Example sentences of "which would have [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Athanasopoulos was charged with criminal fraud and forgery in the illegal sale as Greek produce of 20,000 tonnes of Yugoslav maize , which therefore did not attract countervailing levies by the European Communities ( EC ) which would have totalled 1,350,000 European currency units ( ECU ; approximately equivalent to US$1,630,000 ) . |
| 2 | Conversely had we had the profits last year which would have generated taxable profits then we would n't have needed to have done that , so that 's one reason why it was not disclosed on floatations at the time and floatation was not regarded as an asset . |
| 3 | The threat comes at a time when BA is putting on extra flights to cover the rush , which would have seen 100,000 passengers a day at Heathrow alone . |
| 4 | Goldfish have the remarkable ability to survive conditions which would have seen most other fish off long ago — a fact which has laid them open to much abuse . |
| 5 | Huy wondered whether that eldest daughter , who worked as Reni 's secretary , had helped him destroy the documents he drew up during Akhenaten 's reign , which would have given such priceless ammunition to his enemies , before turning his attention to the newcomers . |
| 6 | ‘ Two bullets from a gun fired in Amsterdam ; Ray Doyle dying ; and we would have had Menni Latowa , which would have stopped all this , if we had n't decided to bring him in too late . ’ |
| 7 | This probably resulted from the fall in sea level during the glacial period , which would have exposed more land around the continent , allowing the mantle to spread over a wider continent , to cover what is now shallow sea-bed , and to thicken inland along the line of the present coast . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith sympathised with the general outlook and tried to prepare people for the necessary discussion and negotiations which would have to precede any expression of national opinion and the consequent negotiation with the British Government . |
| 10 | In the face of a scheme which would have lost much of the old hospital , a local group determined to fight to save all the buildings and contacted SAVE for advice . |
| 11 | However , this suggestion would have given the combined group a market share in excess of 50 per cent of the British market , which would have fallen foul of the MMC guidelines . |
| 12 | Where at that date , any payment was accruing due , ie where payment in arrears was stipulated , the creditor may prove for the amount which would have fallen due if the debt had accrued from day to day ( r 6.112(2) ) . |
| 13 | An insurance company has pulled out of a plan which would have created fifteen hundred jobs near Swindon . |
| 14 | ‘ Allegory ’ would after all imply , to Tolkien ( see pp. 33–7 above ) , that The Lord of the Rings had only one meaning , which would have to remain constant all the way through ; he toyed contemptuously with the notion in the ‘ Foreword ’ as he sketched out a plan for his work as a real allegory with the Ring itself as president Truman 's atomic bomb . |
| 15 | Second , we have seen off the threat of a world trade war which would have destroyed any hope of economic recovery . |
| 16 | The whole br reason for bringing the scheme forward in the programme was associated with the waste management plant and it was n't er er a scheme which would have achieved that priority in its own right . |
| 17 | This the Society secured for solicitors conducting investment business exemption from the terms of the EC Investment Services Directive , which would have involved burdensome compliance with associated capital requirements . |
| 18 | The Black Prince was to show that he was a man of considerable military flair but rather less political sensitivity than his father , and that he was capable of adopting a harsh and inflexible approach in government which would have augured ill had he ever become king . |
| 19 | David McCathie fought back from 22–12 down at 17 ends and almost pulled off a five on the last which would have secured another point for Essex but Paul Maynard continued his winning momentum to ensure the overall venue win . |
| 20 | Of a sudden Lexandro 's free hand gripped Valence 's wrist with a power which would have crushed any ordinary bones . |
| 21 | The judge has also decided not to go ahead with a preliminary trial on two key issues in the case , scheduled to begin on January 15 , which would have broken new legal ground . |
| 22 | A massive tribal gathering at Altamira helped to stop a $500 million loan to build hydroelectric dams which would have caused untold environmental damage . |
| 23 | There were signs that the marriage was breaking up , which would have caused Green serious financial problems . |
| 24 | In Frome , as elsewhere , a large proportion of the population lacked the general state of good health which would have gone some way towards combating these killer diseases . |
| 25 | For my part I think that there is abundant evidence which would have justified this court in substituting findings that Miss T. was not in a physical or mental condition which enabled her to reach a decision binding on the medical authorities and that even if , contrary to that view , she would otherwise have been in a position to reach such a decision , the influence of her mother was such as to vitiate the decision which she expressed . |
| 26 | Ahmed liked to be laughed at , but he was a peasant and Nour was , in his own estimation , a prince and I was of an English generation which would have felt free to laugh at the Grand Turk if it had been so inclined . |
| 27 | The government had vetoed the proposal in late July , the abolition of automatic wage indexation ( which would have covered 85 per cent of the workforce ) having been a principal element in the government 's anti-inflation programme announced in March [ see pp. 37312-13 ] . |
| 28 | It took a couple of seconds to sink in , then she was struggling into the boiler suit , using language , under her breath , which would have made treble word scores in Rude Scrabble . |
| 29 | THERE WERE pumpkins the size of bean bags and groups of onions which would have made fair roofs for Byzantine churches . |
| 30 | Nonni should have answered , of course , that they stayed cleaner longer , which would have made some kind of sense to my aunts . |