Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [been] [adj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is something of a puzzle , therefore , that others using the flavour-aversion procedure ( Best , Gemberling , and Johnson 1979 ; Kaye , Swietalski , and Mackintosh 1988 b ) should have been able to demonstrate an attenuation of latent inhibition . |
| 2 | it appeared to me little short of a miracle that a hard , matter-of-fact scientist should have been able to establish a real friendship with wild , freeliving animals , and the realisation of this fact made me feel … as though man 's expulsion from the Garden of Eden had thereby lost some of its bitterness . |
| 3 | It must have been painful to have a man you liked appropriated by a younger sister , McLeish thought , but this self-contained creature was not going to tell him — or possibly anyone else — how it had felt . |
| 4 | From this it might have been possible to develop a philosophy in which humankind had a responsibility towards the other species with which we share the earth . |
| 5 | In this regard , it might have been useful to have a stronger legal background within the Commissioner 's office . |
| 6 | The latter have lacked an effective spokesman partly because the Polytechnic of Wales which , in other circumstances , might have been able to give a lead , is in an isolated position , being the only one of its kind in the Principality . |
| 7 | If pain and other symptoms were being so badly managed these patients should have been referred promptly to other health care professionals who might have been able to provide a better quality of analgesia . |
| 8 | The Dutch might have been willing to see a world without territorial empire , if only it had been possible to keep up a trading system on that basis . |
| 9 | Although majority opinion in Ulster might have been prepared to let a power sharing Executive show what it could do , the same opinion was not prepared to accept the idea of a Council of Ireland since that could be regarded as a step towards unification of North and South . |
| 10 | In the first hour after finding her dress and necklace he might have been prepared to accept a rational explanation — or even a bemused denial of involvement . |
| 11 | It would have been wonderful if we could have been able to afford a gramophone as well . |
| 12 | I 'd have been glad to give a wee helping hand there myself , and I 'm sure one was needed . ’ |
| 13 | The rain put an end to their chances of a walk — not that they 'd have been likely to spot a deer anyway , after the noise made by the horn and the gun . |
| 14 | If they had had pistols , they 'd have been able to get a better aim . |
| 15 | But , with the tape , I 'd have been able to extract a pretty pension from him , as Beatrix calculated . |
| 16 | Before the amendments made by the Copyright ( Computer Programs ) Regulations 1992 , there was no such provision although the courts may have been prepared to imply an appropriate term into a software licence where the making of a back-up copy was reasonably necessary to the use of the program in question . |
| 17 | With up to 8Mb on the motherboard there probably is n't any need for expansion if the machine is used solely as a network station , but it would 've been nice to find a PCMCIA slot for something like a modem . |
| 18 | At this point , it would have been pleasant to record a series of strategies by which they had been facilitated . |
| 19 | ‘ I should n't think there have been any shortage of women in your life who would have been delighted to make a home for you anywhere in the world ! ’ she told him waspishly , disliking the way he was making her feel a little sorry for him . |
| 20 | Applications must be made to a circuit judge , who can issue the warrant by virtue of section 9 and Schedule 1 if he is satisfied that it would have been appropriate to issue a warrant prior to the Act . |
| 21 | There is much ignorance among the public about these issues and it would have been helpful to see a sensible letter about this problem in the context of our literature . |
| 22 | It would have been nice to see a mention of this in Guitarist 's review of the same product . |
| 23 | I may be a little naive , but it would have been nice to see a man mentioned as a future England manager demonstrate that he understood the importance of loyalty . |
| 24 | ‘ No , but it would have been nice to have a little memento , would n't it , Bartlemas ? ’ |
| 25 | In German action without escapement , the hammer was attached to the key and so it would have been logical to add an escapement that was independent of the key . |
| 26 | The case indicates that the type of benefit which was provided from the property user was the fact that the taxpayer could live there without paying rent and that if the accommodation had not been provided he would have been obliged to hire a house elsewhere and pay rent for the same . |
| 27 | The Financial Times of Nov. 6 commentated that the manoeuvre " would have been certain to cause a further rift " in Sino-British relations . |
| 28 | Well that 's why I said ten or fifteen years ago it would have been easy to give an answer . |
| 29 | After the success of Ambition it would have been easy to write a follow-up ; but the idea of writing Susan Street 's further adventures was horrific . |
| 30 | Nor did it provide the detailed information on local labour markets , particularly at the occupational level , that would have been necessary to make a fuller judgement . |