Example sentences of "would have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the indications were that by the end of 1991 the Soviet economy would have registered a severe , possibility catastrophic deterioration . |
| 2 | After discreet soundings , they prudently abandoned the idea , which would have involved a major encroachment upon judicial independence . |
| 3 | A philadelphia intellectual , Benjamin Franklin , back in his native land after a prolonged and enjoyable period in England , put down a statement of the need for political union which the conference accepted , but the colonial assemblies then rejected this plan for common defence , probably because it would have involved a good deal of extra spending . |
| 4 | This proposal would have involved a different , immensely complicated , and , for suspects , terrifying new caution which could easily fatally have undermined the whole rule . |
| 5 | The other path that he might have followed would have involved a direct appeal to the French people to support his constitutional views . |
| 6 | To attempt to calculate the cost for the long-stay psychogeriatric wards in the particular hospitals in the project would have involved an observational study of all the staff who had an input , for example doctors , nurses , occupational therapists , social workers , community psychiatric nurses , etc to see how much time they spent directly with the patients in the long-stay wards and how much time they spent indirectly in work connected with these patients such as in case conferences , meetings , administrative work , telephone calls and so on . |
| 7 | The Haifa Bay route would have constituted a serious disruption as it passed overland through intensively developed urban and farming areas to the Jordan Valley , destroying property and agricultural land . |
| 8 | The presence of such ‘ advisers ’ would have constituted a severe infringement of China 's political autonomy . |
| 9 | Once a femur or a forearm would have played a pure note if you 'd used one for a pipe , but the pieces would whistle harsh and offkey now from the holes bored into them by the efficient mandibles of her companions in the vertical grave , the cenote where they placed her after the battle , during the truce . |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe he would have played a few minutes more , ’ said Zoff . |
| 11 | I really would have to acquire a few pairs of stockings , and dispense with my poodle anklets . |
| 12 | He walked into a Ladbrokes betting shop at Hexham , Northumberland , six days later and demanded his winnings , unaware that the payout for the bet would have totalled a staggering £3,826,470,000,000,000 . |
| 13 | Classic Maya civilization appears to have collapsed some 600 years before the Spanish conquest of Central America , but even if it had survived it seems inevitable that the Maya obsession with time would have remained a historical curiosity with no influence on the modern world . |
| 14 | First he would have pushed a strong diversionary force at Charleroi , then , when the allies moved to defend Brussels from the south , he would have launched the real attack to the west . |
| 15 | In short , the ration book would have become a national institution like the council house . |
| 16 | Had Everton lost , then there is no doubt that the mutterings of discontent around Goodison Park would have become an audible cry challenging Kendall 's leadership . |
| 17 | IF DAVID HOCKNEY had been born in 1837 instead of 1937 , he would have become an Olympian rather than a Californian . |
| 18 | If the hon. Gentleman had participated in our debates in Committee , he would have heard a wide range of differing views and opinions expressed by the various parties in Northern Ireland — and , to some extent , by people within the same party . |
| 19 | The streets may not have been nearly so safe as nostalgia for ‘ Old England ’ suggests , but it is likely that if working-class youths had been firing off guns throughout London , then we would have heard a little bit more about the matter . |
| 20 | Perhaps , to be a little facetious , an ancestral insect that looked only 5 per cent like a turd would have fooled an ancestral bird with only 5 per cent vision . |
| 21 | Given the rambling terms of reference , and the clash of opinion between its members as to how they should be interpreted , the Commission would have faced a bumpy ride at the best of times . |
| 22 | Gooch would have faced a maximum 10-year jail sentence if he had been charged with causing death by dangerous driving — a new offence introduced in April . |
| 23 | Gascoigne and his colleagues would have faced a fierce backlash had Lazio lost to bitter local rivals Roma in the Olympic Stadium . |
| 24 | Cameron would have faced a High Court sentence had it not been for his good record , the sheriff added . |
| 25 | In terms of the Midlands ' representation in the Premier League the game was wasted as Notts County 's victory is unlikely to save them while the three points would have gone a long way to ensuring Coventry 's place . |
| 26 | The mayor also outlined plans which , if implemented , would have gone a long way towards mopping up the demand for houses in Derry . |
| 27 | Even broken sets can fetch large sums , and a complete bound run is likely to cost the buyer anything up to £4,000 , which would have gone a long way to paying Ackermann 's army of workmen . |
| 28 | It would have ended a fantastic year on a bitter note and I did n't want that . ’ |
| 29 | The pain would have killed a lesser being but Aenarion had passed through the fire of Asuryan and agony could not slow him . |
| 30 | One of these days , though , I 'll find an office where there really is a Mr Middleditch and I would have to leave a well-wrapped paperback edition of The Story of 0 . |