Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if the revenue had refused in the exercise of their discretion to make the repayment they did in the present case I am of opinion that in the absence of any other remedy it would have been open to Woolwich to claim repayment in proceedings for judicial review , and there would appear to be no reason why such proceedings would not have been successful . |
| 2 | The plant , which would have cost between £1,100 million and £1,700 million , had already been backed by the cabinet , but was rejected by MPs on environmental grounds , despite the boost it would have given to recession-hit Finnish industry . |
| 3 | In all probability , however , in the modern solicitors ' partnership it will have been agreed to leave goodwill out of account ( see below ) . |
| 4 | Chairman of ITV Sport Greg Dyke said that now the new league may not become the major force it could have been . |
| 5 | British standards for veal production will not , however , be reduced and consumers can be sure that if they buy British veal it will have been humanely produced . |
| 6 | Victory was all too easy in this lopsided match and if this had been a boxing contest it would have surely been stopped after barely a quarter of the game had elapsed . |
| 7 | It made the readers share in the horror it described and thereby so disgusted , shocked and outraged them that instead of tending to encourage anyone to homosexuality , drug-taking or brutal violence it would have precisely the reverse effect . |
| 8 | Without this disparity it would have had an overall entitlement of 38 seats , and instead of winning one excess seat it would have had two list seats in addition to the 36 it won in constituencies . |
| 9 | On the geographical point , if a party is to secure a seat it must have the best part of a quota of votes after transfers at the end of the count . |
| 10 | There was only one photograph it could have been — the picture of John that accompanied our messages . |
| 11 | However , without the programme it would have been extinct by 1977 ; it still exists today as a special branch of the Blonde d'Aquitaine , low in numbers but acting as a precious reservoir of interesting dairy-type genes . |
| 12 | But if there had been any doubt in my mind it would have been immediately resolved by my first breath of the crisp , tangy air . |
| 13 | Claudia had gone away with him , and to Myra 's romantic mind it must have been a foregone conclusion that they would become lovers and live happily ever after . |
| 14 | I am not certain of the date when the Navy finally abandoned the general use of hammocks , but to my mind it must have been as retrogressive a decision as that taken when abandoning the tot of ‘ Nelson 's blood ’ at 12 noon every day ! |
| 15 | If the US responded to each accordingly , the total amount of aid it would have to disburse would be " astronomical " . |
| 16 | ( in the near future it will have its own fenced-in garden ) . |
| 17 | E. Walters says in future it will have to import from overseas to stay in business . |
| 18 | The speaking clock is sponsored by a watchmaker , raising the awkward question of how much of a future it can have if everyone buys watches . |
| 19 | ‘ If it was biological as opposed to chemical it might have been unstable , mutated by now into something non-lethal . |
| 20 | After the success of Ambition it would have been easy to write a follow-up ; but the idea of writing Susan Street 's further adventures was horrific . |
| 21 | Before any of the officially appointed Dealers below sell you a Saab Approved used Car it will have undergone a stringent 40 Point Check and Service by dedicated Saab-trained Technicians using factory approved equipment and only genuine Saab parts . |
| 22 | The only point that I would make is that if you are giving an opiate it will have many of the same effects and if I had to choose , I would probably prefer the opiate to diazepam . |
| 23 | The fundamental issue is this that if the Labour Party is to remain a party of labour it must have as an integral part the trade union movement , it 's as simple as that , colleagues ! |
| 24 | But even in the era of " free " child labour it can have mollified the condition of only a minority . |
| 25 | With a little more attention to the parser it could have been a Sizzler , but even as it stands it 's well worth your dosh so get out there and part with it at once ! |
| 26 | Well , about the Caribbean , er but with particular reference to what the new European unity law will , what effect it 'll have on trade in that part of the world . |
| 27 | But the FA 's reply confirmed that they would not allow the match to take place because they were worried about the effect it might have on the pitch . |
| 28 | The first lay in the effect it might have on teaching and learning and the second in too great a concentration of power in the hands of the government of the day and especially with one person , the Secretary of State . |
| 29 | Her father maybe , with the tape around his neck , awful sleeveen Sean Walsh , who never said a word without thinking carefully of the possible effect it might have . |
| 30 | Hahnemann disagreed with Cullen 's hypothesis as to the mode of action of cinchona and took some himself to see what effect it would have . |