Example sentences of "[noun] [det] [modal v] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course that should have been altered when inflation became serious , but it was n't . |
| 2 | In the 1912 London dock strike , the Transport Workers ' Federation had been willing enough to agree to a joint board and but for Lord Devonport 's stubborn resistance this might have been achieved . |
| 3 | For example , only three funds — Newton Income , Touche Remnant City of London and Britannia Life American Growth — achieved higher returns over five years than the £162 that could have been obtained without risk by placing £100 in the building society . |
| 4 | However , but for the work of Country Houses Association many would have been lost to the nation . |
| 5 | However , but for the work of Country Houses Association many would have been lost to the nation . |
| 6 | On 11 November these could have been sold for 35p each , a profit before transactions cost of 40 per cent . |
| 7 | ‘ This tour , if it is allowed by the courts , will be the Barnes 's salvation ’ , said National Gallery director J. Carter Brown , ‘ because when it comes back from Paris and Japan , there will be many millions of dollars that will have been generated this way . |
| 8 | you know so erm so some er a lot more should 've been done about actually getting , even if it was just well I 'm in that area , I 'm in the area on such and such a day anyway so I can call in to see you . |
| 9 | If Hazel had been a human being he would have been expected to introduce his companions one by one and no doubt each would have been taken in charge as a guest by one of their hosts . |
| 10 | On a modern system this may have been replaced by a safety device called a residual current device ( RCD ) , which turns off the supply if it detects current leaking to earth , and so protects the system and its users against the twin risks of fire and electric shock . |
| 11 | All have been affected by the Post-glacial rise of sea level , but in the second class this may have been accentuated or nullified by local land movements . |