Example sentences of "it [modal v] have had a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It may have had a certain validity , especially in Scotland with its constellation of key organizations within or close to Glasgow . |
2 | It may have had a different meaning in a different place ( e.g. " cot " means a child 's bed in British English , but also a bed for adults in Indian English ) , or at a different time ( e.g. " gentle " used to carry the meaning of " upper class " , as in " gentry " , but which now can be used as an approving description — something like " sensitive " — of anyone 's character ) . |
3 | The panel is not cut down though it may have had an adjoining predella and lunette with few areas of paint loss , and the intensity of the original pigments preserved . |
4 | The wh the whole point is Steve , when it comes down to basic facts , it should have had a proper sealed unit chiller on it when it was new . |
5 | The excavator , David Neal , could not explain this as merely for domestic use and concluded that it must have had a public function . |
6 | If the new religion forced too difficult and direct a choice , it could have had a sticky launch . |
7 | The Aquino government had resisted the return of the body on the grounds that it would have had a destabilizing effect on the country . |
8 | Had this proposal been implemented , it would have had a disastrous effect on the morale and effectiveness of L Detachment . |
9 | Without this disparity it would have had an overall entitlement of 38 seats , and instead of winning one excess seat it would have had two list seats in addition to the 36 it won in constituencies . |