Example sentences of "[modal v] have been [verb] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the very fact that an explanation should have been created at all tells us quite a lot about the way that the human mind works . |
| 2 | Choose one of the four and try to work out what he or she must have been doing at each stage of the carnival . |
| 3 | Horne could have been killed at any hour . |
| 4 | Not much enlightenment there ; the same reply could have been given at any time in the past four years . |
| 5 | It seemed almost impossible to many people that such tiny things as micro-organisms could have been fossilised at all . |
| 6 | To meet this point I think one must say that Bentham 's view was , in effect , that a right action must not only do more good than harm , but must also be such that neither the particular good it does , nor any other comparable good which might have substituted for it , could have been achieved at less cost in terms of harm done . |
| 7 | You said yourself , that hole could have been made at any time . |
| 8 | It was indulging in a relatively straightforward exercise in civil engineering which could have been undertaken at any time during the last 100 years or more . |
| 9 | The 1031 annal on Cnut 's visits to Rome and Scotland could have been inserted at this time too . |
| 10 | Thereafter the time was never judged to be ripe although we were told in oral evidence that , subject to the availability of Ministers , a Defence Committee [ i.e. OD ] meeting could have been held at any time , if necessary at short notice . |
| 11 | The appeal was not very successful and was condemned by many prominent townspeople , but that it could have been launched at all goes to show that old traditions die hard in the West Country ! |
| 12 | Some recently acquired territory may have been lost at this time or soon after . |
| 13 | Butler-Sloss LJ said that the meaning of the words " trade secrets " had developed since Herbert Morris v Saxelby and was now interpreted in the wider context of " highly confidential information of a non-technical or non-scientific nature … " . 1.4 The employee 's skill and knowledge Although the courts are anxious to uphold the employer 's right to have his business secrets protected they have ensured that the employee is not prevented from using , once he has left his employer , the general skill and knowledge which he has acquired during employment even though this may have been acquired at some cost to the employer . |
| 14 | Had our patient been subjected to an exploratory laparotomy during the initial admission the diaphragmatic tear would have been diagnosed at that time . |
| 15 | The police officer agreed Anderson would have been charged at that stage if there had been sufficient evidence . |
| 16 | they provide no way of measuring the salience of an attitude ; we never know whether the attitude would have been expressed at all , or in the same way , apart from the direct question … |
| 17 | ‘ We do not believe the public would have been told at all but for us , ’ said a spokesman . |