Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] have been [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the bands are reshuffled , the trials will have been of little practical value . |
| 2 | An argument for the co-evolution of dispersers and their trees is that they , in contrast , avoid the seeds , though in the past such seeds may have been in some way indigestible , promoting the relationship of today . |
| 3 | As the income of the much smaller Missenden Abbey was given as £160 , compared with £262 net in 1535 , its goods may have been worth much more than the £140 assessed . |
| 4 | He added that disaffected factions within the BBC opposed to Mr Birt 's programme of reforms may have been behind some of the attempts to destabilise him . |
| 5 | The tightly packed schiltrons might have been in some danger if the enemy 's Welsh archers had been used at once ; but Edward or his advisers thought they could settle things swiftly by an all-out cavalry charge . |
| 6 | These herbs would have been among those grown for medicinal purposes by the monks in days gone by and they may well have been planted by ponds stocked with carp in the grounds of the monastery . |
| 7 | These guys could have been from any one of them . |
| 8 | The clouds could have been at any height from fifty feet to six miles . |
| 9 | Ours went , I think , to 2 , 5 and 7 ; the other floors might have been in another building , or another town . |