Example sentences of "would have [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After discreet soundings , they prudently abandoned the idea , which would have involved a major encroachment upon judicial independence . |
| 2 | A philadelphia intellectual , Benjamin Franklin , back in his native land after a prolonged and enjoyable period in England , put down a statement of the need for political union which the conference accepted , but the colonial assemblies then rejected this plan for common defence , probably because it would have involved a good deal of extra spending . |
| 3 | The other path that he might have followed would have involved a direct appeal to the French people to support his constitutional views . |
| 4 | The Haifa Bay route would have constituted a serious disruption as it passed overland through intensively developed urban and farming areas to the Jordan Valley , destroying property and agricultural land . |
| 5 | The presence of such ‘ advisers ’ would have constituted a severe infringement of China 's political autonomy . |
| 6 | Once a femur or a forearm would have played a pure note if you 'd used one for a pipe , but the pieces would whistle harsh and offkey now from the holes bored into them by the efficient mandibles of her companions in the vertical grave , the cenote where they placed her after the battle , during the truce . |
| 7 | ‘ Maybe he would have played a few minutes more , ’ said Zoff . |
| 8 | I really would have to acquire a few pairs of stockings , and dispense with my poodle anklets . |
| 9 | He walked into a Ladbrokes betting shop at Hexham , Northumberland , six days later and demanded his winnings , unaware that the payout for the bet would have totalled a staggering £3,826,470,000,000,000 . |
| 10 | Classic Maya civilization appears to have collapsed some 600 years before the Spanish conquest of Central America , but even if it had survived it seems inevitable that the Maya obsession with time would have remained a historical curiosity with no influence on the modern world . |
| 11 | In short , the ration book would have become a national institution like the council house . |
| 12 | If the hon. Gentleman had participated in our debates in Committee , he would have heard a wide range of differing views and opinions expressed by the various parties in Northern Ireland — and , to some extent , by people within the same party . |
| 13 | The streets may not have been nearly so safe as nostalgia for ‘ Old England ’ suggests , but it is likely that if working-class youths had been firing off guns throughout London , then we would have heard a little bit more about the matter . |
| 14 | Given the rambling terms of reference , and the clash of opinion between its members as to how they should be interpreted , the Commission would have faced a bumpy ride at the best of times . |
| 15 | Gascoigne and his colleagues would have faced a fierce backlash had Lazio lost to bitter local rivals Roma in the Olympic Stadium . |
| 16 | Cameron would have faced a High Court sentence had it not been for his good record , the sheriff added . |
| 17 | In terms of the Midlands ' representation in the Premier League the game was wasted as Notts County 's victory is unlikely to save them while the three points would have gone a long way to ensuring Coventry 's place . |
| 18 | The mayor also outlined plans which , if implemented , would have gone a long way towards mopping up the demand for houses in Derry . |
| 19 | Even broken sets can fetch large sums , and a complete bound run is likely to cost the buyer anything up to £4,000 , which would have gone a long way to paying Ackermann 's army of workmen . |
| 20 | It would have ended a fantastic year on a bitter note and I did n't want that . ’ |
| 21 | The pain would have killed a lesser being but Aenarion had passed through the fire of Asuryan and agony could not slow him . |
| 22 | One of these days , though , I 'll find an office where there really is a Mr Middleditch and I would have to leave a well-wrapped paperback edition of The Story of 0 . |
| 23 | Identifying the specific weaving group is , of course , far more difficult , and you would have to gather a considerable amount of information on the individual variations in weave , colour and composition before hazarding a guess . |
| 24 | I might as well have had that shower , she thought drily ; at least I would have felt a hundred times more human . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It 's improbable that a male college would have achieved a similar effect with men or women . |
| 27 | Milton , owned by Mr and Mrs Tom Bradley , whose daughter , the late Caroline , produced him as a youngster , would have achieved a second record had he won in California . |
| 28 | ONE by one , the people who would have governed a post-apartheid South Africa have been selected for murder . |
| 29 | Harold Laski said Beatrice Webb should have been a medieval abbess , where her organising ability would have gained a spiritual dimension . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ If the Labour group had followed our recommendations they would have gained a prestigious shopping development and made some money for the poll taxpayers into the bargain . ’ |