Example sentences of "[pron] would have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I believe that the out-half position will prove troublesome for the Lions in New Zealand as I would have serious reservations about Stuart Barnes being the right player under the type of physical pressure he is likely to be subjected to in the important matches . |
2 | But I believe she always felt that I had leadership potential and that one day I would have great responsibility . " |
3 | Perhaps if I lived in Bath I would have momentary doubts , but anywhere else in the country , I would rather die than not vote Labour . |
4 | ‘ I would have immense concerns if consideration were given to further assessing the relationship between L. and her mother and thus protract L. 's sense of impermanence . |
5 | It was so special , and I would have special party shoes which were gold or silver . |
6 | To develop a test of infant 's cognitive development which would have major uses both theoretically and as a screening measure . |
7 | As for Williams and James , they would collaborate again on issues involving the West Indies , but this fundamental difference in their opinions would cause a rift between the two men which would have practical implications for the cause of the West Indian nationalist movement 25 years later . |
8 | Perhaps to resist manipulation by a cuckoo you need bigger eyes or a bigger brain , which would have overhead costs . |
9 | Is n't it also true that the European union or community or whatever you like to call it , is also intending to introduce a compulsory identity card in the form of a smart card carrying details of the citizen 's health , but which would have ample room to put all sorts of other things on . |
10 | Public debt as a proportion of GDP is already rising steeply ; and if this is allowed to go unchecked , Britain would quickly change from being a low debt to a high debt country with a burden of interest payments which would have serious implications for future levels of taxation . |
11 | Public debt as a proportion of GDP is already rising steeply ; and if this is allowed to go unchecked , Britain would quickly change from being a low debt to a high debt country with a burden of interest payments which would have serious implications for future levels of taxation . |
12 | The companies had sought to merge their fleets on the currently lucrative Dover , Folkestone and Ramsgate routes to France which would have fixed prices at one level and allowed them to operate a single timetable . |
13 | It was a discomfort which would have brief pause only while its inhabitants slept and it extended from the top to the lowest level . |
14 | One test , for example , that I suggested to you last week which would have surprised Freud , is by contention the children who were overwhelmed with parental investment , particularly by perhaps the parent of the opposite sex , should n't show much oedipal behaviour . |
15 | All too often the PRO writes the release to please the marketing man and the fulsome description may actually mask an important fact which would have interested journalists on the receiving end . |
16 | ‘ I promise , ’ Katherine said in a small voice , not quite sure what it was she was pledging , though in later years she would have ample occasion to reflect on what he said . |
17 | Again we assume that she would have young children , children who would normally be expected to be living with her . |
18 | Grass is not her favourite surface and there were many who thought she would have great difficulty holding off the challenges of Steffi Graf , Martina Navratilova or Gabriela Sabatini . |
19 | By contrast Mrs Cowan , s son-in-law said that it was no trouble to him to visit his mother-in-law every day and help take care of her , but that he would ideally prefer her to be in residential care because there she would have constant care and companionship , which was what she really needed . |
20 | The army at Leyland and she would have big stuff on you know . |
21 | They have accepted the need to be flexible towards tenants who would have real difficulties in taking on a long-term lease , treating those nearing retirement with special consideration . |
22 | It is widespread to policemen and women in ‘ sandbag ’ areas like West Belfast that their typifications of Catholics draw a distinction between the majority who are decent and honest and who would have friendly contact with the police but for fear of the paramilitaries , and the small number of ‘ gangsters and criminals ’ who support or undertake attacks on the police . |
23 | As a test of his strength Utnapishtim challenged him to stay awake for six days and seven nights — " But while Gilgamesh sat there resting on his haunches , a mist of sleep like soft wool teased from the fleece drifted over him , and Utnapishtim said to his wife , " Look at him now , the strong man who would have everlasting life , even now the mists of sleep are drifting over him . " " |
24 | ‘ It would be desirable to appoint a member of library staff who would have formal responsibility for training ’ … |
25 | When we got that , when we had ours it , and er they said if you if you found someone else who would like who would have cold shield you would get er , seventy five pounds back . |
26 | City explained their case by reporting better crowds at evening games and the fact that they would ease the workload on club officials who would have double commitments on Saturdays . |
27 | On the other hand , there would be much greater flexibility for clients and lawyers , and much more control by the instructing client who would have direct access to the advocate in the case . |
28 | By the time you had let them out you would have domesticated deer who are no longer likely to be able to fend for and defend themselves as they previously did . |
29 | " So you would have good reason for calling in your loan . " |
30 | Almost certainly if you were suffering from such an illness you would have other symptoms to indicate that you were unwell . |