Example sentences of "[noun sg] would have had a " in BNC.
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1 | Opponents said the plan would have had a variable impact , because of differences in the charges of landfill operators across the country . |
2 | The removal of a large section of the landed and business sections of the community would have had a devastating effect on the province as a whole , and especially its economy . |
3 | That teacher would have had a different attitude if Nader had been around . |
4 | The wing would have had a tendency to turn left in flight unless the change had been made ( incorrectly ) to counteract an inherent right turn . |
5 | A Titford family photograph taken in the early 1890s shows husband and wife with five daughters and young Marwood , the girls in neat smocks or severe black dresses , the son in an Eton collar , and every one of the group looking his or her most miserable Sunday best Those photographers who made a speciality of enticing young ladies to say ‘ prunes ’ and ‘ prisms ’ to bring out their charming dimples , called ‘ watch the birdie ! ’ with much gusto or tried ‘ cheese ! ’ in the hope of a smile would have had a rough time indeed with severe-looking Benjamin James and his wife and children . |
6 | Were perception conceived of differently , it is quite likely that the decision tree would have had a different structure and led to different conclusions . |
7 | To have that evening with Francis once more , not all of it , just the moment when I was through the door and heard him say , ‘ Do n't go , do n't go , ’ and I would n't have gone , and my story would have had a different end ? |
8 | They also fully deserved the three sets they earned in the first three rubbers and with a little bit of luck would have had a least three more . |
9 | However , undoubtedly the night air would have had a sobering effect , especially as the walk was some 2¾ miles long . |
10 | As a resident of Whaddon , and therefore presumably a member of ‘ the ex-agricultural working class ’ , I am anxious that fellow voters should not be deceived into believing that another candidate would have had a better chance of holding the seat for the Conservatives . |
11 | So important , in fact , that such a cloud would have had a braking effect on the Sun 's spin over aeons of time . |
12 | For Henry James the great house is a presence by itself , ‘ a serenity of success , an accumulation of dignity and honour ’ ; ‘ the spectacle of long duration unassociated with some sordid infirmity or poverty ’ ; ‘ a place of which the beauty would have had a sweet odour ’ even in the absence of ‘ flowers in rare vases ’ ; ‘ the ache of antiquity ’ ; ‘ the sign of appointed felicity' . |
13 | Tonson would have had a strong incentive to make the effort to accommodate this particular late arrival : unlike ‘ Ye gentle spirits of the air ’ , which is a virtuoso show-piece full of semiquaver pyrotechnics ( and therefore unsuitable for the amateur market ) , it was included in the Select Songs volume — so to omit it from the word-book might have led to complaints . |
14 | The only way he can justify it to himself , is the belief that otherwise the animal would have had a miserable life . |
15 | On the basis that it had continued thus , the blade would have had a total length of about five inches . ’ |
16 | The press would have had a field day , and what Frank did n't realize is that he himself would have been a laughing stock . |
17 | I found it was possible with Paradise to talk about individual and personal responsibility , something which if set in a contemporary context would have had a preachy feel about it . ’ |
18 | ‘ My mam would have had a fit if I 'd gone out dressed like that . |