Example sentences of "[Wh det] [modal v] have [vb pp] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The device ended on a sour note from the consumer standpoint in 1974 , however , when the dollar underwent an increase in value which ought to have triggered a price reduction but somehow failed to do so . |
| 2 | The company say the safety of their staff is paramount , they 'll even bring in a jeweller to remove rings which may have become a fixture over the years . |
| 3 | But Alexander could not hold it against the Edoni , local tribesmen , which may have given the Athenians the idea that they could move in and plant a colony ( 465 ) . |
| 4 | Last night we carried a report on fox hunting which may have given the impression that Mr Paul Davis held the view that the death of a hound was an acceptable price to pay in the campaign against hunting . |
| 5 | The Jockey Club is hoping to make better progress elsewhere , by making trainers report anything which may have affected a horse 's running — good or bad -as happens in Ireland . |
| 6 | Cases of illness and other extenuating circumstances which may have affected a student 's performance overall or in an individual assessment or examination should normally be dealt with through the centres regulations and by discussion of individual cases with the HCIMA moderator prior to the Assessment/Examination Board Meeting . |
| 7 | Both men made for the Mediterranean eventually , for reasons which may have involved a respite from British miseries and injustice . |
| 8 | We regret that there was a typographical error in one of the calculations which may have created a problem . |
| 9 | Sir : Another item for your Margaret Regina file which may have escaped the notice of some of your readers . |
| 10 | There were a number of other factors which may have influenced the Court in deciding in Costa Rica 's favour . |
| 11 | Also make sure you pass water before , and as soon as possible afterwards , as this helps flush out any bacteria which may have entered the urethra . |
| 12 | Those who seek to interpret this increase as a reflection of rapid social change which led to increased lawlessness must still consider the changes in administrative arrangements and popular attitudes which may have distorted the relationship between the reported and ‘ real ’ rates of crime . |
| 13 | The Orphic idea of Chronos , which may have had an influence on Pythagoras , seems rather like the Iranian idea of Zurvan akarana . |
| 14 | Counsel were unable to suggest any case which may have settled the interpretation of the section other than Gillick 's case , and to that I now turn . |
| 15 | Their conduct amounted to insulting behaviour ( it insulted the women ! ) which may have occasioned a breach of the peace ( the partners of the women might have beaten up the two male lovers ) . |
| 16 | Mutually important issues such as Cambodian instability , the security of Taiwan and Hong Kong , and tensions on the Korean peninsula ( which may have prompted the visits ) could have been handled through diplomatic channels without resort to secrecy , Mr Winston Lord , US ambassador to China until this year , pointed out yesterday . |
| 17 | Last week 's meeting left the crucial question of burden of proof open — a fact which may have shifted the odds in favour of the would-be banners . |
| 18 | The jury has been told that locking pins which should have secured the gantry had failed . |
| 19 | Indeed the adjective must be so understood ; if we try to imagine using , in the structure of ( 16 ) , an adjectival property which is not ascribed to the entity of the noun phrase ( nor helping as a qualifier to identify any entity of the sentence ) , there will be only two possible outcomes : If it is a property semantically compatible with the verb , the result will be taken as an ungrammatical way of expressing a thought which should have incorporated an adverb : ( 17 ) Alastair likes his beef tea great Alternatively , it will be a property that is not compatible with the verb either ; but , in that case , there will be no way of guessing what that property should be applied to — it will in effect be semantically " loose " , so that the whole will be incomprehensible : ( 18 ) the process left the documents puzzled Thus , the property of the adjective qualifies , in purely syntactic terms , the inner grouping of verb and object ; it is applied to the entity of the noun phrase , but not directly , only as part of an interlocking structure with three elements — as in certain engineering and architectural structures , each of three elements needs the other two in order for the whole to function effectively . |
| 20 | In the last three months , which should have seen the culmination of Jubilee Year , a number of things happened which combined to slow and stop the momentum of Jubilee Year . |
| 21 | His trousers and shirt ( an old-fashioned shirt of striped flannel which should have had a collar but did not ) were motleyed with all sorts of paint and a welter of dirt and sweat . |
| 22 | Miss Logan halted , initially in surprise , for it appeared that Miss Fergusson had lost her footing on a little stretch of solid rock which should have afforded no peril . |
| 23 | In this age of fast travel , supported by conveniences in every aspect of a journey , it is almost impossible to imagine the difficulties which must have faced the mission . |
| 24 | One small feature which must have worried the authorities at Hendon , was that there was no wire screen over the stairside end decency panel . |
| 25 | The threat of alliance between the king of France and an unfriendly ruler of northern Spain was one which must have worried the English in Bordeaux . |
| 26 | The left was unmarked but the right bore a huge , deep gash which must have drained the blood . |
| 27 | By 1955 export prices were down to world levels , a development which must have accelerated the scrapping of old plant . |
| 28 | She was standing amidst a pile of bouquets , mostly pink and red roses which must have cost a fortune at this season , and chrysanthemums . |
| 29 | But his revelations in The People that he was ‘ guilty ’ of inadvertently taking a food supplement drink which must have contained the drug Methandianone left even his advisers wondering on what grounds he could still appeal . |
| 30 | Lavenham , which must have had a population approaching 1,000 and ranked as one of the dozen or so richest towns in the kingdom , went into decline following the death of the great clothier Thomas Spring in 1523 . |