Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [modal v] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is far from clear that the necessary Listed Building Consent for demolition would have been forthcoming from the local authority . |
| 2 | McIllvanney had offered to let her stay on board Wavebreaker , so long as the boat 's air conditioners were disconnected , but his offer was not as generous as it seemed for Ellen would have been little more than an unpaid security guard and also subject to Bellybutton 's endlessly tedious suggestions , and she far preferred her small hot room in the busy crowded apartment block that smelt of cooking all day and marijuana all night . |
| 3 | Protagonists of unity may have been despondent about the loss of the EDC and the European Political Community , but were not routed . |
| 4 | That the Director of Public Prosecutions did not press for prosecution suggests that this line of defence might have been effective , or might have resulted in the prosecution net catching even larger , embarrassed fish . |
| 5 | The Duke and Duchess of Windsor would have been marvellous and I suspect they might have done it , too . |
| 6 | It seems clear that Britain at least did not envisage any institutional structures beyond this , yet some form of framework would have been necessary if all the objectives of the treaty were to be properly fulfilled . |
| 7 | The presence of Bedu may have been one reason for this — the marvellous rhythmical qualities of her movement and her simple ideas built up with many possibilities ( ! ) ensured some wonderful sessions . |
| 8 | In January 1644 , assessed at £1,000 , he pleaded for a mitigation ; his lack of money may have been due to personal extravagance at court as much as political troubles . |
| 9 | Frank and Wallerstein 's versions of the international division of labour may have been accurate for some countries during some periods , but the re-formation of capitalism on a global scale in the latter part of the twentieth century has rendered it increasingly less so . |
| 10 | The success experienced among the eastern Angles with the conversion of Eorpwald may have been due in part at least to the influence of older patterns established by missionaries in the time of Raedwald , but nevertheless it testifies to Eadwine 's real influence in the East Anglian area at this time . |
| 11 | In more than one story Clifford Simak put forward the notion that the flesh-tones of dinosaurs might have been iridescent , rather than the drab grey-greens and browns depicted in so many artists impressions . |
| 12 | We forget that early experiences of grief must have been communal , and still are in many societies . |
| 13 | For example , we have the form of expression ‘ when I said ‘ Napoleon was crowned in 1804 ’ I meant the man who won the battle of Austerlitz' and we are inclined to interpret the use of the past tense ‘ meant ’ as meaning that the idea of Napoleon having won the battle of Austerlitz must have been present in the speaker 's mind when he said that Napoleon was crowned in 1804 . |
| 14 | Cope 's monopoly of artillery ought to have been decisive but the Highlanders were only 400 yards [ 365 m ] away when with a ‘ hideous shout ’ they burst out of the mist , with the sun behind them , and charged towards the inexperienced gunners , broadswords in hand , with a bloodcurdling yell . |
| 15 | His design of mill may have been original , but others had long been growing rape-seed in East Anglia and milling rape-seed around London . |
| 16 | One can see what sort of benefit would have been taxable if the courts had decided that a tax charge could arise . |
| 17 | When I first visited the cliff 15 years ago , that level of congestion would have been unimaginable . |
| 18 | Besides , filling hot water bottles was not man 's work — fetching coal , sawing wood , even opening a bottle of wine would have been suitable occupations for Rupert to be discovered in , but not this . |
| 19 | In the middle ranges the quality of officials may have been deteriorating — at any rate in some departments — before 1600 . |
| 20 | If the defence of volenti would have been available against the employee , it will be available against the employer ( ICI Ltd v Shatwell [ 1965 ] AC 656 . |
| 21 | A corollary is the absence of any comment on the substitution of Latin for Greek as the leading cultural language in the rest of Italy and on the diffusion of Latin in the western provinces — which at least in the time of Posidonius must have been evident . |
| 22 | Carrying a tray of glasses would have been easier if the floor had been stable but I made it to the far end with only a lurch or two and delivered the goods as required . |
| 23 | It is , for instance , improbable that , on a joint assessment of £133. 6s. 8d. , any of the three Thomases of Lavale would have been mere labourers . |
| 24 | It could well be that some of the summit surfaces of the Hercynian blocks are Eogene pediplains , while the weathering responsible for the formation of tors may have been tropical weathering of the same date . |
| 25 | We may imagine a measure of disappointment when these requests were vetoed by the committee , and it is clear that some re-education of staff must have been necessary in arriving at appropriate submissions . |
| 26 | I think that bloke coming off the ladder with the buckets of paint would 've been funnier than them |
| 27 | THE Department of Trade may have been slow to acknowledge financial — though not supervisory — responsibility for the victims of Barlow Clowes . |
| 28 | Panel members said that , when awards were intended to articulate with degrees , a copy of the degree course documentation or a diagram indicating clearly the scope and nature of articulation would have been helpful . |
| 29 | A lot of people would have been uncomfortable or jittery , having a bodyguard at their elbow . |
| 30 | He mentioned the Environmental Law Foundation , specifically set up to assist citizens to protect their interests in securing a better environment — I would have thought a lot of people would have been interested in that . |