Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] have make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cynics believe that the administration may have made a secret deal with Noriega , and some of the defence testimony seems to bear out this theory . |
| 2 | Gregory might have made a deliberate choice . |
| 3 | His last words would have made a fine song title . |
| 4 | In any case , a shotgun fired into the undertaker 's neck at close range would have made a real mess ; we would n't be looking at just a cupful of blood . |
| 5 | The bride was an attractive and lively young woman who under normal circumstances would have made a sympathetic wife for an energetic and ambitious young man . |
| 6 | No word on whether IBM will have to make a matching contribution . |
| 7 | The general may have made a false start , but his was a worthwhile beginning . |
| 8 | ‘ A Jacobite Guinea would have made a fascinating pendant to my collection . |
| 9 | Since these are questions of fact a decision-maker would have to make a full contextual analysis before reaching a decision . |
| 10 | Sam would have made a perfect lawyer . |
| 11 | Such stories would have made a lasting impression on my father and given him an early interest in Abyssinia . |
| 12 | Timmy must have made a wrong move , drew attention to himself . ’ |
| 13 | Not for the first time she thought her father would have made a wonderful actor . |
| 14 | Once again the Captain will have to make a manual approach . |
| 15 | A lesser man than the Archdeacon would have made a mental note to avoid this rash abandonment of the riches offered by the Prayer Book collect in favour of a misshapen modernity . |
| 16 | Good Money would have made a good short , with a budget of , say , £75,000 . |
| 17 | It was a fuss about nothing , and I greatly doubt whether anyone other than Randolph Churchill would have made a major issue of it . |
| 18 | When , typically , TCG takes more than 20% of the proceeds of realisation , the investor would have to make a real gain of more than 25% on his new investment just to recoup the tax . |
| 19 | ‘ Durham would have made a beautiful model , but the city below the viaduct was a daunting prospect , ’ said Richard . |
| 20 | Flaubert might have made a similar avowal — ‘ I leave two children , Bouvard and Pécuchet ’ — because his only child , the niece who became a daughter , had departed into disapproving adulthood . |
| 21 | After all , if the executives fail in the new location , the employer will have made a costly mistake . |
| 22 | The canonization of Becket may have made a lasting impression on the future pope Innocent , at the time a boy of twelve or thirteen . |
| 23 | Perhaps only Barrie could have made a successful match between two such unpromising characters — a man who boasts that he has never laughed in his life and a woman who is acutely aware of being devoid of charm . |
| 24 | Morris is a decent , amiable guy , one of the best on the circuit , and he bit his tongue when many others in his position would have made a public scene of it . |
| 25 | ‘ Many young women would have made a different choice , ’ he answered . |
| 26 | The segments of lemon embedded in clear apple jelly must have made a ravishing little dessert dish : |
| 27 | He had a passionate love of music and in another world at another time might have made a fine musician , but there , held in that place at that moment , there were other plans , other duties , other paths . |
| 28 | In each case good advice to the individual or family could have made a crucial difference . |
| 29 | His language would have made a Chief Petty Officer blush … |
| 30 | 5.15 Re-letting boards To permit the Landlord at any time during the last [ 6 ] months of the Contractual Term and at any time thereafter [ unless the Tenant shall have made a valid court application under Section 24 of the 1954 Act or otherwise be entitled in law to remain in occupation or to a new tenancy of the Premises ] [ ( or sooner if the rents or any part of them shall be in arrear and unpaid for longer than [ 28 ] days ) ] to enter upon the Premises and affix and retain anywhere upon the Premises a notice for re-letting the Premises and during such period to permit persons with the written authority of the Landlord or [ its ] agent at reasonable times of the day to view the Premises It is not unreasonable for the landlord to be entitled to erect a re-letting board at the premises within a reasonable period prior to the termination of the term unless the tenant proposes to apply for a new tenancy of the premises , provided that the board is in a position so as not to interfere with the tenant 's or any undertenant 's business being carried on at the premises . |