Example sentences of "[noun prp] would have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If the Regent and the cavalry could be brought back , and urged to make some sort of attack , or at least the threat of attack , Edward would have other things to think about than hanging hostages .
2 Under new disputes procedures , ( i ) competition cases would be handled by the EC Commission and the ECJ if they involved companies from both the EC and EFTA ( and by EFTA only if they concerned only EFTA companies ) ; ( ii ) disagreements over the operation of the EEA would go to a joint EEA political committee , with either party having the right to seek binding arbitration if the issue were unresolved ; and ( iii ) the ECJ would have sole powers to rule on the interpretation of EEA laws , while EFTA courts would give their " best endeavours " to comply with such rulings .
3 From Vienna , where negotiations were taking place , the Russian plenipotentiary Aleksandr Gorchakov wrote to Nesselrode on 23 January / 4 February 1855 that " A brilliant success in the Crimea would have enormous significance " .
4 If they fall , the Serbs would have complete control of the vital road .
5 They made no mention of an elected authority and insisted that Israel would have sole responsibility for security .
6 Verity Lambert would have artistic control over , and generally the casting vote in any decisions about , the programme .
7 Where the new Lady Grandison exclaims , with an effusiveness Sir Leicester would have approved-'What pleasure had I in hearing the history of this ancient family , from this unbroken series of the pictures of it , for so many generations past ! ’ — family portraits are rather put in their place by Jane Austen .
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