Example sentences of "would have [verb] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | What might be called a conservative legal-constitutionalism is a consistent theme within Tory-Anglican thought throughout our period , even though not all Tory Anglicans would have argued such a position at all times with the same degree of commitment . |
| 2 | As I have just indicated , the anthropologists of Tylor 's generation would have viewed such a suggestion with contempt . |
| 3 | This development on the green belt of Ipswich is partly because of the Conservative Government withering away the planning powers of borough councils , who in the past would have dismissed such a planning application as this , on the grounds that housing and industry should not mix and that it is desirable to have a green buffer zone between the two . |
| 4 | Lucky for you that you are the only bank in Juniper Green , otherwise I would have transferred all the Club 's funds long ago . |
| 5 | I was dubious at first because since her illness Jennifer has become a very private person and I do n't think she would have liked all the hubbub over in the other section ; but here — ’ she glanced round at the softly decorated walls , the strategically placed water-colours and the subdued lighting ‘ — here , I think , could well be the answer . ’ |
| 6 | The expense of the American War of Independence , Priestley pointed out , ‘ would have converted all the waste ground of this country into gardens . |
| 7 | Warriors who fought with El Cid would have employed such an amalgam of both kinds of weaponry . |
| 8 | By the end of the period of imperial expansion , in the middle of the twentieth century , it was widely believed that everyone in the world should be a citizen of an independent and sovereign state and should have the same rights as all the other citizens in the state , but in 1500 very few people would have understood such a notion . |
| 9 | It occurred to Lyn — fleetingly , to be gone in a moment that most men would have broken such a thing more gently to their wives . |
| 10 | One could identify the political and social attitudes or perspectives , and the social structures or historical events which would have to precede such an incident for it to occur at all . |
| 11 | If anything , the return of the land to the practising farmers by the land Acts would have strengthened such a morality . |
| 12 | The same horses would have to go all the way . " |
| 13 | John Smith tried to kill off such speculation by emphasising that in a general election last week 's results would have given Labour a majority of 87 . |
| 14 | How could he believe that she would have done such a thing ? |
| 15 | ‘ It would have saved all the cleaning and clearing that 's going on today , but I suppose we simply did what we always do . |
| 16 | Leonora settled down to her breakfast in a better frame of mind than she would have believed possible the day before . |
| 17 | No sensible designer would have conceived such a monstrosity if given a free hand to create a flatfish on a clean drawing board . |
| 18 | ‘ But it would have made all the difference to Project Eden , ’ Cheryl muttered . |
| 19 | The first twenty five minutes , when you think we were one nil up right I thought gosh if we could get that second goal it would have made all the difference and United would have been really would have been in trouble . |
| 20 | In any case , Liza 's mental state would have made such a journey alone with Celia quite impossible and Harriet was glad not to have to admit to this . |
| 21 | The defence is called " fair comment " — a misnomer , because it in fact defends unfair comment , so long as that comment is honest : " Every latitude must be given to opinion and to prejudice , and then an ordinary set of men with ordinary judgment must say [ not whether they agree with it , but ] whether any fair man would have made such a comment … |
| 22 | The sense of injustice created by such a system would inevitably work against its deterrent effectiveness ( Beccaria always acknowledged the importance of consent in producing compliance ; it is difficult to imagine how his version of the social contract would have allowed such a system to operate ) . |
| 23 | Not only were most holdings too small to provide much work for hired labour , but the big villages that would have housed such a workforce did not exist . |
| 24 | Mr Bryant sacked the clerk but Jonathan kept Matthew on and told him he would have to pay all the money back out of his wages , so much a month . ’ |
| 25 | 19 Walker would have loathed such an association . |
| 26 | L.G. would have left such a detail to a secretary but S.B. likes to write his own cheques and address his own envelopes . |
| 27 | If , for instance , in 1.3.1 we had defined a to be a divisor of b if b = ac this would have left open the question of whether or not we are to call a divisor of b if no such c existed . |
| 28 | In some circumstances I would have welcomed such a discussion . |
| 29 | Offered a settlement that would have retrieved half the gold , Moreira sternly refused — and has not had any of it back . |
| 30 | He remembers clubs and halls , the £1,500 a week he was paid when that would have bought half a street ; and then he remembers Leslie Grade . |