Example sentences of "would not have [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely it would not have cost the council a fortune to mount a modest event to mark this anniversary . |
| 2 | On the assumption that the speaker was engaging in genuine communication , I would not have undertaken the processing involved unless I assumed that I would be able to sort the implications into those endorsed by the speaker and those which were not . |
| 3 | However , minor changes which would not have altered the views of a reasonable shareholder may be disregarded by the court ( see Re Minster Assets plc [ 1985 ] BCLC 200 ) . |
| 4 | Most of the rotundas , however , provoked a sombre reaction , though Ladislav pointed out that many of the younger people would not have recognised the faces of Novotný and Gottwald even if they knew the names . |
| 5 | A spokesman admitted some personnel may have been unhappy with a process of ‘ radical ’ change , but insisted : ‘ The vast majority of people would not have recognised the description in that article . ’ |
| 6 | Had the employer known of the pregnancy at the date of appointment he would not have appointed the woman and the employer would also have dismissed a male employee engaged for this purpose who required a leave of absence at the same time for medical or other reasons . |
| 7 | But the common story , so far as we can tell , was of a prospering contado helping a few of the citizens to be successful merchants , carrying local market goods and some from longer distances ; and if Francis ' father had not been a successful merchant trading into France , the saint would not have borne the name he did , nor suffered the intense reaction to his father 's worldly values which helped to inspire him on the path to poverty and heaven . |
| 8 | Some Israelis believe that the adherents of Socialist Zionism would not have accepted the idea that Arabs driven out , either directly or by the pressures of circumstance , had no moral right to return . |
| 9 | That it was a Saturday morning had made his presence possible — he would not have accepted the invitation had it been on some date in the week — and carriages had already piled behind one another in the main street ; evidently it was to be a large party . |
| 10 | The Court said that Savory Milln may have felt some anxiety and even suspicion as to how Mr Ferriday had arranged for the £13.5m to be paid on his behalf , but it was going too far to say that any honest and reasonable man would have inferred that Mr Ferriday had misappropriated Eagle 's money in gross breach of his duty as a director or that any honest and reasonable man would not have applied the money , as Savory Milln did , in discharge of sub-underwriting liabilities until he had been satisfied that the monies were properly paid . |
| 11 | Federico Zeri , probably Italy 's leading art historian and an intrepid debunker himself , rejects the ‘ 19th-century spurs , the helmet 's visor that if lowered would not have covered the warrior 's face . ’ |
| 12 | Had such a regime already existed , the creditors of the recently collapsed Land Travel would not have lost the money — about £6.6m — that they had paid in advance for their holidays . |
| 13 | ‘ If I 'd known then what I learned since I would not have lost the job or my place but I simply had some growing up to do . |
| 14 | Mozart would not have survived the treatment . |
| 15 | Although based on research of lasting value , the draft Articles on service of documents rest overmuch on United States perceptions and would not have survived the sort of examination to which they would have been exposed at an international diplomatic conference . |
| 16 | The tigress had seen me , or she would not have crossed the pool and hurried for shelter , as her tracks showed she had done . |
| 17 | But such a strategy would not have served the United States ' interests , for it desired performance of the treaty . |
| 18 | Yes , I 'd like to come back er to Mr Brighton on the question of regeneration in West Yorkshire , and er settlement South West of York , some people here today would not have heard the views of Leeds and Bradford on the H one discussions yet , about er why we are objecting to the restraints in three North Yorkshire districts , Harrogate , Craven , and er to less extent perhaps , Hambledon , on migration levels , erm we we argued there |
| 19 | Lord Hope said in the case of the first witness that his additional evidence would not have led the jury to reject the evidence of Thomas Leighton , who had corroborated the boy 's account of the attack . |
| 20 | I would have thought that a standard missile would have ensured that a plane it brought down would not have struck the sea with its fuselage relatively intact but in a thousand pieces . |
| 21 | There was an improvement after the break , but a neutral would not have guessed the home team are within striking distance of the Premier League . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , Lambie was followed on this point in Hamilton : the cashiers would not have completed the transactions had they known of the forgeries . |
| 23 | If the shop manager knew that the accused was acting dishonestly and had no authority from the bank , he would not have completed the transaction . |
| 24 | If the ring had not captured and ruined Gollum 's mind , he would never have been overcome by desire of it and hence he would not have snatched the Ring and fallen into the Cracks of Doom , the only place the Ring can be destroyed . |
| 25 | If he had , he would not have made the remarks he did . |
| 26 | It was clear that the sentencer would not have made the order if he had known what was now known by the court . |
| 27 | And I would not have made the war in the first place . ’ |
| 28 | Second , I would not have believed the car was there if my son 's hi-fi had been silent , even though the car itself remained outside . |
| 29 | ‘ If Johnson had deliberately intended an attack on the referee , ’ the committee reported , ‘ his right foot would not have missed the target . ’ |
| 30 | They would not have blurred the distinction between the Union and the Community . |