Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , Offa may never have wished this to be anything other than a wholly Mercian ceremony . |
| 2 | St Patrick must greatly have simplified Irish thought , a turn for the better , when he introduced Christianity . |
| 3 | Among the western Saxons Ine may not have acquired royal power until the following year ; he abdicated in 726 and the West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List gives him a reign of thirty-seven years which implies an accession in 689 , not 688 . |
| 4 | This was given practical effect through the Court 's warning that in implementing the duty of non-recognition , States should not refuse to apply multilateral treaties where the adverse consequences of non-performance would fall directly upon the people . |
| 5 | Her school has a high proportion of ethnic minority children where I felt Balbinder might not have seemed such a problem . |
| 6 | Mr Gorbachev might well have won such a vote , and added to his formal powers the authority he now lacks . |
| 7 | Naturally , Mrs Thrigg might not want to lose half a dozen agreeable jobs . |
| 8 | Bernice could n't face eating any of the uncooked or rotten food . |
| 9 | Faldo could n't have had any idea of the tropical storm brewing when he and Norman exchanged birdies at the first two holes . |
| 10 | After Elinor was dead , he and Maisie could really get to know each other , thought Henry . |
| 11 | The fall itself did n't kill her — it was hitting her head on the stanchion ; Georgina could n't have planned that . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But Jeff could n't have done this . ’ |
| 13 | It seems clear , however , that Chatterton need n't have had prodigious talent for the talent expended in the novel to take effect . |
| 14 | Pakistan and the United States would eventually have to accept direct talks with the PDPA , he said , adding that neither country had so far implemented any peace process . |
| 15 | Ann would never have taken such a step of her own accord . |
| 16 | Mr Rhys would n't have paid any attention . |
| 17 | The opinion gained ground — an opinion with which Eric Ashby would evidently have had some sympathy — that the employment of a full-time tutor for the county , whether by the WEA or by the University Extra-Mural Board , placed constraints on branches ' freedom to choose subjects of study because of pressure to find a viable programme for the full-timer to teach . |
| 18 | Strong as it is , Charles Spencer will undoubtedly have to find painful and unpopular solutions of his own . |
| 19 | Even though Gundovald can never have said some of the things which Gregory attributes to him , the bishop of Tours must have had some reason for putting the words into his mouth . |
| 20 | The low oil price means that LASMO can not afford to develop all the projects within our extensive portfolio but must prioritise . |
| 21 | The historian of these events believes that the CNAA may not have shown sufficient flexibility : ‘ if the same attitude as was adopted in the early 1970s by its new Chief Officer , Edwin Kerr , had been taken , amalgamation might have occurred sooner ’ . |
| 22 | Also , can he confirm that a separatist , socialist , nationalist Scotland could not expect to enjoy all those oil revenues ? |
| 23 | IRISH trainer Michael Kauntze could well have saved next Saturday 's Coalite St Leger with his decision — or that of his owner — to supplement at a cost of £25,000 the dual Oaks runner-up Royal Ballerina . |
| 24 | IRISH trainer Michael Kauntze could well have saved next Saturday 's Coalite St Leger with his decision — or that of his owner — to supplement at a cost of £25,000 the dual Oaks runner-up Royal Ballerina . |
| 25 | Given this incapacity Spain could never hope to maintain diplomatic independence against France or to resist French demands for war against Great Britain , in spite of knowledge of the disastrous consequences of such a war to the Spanish colonial empire and its trade . |
| 26 | They were desert-dwellers , so Moses could scarcely have had better preparation for the wilderness journeys with Israel than these years of nomadic life . |
| 27 | Indeed , had it not been constructed when it was , Peter Scott 's Wildfowl Trust situated further up river at Slimbridge would probably have lost much of its new grounds to erosion by now . |
| 28 | Even England would not dare claim that . |
| 29 | It is the regulations imposed on the Asia Minor city of Erythrai in c.450 BC ( ML 40 = Fornara 71 ) which included a Council appointed by lot ; Athens would hardly have exported such an institution before she had one herself . |
| 30 | Anthony Hope would hardly have supported any grandiose claims for his tales of Ruritania . |