Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] be the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the most northerly of the Anglian kings should have been the first non-Kentish ruler to adopt Christianity in the 620s is , at the very least , surprising . |
| 2 | I think he might have been the first black player in England but I know Celtic fielded jazz and rap pioneer Gil Scott Heron 's Dad in the 30s — a great success there apparently . |
| 3 | It might have been the fourth 60 on Tour this season , but his 12-under-par return was the lowest to par ever in Europe . |
| 4 | For all we know , it could have been the 500th unnecessary and spoiling miscarriage of justice since Test matches were first televised with the playback facility . |
| 5 | John Pilmay 's glasshouse at Silkstone may have been the first successful venture in the district . |
| 6 | Kepler , a spacecraft to orbit Mars and study the planet 's atmosphere , magnetic field and gravitational field , would have been the first European planetary mission . |
| 7 | If Louis , Martin 's brother-in-law , was in fact the son of Louis and Marie Francard , then he would have been the last Parisian descendant of the line of Louis I Marriage contract of Jacques le Romain , 1728 |