Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] have made 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 | The general may have made a false start , but his was a worthwhile beginning . |
| 7 | ‘ A Jacobite Guinea would have made a fascinating pendant to my collection . |
| 8 | Sam would have made a perfect lawyer . |
| 9 | Such stories would have made a lasting impression on my father and given him an early interest in Abyssinia . |
| 10 | Timmy must have made a wrong move , drew attention to himself . ’ |
| 11 | Not for the first time she thought her father would have made a wonderful actor . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Good Money would have made a good short , with a budget of , say , £75,000 . |
| 14 | It was a fuss about nothing , and I greatly doubt whether anyone other than Randolph Churchill would have made a major issue of it . |
| 15 | ‘ Durham would have made a beautiful model , but the city below the viaduct was a daunting prospect , ’ said Richard . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | After all , if the executives fail in the new location , the employer will have made a costly mistake . |
| 18 | The canonization of Becket may have made a lasting impression on the future pope Innocent , at the time a boy of twelve or thirteen . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ Many young women would have made a different choice , ’ he answered . |
| 22 | The segments of lemon embedded in clear apple jelly must have made a ravishing little dessert dish : |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | In each case good advice to the individual or family could have made a crucial difference . |
| 25 | His language would have made a Chief Petty Officer blush … |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The clause could be amended as follows : 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 to enter upon the Premises and affix and retain upon the Premises in a position so as not to interfere with the Tenant 's or any undertenant 's business being carried on at 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 on reasonable notice to view the Premises |