Example sentences of "would have had [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a conclusion about an almost psychiatric effect ( and comfort ) offered by serious drama which Aristotle would have had much sympathy with . |
| 2 | But she did n't see that she would have had much choice . |
| 3 | Magazines such as Majesty and Royal Monthly would have had little hope of survival in the 1960s or 1970s . |
| 4 | In 1938 Sartre , who by his own admission was still mystified to the core by bourgeois idealist presuppositions , would have had little sympathy for theories linking the technical structure of the novel to the historical reality of contemporary French society . |
| 5 | Normally he would have had little patience with the attitudes of the Fromes , but the morning after such a bereavement did n't seem the time to argue the social or political toss with them . |
| 6 | Firstly , it was not simply a question of poor front-end processing because even a substantial improvement in the front-end performance would have had little effect on reducing the problem . |
| 7 | The government had argued that its proposal to include words expressing the minister 's responsibility for further and higher education in a new bill would have had little impact , because the main thrust of the bill in question was changes in the administration of schools . |
| 8 | The extra cost of a harder and more lasting cutting edge was a wise investment — warriors would have had little time to re-sharpen their blades in the heat of battle ! |
| 9 | The King 's desire to join the Queen is a mystery , for , ’ he added bitterly , ‘ he would have had little joy out of her . ’ |
| 10 | She hoped for a reply , but dared not hope too much ; she imagined that the Hon Mrs Anderson-Hunt would have had many replies and perhaps ladies with experience would be far more preferable to a young comparatively inexperienced girl like her . |
| 11 | Any liability you have accepted by agreement or contract unless you would have had that liability anyway . |
| 12 | Any liability you have accepted by agreement or contract unless you would have had that liability anyway . |
| 13 | Any liability you have accepted by agreement or contract unless you2 would have had that liability anyway . |
| 14 | Any liability you have accepted by agreement or contract unless you would have had that liability anyway . |
| 15 | Ellie did n't think she would have had that sort of courage . |
| 16 | He evidently led musicians on with false promises : a long letter from the cellist Carlo Graziani details amounts owing and favours not forthcoming ( Giardini seems to have promised him a place in the Queen 's Band , though it is highly unlikely that he would have had such influence ) . |
| 17 | Perhaps nomadic by choice , a typical shepherd would have had few possessions , would not own the flock , the pastures or a house . |
| 18 | And since he would have had several hinds , at the peak of his reproductive career , his reproductive success would have been considerably greater . |
| 19 | I do n't really think at that time I would have had enough experience to justify going on the staff . |
| 20 | Had they failed , Martin and his men — i.e. those who dreamt up the match schedules — would have had enough egg on their faces for a thousand omelettes . |
| 21 | But it is doubtful whether they would have had any opportunity even to attempt that massive task if the years of the War had not profoundly changed public attitudes , and even softened the mind if not the heart of that great enemy of education and old boy of Harrow , Winston Churchill . |
| 22 | ‘ All three of these witnesses are , it is fair to say without intending any disrespect to them , not educated persons in the sense that they are persons who would have had any experience of judging mental ability . |
| 23 | Kit wondered whether Joseph , if he had stayed around , would have had any views on Frank 's motorbike . |
| 24 | I wonder if he would have had any joy that day … only if you tied the rabbits ' legs together , I expect . |
| 25 | The police and the probation service , on the other hand , could impose sanctions , though whether they would have had any effect on Willy , who ‘ was extremely rude and behaved very badly towards all authority ’ , is open to doubt . |
| 26 | We may suspect that if Polybius had done his job properly modern scholars would have had less difficulty in finding a way into the Roman mind . |
| 27 | Oliver would have had more sense and initiative . |
| 28 | If it was not for her , this Council would have had more opportunity of addressing some of the deep problems the Tories either created or left behind . |
| 29 | They would have had more chance of getting established in the late 1980s . |
| 30 | Cardinal Suenens pointed out to him that although no one could say he had no right to produce Humanae Vitae on his own , it would have had more credibility had it been collegially prepared . |