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

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1 As for Williams and James , they would collaborate again on issues involving the West Indies , but this fundamental difference in their opinions would cause a rift between the two men which would have practical implications for the cause of the West Indian nationalist movement 25 years later .
2 Some miners would have regular places in the gang assured , whereas others were employed on a casual basis only , being recruited at the colliery gates at the start of a shift if more labour was required to meet the contract ( Krieger , 1983 , p. 92 ) .
3 It would meet twice a year , but working staff groups would have regular consultations .
4 The report estimated that 75 per cent of local authorities would have insufficient resources to implement the government 's community care proposals .
5 " In all the circumstances , " I said , " it seems to me that the bank would have good grounds for putting in a receiver .
6 It follows that if a contractor can demonstrate that the resources available and those intended for use on site would enable the works to be finished early , the contractor would have good grounds for claiming reimbursement of additional costs if he or she was thwarted by the client 's delay .
7 ‘ If the injunction did go through it would have serious consequences for the National Trust nationally .
8 Such events would have serious consequences for the world 's economy and banking system .
9 Any accident would have serious consequences .
10 Those policies would have serious consequences for job opportunities .
11 The riders are not strapped to the car in any way and it 's clear that falling off would have serious consequences .
12 The official also said that Britain had failed to account for its decision to move the colony 's main naval base out of the centre of Hong Kong , a move which he believed would have serious repercussions for the stationing of the Chinese military in the territory after the 1997 transfer of power .
13 Public debt as a proportion of GDP is already rising steeply ; and if this is allowed to go unchecked , Britain would quickly change from being a low debt to a high debt country with a burden of interest payments which would have serious implications for future levels of taxation .
14 Public debt as a proportion of GDP is already rising steeply ; and if this is allowed to go unchecked , Britain would quickly change from being a low debt to a high debt country with a burden of interest payments which would have serious implications for future levels of taxation .
15 Mr Singh repeated a statement he made in parliament on Wednesday that a Pakistani failure to hand over the Memons would have serious implications .
16 I believe that the out-half position will prove troublesome for the Lions in New Zealand as I would have serious reservations about Stuart Barnes being the right player under the type of physical pressure he is likely to be subjected to in the important matches .
17 Such a commission would have substantial advantages .
18 On the contrary , since a high proportion of this age group have never had a smear or no recent smear , screening of this age group would have substantial benefits . ’
19 If successful , the new drug would have certain advantages over a controversial experimental treatment that involves transplanting nerve cells from aborted human foetuses .
20 then you know I 'm not sure either whether of course I mean one would hope that erm the institute would have certain requirements about the erm practical period that you
21 One aim was to organise learning activities so that the two groups of pupils would have real reasons to work together and learn from each other .
22 They have accepted the need to be flexible towards tenants who would have real difficulties in taking on a long-term lease , treating those nearing retirement with special consideration .
23 So I mean , maybe they need a course in theory all the more for that reason , I do n't know , I think a lot of them would have real problems with it .
24 Any blend of black and country music would have powerful precedents .
25 Some libertarians ( though not perhaps Mill himself ) hoped that such freedom would have consequent advantages : that it would provide a safety valve for dissent , encourage full expression of both majority and minority opinions , allow truth to drive out error , and provide some check on arbitrary misrule .
26 Perhaps to resist manipulation by a cuckoo you need bigger eyes or a bigger brain , which would have overhead costs .
27 These will be tradable : those who are most efficient at reducing pollution would have surplus licences which they could then sell either to those less efficient , or back to government .
28 Nations and ethnic groups , similarly , would have equal rights , at least within the Soviet federation .
29 who wanted to live together , and wanted to have a child , but they wanted to know whether they would have equal rights as parents
30 Property developers welcomed the decision , arguing that had the register gone ahead , it would have blighted land values across the country , particularly in the ( once heavily-industrialized ) Midlands , and would have depressed efforts for regeneration of run-down urban areas .
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