Example sentences of "would have [verb] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this predominantly part-time area only 47% of wives would have tackled an emergency themselves yet 74% indicated a desire to be able to do more on the farm . |
| 2 | Without the miniaturization that they bring , the powerful personal computer of today would have remained an impossibility . |
| 3 | Moreover , if such an increase in chlorophyll-specific production had occurred and was responsible for the changes in zooplankton biomass , the hypothesized increase in primary productivity would have to reflect an increase in new production which , in turn , must be fuelled by a systematic increase in nutrient supply to the region . |
| 4 | Under the scheme proposed here , young people would gain the wage-packet , would not lose contact with education ( they would be in college or school , initially for two days a week ) and would have gained an employer interested in developing their skills . |
| 5 | However , Howard Davies , the CBI 's director-general , said : ‘ We would have liked an assurance on the continuation of investment allowances and the Budget comes with a sting in the tail — future tax increases . |
| 6 | Before he could return to the Redoubt , he would have to earn an income deemed acceptable to the Lance master and his treasurer . |
| 7 | Werewolf narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips at her , making a face which would have worried an exorcist . |
| 8 | If the woman did n't move soon she would have to invent an excuse . |
| 9 | knowing once it would have stirred an answer |
| 10 | Although the Yugoslavs had so far had no indication that they were being taken to anywhere but another camp , probably in Italy , and therefore McCreery would have observed an operation apparently going smoothly , we think it unlikely that Verney , Rose-Price and others who disliked the fact that Yugoslavs were being repatriated under a misapprehension as to their destination would have failed to ensure that the Army Commander was given a true picture . |
| 11 | So in order to decide what quantity to supply you would have to form an expectation of the average , economy-wide price of the good . |
| 12 | Under the Lalonde scheme , any company producing toxic waste would have to reach an agreement with the state environment agency to ensure it was adequately treated . |
| 13 | Servicemen would have to swear an oath of loyalty to the people of Ukraine by Jan. 20 , and those who refused would transfer to another state of the CIS . |
| 14 | In fact , Kitty was the only one of the three who had enough time off during the day to help out on the barrow , but as she never got up until the sun rose and slipped away long before it had set , she still was n't what Granpa would have called an asset . |
| 15 | Tony , she knew , would have seen an evening with her under those circumstances as a perfect battleground for another assault on her decision not to sleep with him . |
| 16 | If we could have turned over a living trilobite we would have seen an array of jointed legs on the underside , and flexible antennae . |
| 17 | I knocked eventually on the door of the horse-car and , after inspection and formalities that would have done an Iron Curtain country proud , was admitted again by Ms Brown to the holy of holies . |
| 18 | I have often reflected that if the founders , Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst , had behaved like any other rural landowners , living it up through judicious stock-market investments , no one would have raised an eyebrow . |
| 19 | The cenotaph provides a fitting frontispiece to the chapel and here the memorial garden , cared for by members of the Keyingham Royal British Legion , now houses the remains of the ancient village cross , moved from its site a few yards away where it would have caused an obstruction to modern traffic flow . |
| 20 | He walked back from the shop and the plate of meat and potatoes was put in front of him with a regularity that would have pleased an army officer . |
| 21 | ‘ If I 'd told you it was dinner you would have made an excuse . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd hoped it would have made an improvement , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I I would have made an oasis , and I would have er tried to achieve a better settlement |
| 24 | Looking back on the community 's experience of opposition , she reflected ‘ If we had got going earlier , and got support from all the locals , if we had n't waffled for ages , and demonstrated properly , and been more vocal — we had difficulty raising money , we just could n't raise money — we would have made an impact . |
| 25 | That would have made an impression at a literary party , but the old trout just replied , ‘ Silly boy , I do n't think you 've been listening to a word I said ! ’ |
| 26 | At a time when this was the only bridge in Prague , such a meeting would have made an impression . |
| 27 | But anyway , with her mind , and I understand she did write at one time , she would have made an impression in some quarter or other . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I missed a simple note and if it had been anyone else , nobody would have batted an eyelid , ’ he said . |
| 29 | He also grew increasingly accessible , happy to respond to all but the silliest questions , even if some would have preferred an aloofness closer to Mr Kinnock 's campaign style . |
| 30 | Tax advisers , for whom Labour 's belt-tightening would have meant an accountants ' bonanza . |