Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] the [noun sg] [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | For them the time must have flown by , but for me it seemed as if I 'd been standing out there all morning ! |
| 2 | To assess the damages it is necessary to form a view upon three matters each of which is in greater or lesser degree one of speculation : ( 1 ) the value of the material benefits for his dependants which the deceased would have provided out of his earnings for each year in the future during which he would have provided for them had he not been killed : ( 2 ) the value of any material benefits which the dependants will be able to obtain in each such year from sources ( other than insurance ) which would not have been available to them had the deceased lived but which will become available to them as a result of his death : ( 3 ) the amount of the capital sum which , with prudent management , will produce annual amounts equal to the difference between ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) ( that is " the dependency " ) for each of the years during which the deceased would have provided material benefits for the dependants had he not been killed . |
| 3 | Furthermore there is no qualifying period during which the applicant must have received maintenance from the deceased . |
| 4 | The guidebook also provides useful information about the people who lived in the regions through which the pilgrim would have to pass . |
| 5 | The person would have been a homosexual with a stomach ulcer or abscess through which the virus could have penetrated his circulation . |
| 6 | And these three are in effect but one matter , showing the certainty of the time for which the lessee shall have the land , and if any of these fail , it is not a good lease , for then there wants certainty . |
| 7 | There are many cases which end up being settled at a figure considerably higher than that for which the case might have settled , say , 1–2 years previously . |
| 8 | specify the elements for which the centre will have devolved responsibility and the way in which the centre will discharge its responsibility ; |
| 9 | James Saynor , writing in the Observer , set the tone : ‘ Jonathan Meades ’ first novel is long and purple — a condition for which the author would have no difficulty finding a simile . |
| 10 | The new sector , for which the body would have responsibility , would provide for at least 80 per cent of the advanced student population in further education , the other 20 per cent being provided in about 300 other institutions , each with a relatively small stake in public sector higher education , and excluded from the body . |
| 11 | The years of closure will be very busy ones , and at the end of them the building will have been returned to sound condition , and the garden restored , for the commencement of Waddesdon 's second hundred years . |
| 12 | For Henry James the great house is a presence by itself , ‘ a serenity of success , an accumulation of dignity and honour ’ ; ‘ the spectacle of long duration unassociated with some sordid infirmity or poverty ’ ; ‘ a place of which the beauty would have had a sweet odour ’ even in the absence of ‘ flowers in rare vases ’ ; ‘ the ache of antiquity ’ ; ‘ the sign of appointed felicity' . |
| 13 | ‘ But then , ’ said Radulfus , thoughtfully frowning , ‘ why come to me now , and confess the very thing of which the witness could have accused him ? ’ |
| 14 | It is also important to recognise that indirect costs of issue exist in terms of the final issue price being below what the market might have been willing to pay for all of the shares ( and hence the company receiving less funds than it might otherwise have done ) . |
| 15 | The judge may be mistaken in his judgment of what the legislature would have chosen , and even if he is right , this hypothetical legislative decision has not been announced in advance , so the ideal of protected expectations has in that way been compromised . |
| 16 | Using a technique perfected by medical artists , they hope to be able to build up a picture of what the princess would have looked like twenty centuries ago . |
| 17 | In producing their own versions of what the dialogue might have been , students will be practising language they are studying in their textbooks . |
| 18 | MESSIEST DESK : Viscount Weymouth 's was reminiscent of what the world must have been like before they invented waste-paper baskets . |
| 19 | Each chapter begins with a summary of its contents and ends with a review of what the reader should have learned from it . |
| 20 | But to break us into this new er schooling the Headmaster had us in various mornings for an hour and was supposed , well tried , to make a sort of summary of what the lesson would have been in standard three . |
| 21 | 7.7.6 to give notice to the Landlord immediately upon the happening of any event which might affect any insurance policy on or relating to the Premises or upon the happening of any event against which the Landlord may have insured under this Lease The following amendment should be considered : … immediately upon becoming aware of the happening of any event … 7.7.7 immediately to inform the Landlord in writing of any conviction judgment or finding of any court or tribunal relating to the Tenant ( or any director other officer or major shareholder of the Tenant ) of such a nature as to be likely to affect the decision of any insurer or underwriter to grant or to continue any such insurance The requirement to notify the landlord in respect of convictions should be deleted for the reason stated above . |
| 22 | This , effectively , constitutes a biological prediction of the rainfall and conditions with which the butterfly will have to contend during its adult life . |
| 23 | When considering what might or might not be permitted by the planning authority or by the Secretary of State on appeal there are large numbers of policies with which the development may have to comply . |
| 24 | Yet women have very particular problems , with which the counsellor might have to contend . |
| 25 | It was the Corrieyairack [ or Corriearrack or Carriearrack ] Pass , however , the narrow , winding route along which the road would have to run , which presented the real challenge . |
| 26 | ( 3 ) If the buyer is to give the seller an indemnity against breach of covenants under which the seller might have continuing liability ( eg the original lessee under a lease or a seller who has previously given a personal covenant not limited to his or her period of ownership ) , then again , to bind the buyer to the covenant , the buyer must execute the document . |
| 27 | If Oliver had not come to France with her the playing might have gone further . |
| 28 | It was easy to pin-point the period of time within which the theft must have occurred , and not too difficult — was it ? — to find out where the great majority of you had been during the crucial forty-five minutes . |
| 29 | Interpretation or " construction " of the documents setting out the manner in which the expert should have resolved the issue appeared , until recently , to be a fruitful line for challenge to decisions . |
| 30 | The technical survey is above all a category of book in which the writer will have closely observed the material discussed . |