gurder would have understood this sort of thing . |
| 9 | Jesus forecast that before the cock crowed twice he would have denied any knowledge of Jesus three times . |
| 10 | If workers had been in the vicinity , they would have received high doses of radiation . |
| 11 | Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith sympathised with the general outlook and tried to prepare people for the necessary discussion and negotiations which would have to precede any expression of national opinion and the consequent negotiation with the British Government . |
| 12 | Ken 's reply was that , if His Majesty had not neglected his own duty of being present , his enemies would have missed this opportunity of accusing him . |
| 13 | Back when Abba were in their '50s , around 1975 say , they would have called this sort of record a hustle record and huge black men with names like Fatback would have been playing it for rich white nightclubs . |
| 14 | If I 'd known you was coming I would have done that bit of chicken . |
| 15 | You know , some pre-literate tribe somewhere , with the medicine men of the tribes meeting an opposing medicine man of a tribe , they would have done some kind of ceremony beforehand . |
| 16 | This would have increased after-tax profits of £193m for 1991 to £310m for the group 's life companies . |
| 17 | It would have to spend large amounts of public money to save face . |
| 18 | The argument that the court should take account of the fact that the wearing of a seat belt would have caused other injuries of a different nature was rejected as a matter of principle in Patience v Andrews [ 1983 ] RTR 447 : it is respectfully submitted that this decision is wrong and does not give effect to the provision in s1 of the Law Reform ( Contributory Negligence ) Act 1945 , that damages should be reduced to such extent as the court thinks just and equitable . |
| 19 | Second , we have seen off the threat of a world trade war which would have destroyed any hope of economic recovery . |
| 20 | Carmen would have made short work of Michael too . |
| 21 | You would have made short work of the lock if you were inclined that way . ’ |
| 22 | Nonni should have answered , of course , that they stayed cleaner longer , which would have made some kind of sense to my aunts . |
| 23 | And that was only about a minute of the game gone and I dare say er Ian whose place he 's taking on that left-hand side would have relished that kind of opportunity . |
| 24 | Chris Patten , the sensitive young Environment Secretary , who would have to wind-up this section of the Queen 's Speech debate , sat on the Government frontbench looking pale and terrified . |
| 25 | She would have experienced that glow of virtue which is so conducive to easy dieting . |
| 26 | The tsar improved the Ministry of Finances ' chances of introducing economies by ordering that state agencies would have to prepare detailed estimates of their future expenditure . |
| 27 | Each would have specified permitted levels of chemical and other pollutants and target levels of oxygen . |
| 28 | The Lancaster was now the mainstay of Bomber Command , each aircraft delivering a bombload that would have needed four aircraft of 1940 vintage to have lifted it . |
| 29 | Because they are more likely to default on repayments , they would have to pay higher rates of interest than older married couples with small families . |
| 30 | For the producers of material X , for example , although not currently selling X to exporting firms , can argue that , if they were not supplying firms that sell only on the home market , those firms would have to buy imported supplies of X , and that , if the firms that now supply X to exporting firms were unable to do so , they would be able to take their place . |