Example sentences of "would have [verb] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First he would have pushed a strong diversionary force at Charleroi , then , when the allies moved to defend Brussels from the south , he would have launched the real attack to the west . |
| 2 | Gooch would have faced a maximum 10-year jail sentence if he had been charged with causing death by dangerous driving — a new offence introduced in April . |
| 3 | If he died on 14 December 705 he would have reigned a full twenty years and probably several months as well . |
| 4 | Although Laura would have liked a grand white wedding with all the trimmings , her mother had suddenly been taken ill , and clearly could n't manage all the organisation necessary for such an affair . |
| 5 | However , we would have provoked a huge political fracas and affected some of the poorest in the land . |
| 6 | An additional requirement is that each industrial site would have to publish a yearly environmental statement which would be open to public scrutiny . |
| 7 | The factory workshop has become what Mao would have called a Great Political School . |
| 8 | No no , they will never make a price in Perth now you have terrified them , ’ and Cameron would have to spend a good few shillings to make the drove move on . |
| 9 | He would have made a great dramatic actor . |
| 10 | His language would have made a Chief Petty Officer blush … |
| 11 | A FINE AIRCRAFT , which would have made a good strategic bomber . |
| 12 | He would have made a good bad Roman Emperor . |
| 13 | He was always so quick witted and courageous was John that I always thought he would have made a good secret agent — a James Bond kind of figure . |
| 14 | It would have made a compact little home except it was painted dark brown like the corridors . |
| 15 | Instead of a free subscription to an obscure journal ( which came with the registration fee ) many listeners would have preferred a decent abstract list — not to mention fewer unimaginative and time-worn presentations . |
| 16 | It is no secret that many business leaders would have preferred a new assertive Chancellor . |
| 17 | King Hussein would have preferred a separate Palestinian delegation , he said , but " we have no objection to providing an umbrella for our Palestinian brethren " . |
| 18 | She would have preferred a romantic candlelit dinner for two , but even more , she wanted Josh to see David as one of life 's pluses and not as an interloper . |
| 19 | He would have preferred a special health-service pay factor , but had to settle for an above-average offer to the nurses , who most certainly were the priority group , having fallen badly behind over the previous ten years . |
| 20 | They would have to fly a straight unwavering course in order to hit their target , leaving themselves to the mercy of the gunners on the ground and the fighters in the air . |
| 21 | The 1931 result , of course , left a great deal of room for recoil , but even so , the average of these results , if reflected in a general election , would have produced a substantial Labour majority in the House of Commons . |
| 22 | Mr Stewart said it had been feared haematology in-patients would have to share a general medical ward while undergoing treatment in Darlington . |
| 23 | He commented that if the process was to have practical importance ‘ we would have to find a different catalysing particle which has properties similar to the muon but has a lifetime of at least ten or twenty minutes . ’ |
| 24 | Since these are questions of fact a decision-maker would have to make a full contextual analysis before reaching a decision . |
| 25 | ‘ I would have thought a whacking great palace more to your taste ! ’ |
| 26 | Private shareholders in Concorde would have required a high expected return to entice them into such a risky project . |