Example sentences of "would have [verb] a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is thanks to handling and power which , to my mind , would have posed a greater threat to the Honda NSX 's title of best-handling car than any Mazda RX-7 . |
| 2 | ‘ But without the special cover I 'd have had to pursue that claim on my own and it would have cost a great deal more . |
| 3 | Here you would have seen a great attraction and opportunities to do well in expanding industries . |
| 4 | ‘ I can well comprehend your daughter 's being upset but , I assure you , I would have given a great deal to prevent it . |
| 5 | The Consul General would have given a great deal to stop this exchange going any further but he could hardly say anything without worsening the situation for himself . |
| 6 | He would have given a great deal to have sounded less incredulous . |
| 7 | Pumfrey would have given a great deal to know . |
| 8 | This left him an enormous amount of scope for demonstrating the kind of narrative energy that most English fiction-writers would have given a great deal to acquire . |
| 9 | ‘ I would have done a great deal more , Hilary , ’ he told her seriously . |
| 10 | In some circumstances this remained true even in straightforward administrative interactions where strings of questions about what was going to happen next sometimes led to complicated and unproductive guessing games , and where a simple clear statement would have saved a great deal of time . |
| 11 | Such an outcome would have caused a great deal of trouble for the council which could have been largely avoided if the resolution had been directly challenged soon after it was made under Ord. 53 . |
| 12 | ‘ I would have made a great secretary , I love organising things . |
| 13 | It may be that he had missed his metier , and that he would have made a greater mark had he gone into politics . |
| 14 | Even so , it may be doubted that he would have made a greater impact upon the course of history . |
| 15 | This meant further discontent on the part of the workers and peasants , which would have meant a greater use of coercion by the state . |
| 16 | I am afraid I believe a caution would have come a great deal more quickly . |
| 17 | But this would have left a great swath of territory to the west in Republican control . |
| 18 | Presenting the seventh development plan ( 1991-97 ) to the National Assembly on Nov. 19 , Masire said that he expected a slowdown in revenue in the coming period and that the private sector would have to play a greater role in diversifying the economy and reducing the dependence on mineral exports . |
| 19 | However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range . |
| 20 | The government , at no additional cost to the Exchequer , would have had a greater impact on the individual 's welfare . |
| 21 | To have released Meehan from seven years of wrongful imprisonment , recommended a free pardon for him , and then to have arrested and charged Waddell for the same crime would have required a greater degree of resolution than either of them possessed . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , they did not forget the main object of their expedition and kept a careful record of all the plants found , though they commented that had the journey been made a month or two sooner , they would have found a greater number of rarities . |
| 23 | Such substantial stratospheric ozone depletion would last for several years and the initial survivors of a nuclear war would have to face a great increase in biologically active UV-B radiation . |