Example sentences of "[adv] have be [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I ran home , I should only have been sent straight back , in even deeper disgrace . |
| 2 | These , referred to in his diary , may just have been to illustrate special copies of other authors ' guide books . |
| 3 | ‘ How many other farmers hereabouts have been given similar awards ? ’ |
| 4 | The basic purpose of obscenity laws is and always has been to reinforce cultural taboos on sexuality and suppress feminism , homosexuality and other forms of sexual dissidence . |
| 5 | The equipment might possibly have been reconstructed pre-Civil War relics . |
| 6 | Some of the beautifully carved crosses could originally have been re-shaped pagan monuments . |
| 7 | The first pilots to send Luftwaffe bombers spiralling down to crash into the sea were boys , auxiliary pilots who until a few months before had been flying antiquated Gloster Gladiators . |
| 8 | ‘ We have used our experience and our ability to sharpen up our image and our content and for six months now have been using full colour every week . ’ |
| 9 | The opportunity that they now have is to become independent production companies , an opportunity that they did not have in the last round of licence decisions . |
| 10 | David Wild has been appointed senior manager at National Westminster Bank 's Albert Road branch in Middlesbrough . |
| 11 | Although intended to further curtail local government expenditure — by requiring authorities to meet any unforeseen expenditure from existing budgets — the effect may well have been to persuade local authorities to set high initial rates ( to provide adequate balances to meet unexpected contingencies or loss of income ) . |
| 12 | It now concentrates on reference ports of its 4GL technolgy for the major chip platforms rather than on specific machines , but of late has been winning downsizing contracts on HP , Sequent and Pyramid hardware . |
| 13 | As Charles Wolf points out there had been mounting Congressional criticism of the Administration 's alleged neglect of Asia and although the strength of Republican feeling had been resisted in the matter of China it was at the cost of a critical concession in Southeast Asia generally — Vietnam in particular — which accorded , nevertheless , with the sentiments and announced global purposes of US policy : to resist communism , to encourage free peoples throughout the world , and to strengthen democratic nations against aggression . |
| 14 | Nor did the war on land make any progress , while those who earlier had been promised English largesse demanded what was due to them . |
| 15 | After the disasters of the past few months , a result which would previously have been called disappointing will now be hailed as a triumph . |
| 16 | Salerooms too have been resisting over-exposed trade pictures unless at realistic reserves . |