Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [Wh det] [vb mod] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | He puts great emphasis on the difficulties of prediction , and urges that where there are rules to which people do in fact adhere for the most part , and which help maintain the social stability required for any kind of good to flourish , we are likely to come nearest to doing what is objectively right ( in terms of its actual consequences ) if we also stick to the rules , but that where the rules , however useful they would be if generally obeyed , are widely flouted we should make a direct judgement of what will have the best consequences . |
| 2 | The Dutch , for example , had what at least from their own point of view were admirable and generous plans for what might have turned out to be an independent Indonesia ; but , like the French , had failed to persuade their Republican adversaries that their ultimate freedom was assured in European hands . |
| 3 | I think that for once we need feel no qualms in taking Diodorus as a faithful epitomizer of what must have been a compact and careful section of Posidonius on the slave war in Sicily . |
| 4 | As Webster goes on to point out , when study of the cuneiform records revealed that the Babylonian shabbatum ( full-moon day ) also fell on the fourteenth ( or fifteenth ) day of the month , we were presented with another survival of what must have been the primary meaning of the Hebrew term shabbath . |
| 5 | Only high spot from what should have been a red letter day was the terrific £300 raised for the local Hartlepool hospice . |
| 6 | RAF teams from Abingdon had the unenviable task of moving the RAF Museum 's XL318 by road to Hendon , the real cost of which must have been mind-boggling . |
| 7 | Kathryn , who is married with an 18-month-old daughter , said she was just curious to know whether these experiences could be connected with reincarnation and says that at times : ‘ I feel restless , a sort of sad yearning for what could have been a past life . ’ |
| 8 | Astaxanthin ( 3:3 — dihydroxy — 4:4 -diketo — B -carotene ) and B-carotene both occur as chromoproteins in the integument of locusts and the green chromoprotein pigment of many insects ( known as insectoverdin ) is a complex , the yellow-orange component of which may have as its prosthetic group B-carotene ( Carausius ) , lutein ( Sphinx , Tettigonia ) or astaxanthin . |
| 9 | She said : ‘ I did n't cry much — just a little weep for what might have been . |
| 10 | Gloucester never got themselves into gear and they made hard work of what should have been a straightforward game … in the second half they hammered away at Scottish … all but lived on their line but failed to get over it … |
| 11 | ‘ He was the worst leader of what should have been the best cause in the world . ’ |
| 12 | As three cheers rang out from a few dozen loyal supporters gathered in the street below , Mr Kinnock took off his glasses , put them in his pocket , and gave a wistful smile for what might have been to the colleagues clustered around him . |
| 13 | A MOTHER who was involved in a hit-and-run horror , only weeks before she was due to give birth , last night cuddled the little baby boy who dispelled all her worst fears of what could have happened . |
| 14 | The superimposition of massive conventional forces on what should have been an atomic strategy , made no sense to Churchill , who appreciated that financial pressures would reduce rather than increase the number of divisions that Britain could contribute to Western European defence . |
| 15 | Be alert for stones with natural pebble and water worn cups two to three inches across which could have been transported from the shore . |
| 16 | Their approach was in great contrast to what might have been the position had the official Opposition been in government . |
| 17 | Such a process may be comparable to the experience one has when switching on the radio in the middle of a discussion programme and trying to understand the discussion through a partial reconstruction of what must have been said already , who the participants must be , and so on . |
| 18 | And it should be said that , at least outwardly , Murphy and his men retained their charm and their good humour throughout what must have become a harrowing experience . |
| 19 | Nameless Lives : Sir Robert Peel ( 1788-1850 ) , who became Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1812 after Spencer Perceval was assassinated and Lord Liverpool became Prime Minister for what must have felt for ever . |
| 20 | Overnight the full force of what might have happened had finally come home to Elise , and she 'd spent most of the day clucking round her young sister like a hen with one chick . |
| 21 | I wondered how these men had managed to endure thirty or more trips in what must have been far worse conditions than this ; in bad weather , being shot at , having to concentrate on map reading and peering through bomb sites , and watching out all the time for enemy fighters . |
| 22 | With the benefit of fifteen years ’ experience and from the security of a university in Britain , it is possible to pronounce with considerable confidence upon what should have happened ; to comment owlishly on how untidy and illogical were the processes employed , how more information should have been spelt out with more precision , how more evaluation should have been undertaken sooner , how unreal were our expectations in terms of how quickly and how evenly changes can effectively take place . |
| 23 | Midge protested at what she saw as bureaucratic interference in what should have been a private grief . |
| 24 | Home I went for the Christmas vac with the ragged tatters of what should have been a well-moulded start to a brilliant career ! |
| 25 | This would have probably entailed working involuntary overtime , possibly long , awkward hours and , almost certainly , making a physical input , one consequence of which would have been a limit on the amount of time spent with the children and energy contributed to their amusement . |
| 26 | The ceremony will be a bitter-sweet reminder of what might have been for Princess Margaret , forbidden from marrying her divorced sweetheart Peter Townsend . |
| 27 | In particular Donal Lunny 's assured production allows for moments of rain-washed clarity in what could 've been a groggy hotchpotch . |
| 28 | We may conclude that violence is such a wide term that we need a typology , each item of which may have its own consequences and causes and so be best dealt with by different interventions . |
| 29 | It conforms to our modern secular perception of what ought to have happened . |
| 30 | It was a tragic ending to what could have , undoubtedly would have , been a golden career . |