Example sentences of "[adv] have [verb] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't play that sort of trick on him — besides , I 'd only have to agree to another date . ’ |
| 2 | What had been going on in her cabin could only have led to one thing , and that was something that must never happen again . |
| 3 | Where the minister and elders of a church have decided to pursue an application for demolition , remember they may only have come to this decision as a last resort , perhaps having received advice that there was no possibility of alternative use . |
| 4 | I doubt whether the legend of Dom Pérignon would necessarily have survived to this day but for the fact that the Abbey of Hautvillers , where he devoted his life to the perfection of wine , happened to be in Champagne . |
| 5 | Police say the fires could easily have spread to nearby houses . |
| 6 | Had his colleagues backed fusion in 1920 Law would have accepted it , but he would hardly have stuck to that position in the party crisis that must have followed . |
| 7 | His description of the Roman military camp ( 6.27–42 ) is almost certainly derived from a book , and even the description of a Roman levy on the Capitol ( 6.19–21 ) seems to be taken from a written account , since , as Professor Brunt has lately shown in detail , it can hardly have corresponded to contemporary practice ( Italian Manpower 225 B.C.–A.D. 14 ( 1971 ) , 625–34 ) . |
| 8 | Thank goodness we were never occupied — not so much because of what the occupiers might have done to us , but because of what we would probably have done to each other . |
| 9 | Wordsworth had been exhausted by his efforts as early as 1804 ( see Ode to Duty ) , and he would probably have returned to conventional pieties and religion even if his brother 's death had not accelerated to process . |
| 10 | The two men , who are hoping to make at least £2 million for the Multiple Sclerosis Society out of sponsorship , will also have contributed to important research into nutrition , diet and the effects of such extreme conditions on the human body . |
| 11 | The introduction of compulsory seat belt wearing for rear seat passengers may also have contributed to this reduction . |
| 12 | Farm shops may also have contributed to this decline in the local store . |
| 13 | Whereas the majority of these will eventually have to submit to similar assessment and testing procedures as the core , it seems likely that art and music will only need to establish attainment guidelines . |
| 14 | It was here in Caesarea that Peter had his memorable lesson not to call any man ‘ unclean ’ — which , as a Jew , he would instinctively have done to all Gentiles . |
| 15 | He should really have gone to that inquest . |
| 16 | After the given date , the same change may well have diffused to other dialects that were not affected at first , and Labov 's well-known work ( for example , 1980 ) on short /a/ in the northern United States suggests that this EModE change is still in progress there today . |
| 17 | The sociologists of knowledge … may well have come to erroneous conclusions ; but they have at least attempted in some measure , to solve the philosophical problem that results from the existence of competitive social-world [ theoretical ] systems . |
| 18 | It may have been enacted beforehand by the witnesses , so that they testify to what they have actually witnessed ; alternatively , the organiser of the mock trial may simply have given to each witness a statement of his evidence , which he is expected to remember . |
| 19 | And now they tell us we might even have to go to some barn that has n't even got proper floorboards for us to live under as Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) intended . |
| 20 | Each accident was assessed also for its potential large-scale consequences , and it was found that 7% of the accidents could potentially have led to major accidents . |
| 21 | ‘ If it had n't been for me , ’ Mrs Danby said darkly , ‘ Veronica would never have gone to that wine and cheese party . |
| 22 | But for him , I would never have risen to these heights . ’ |
| 23 | The vicar would never have agreed to any kind of mock funeral , but he finally yielded to Midge 's plea that some intercession should be made for the souls of the unknown man and woman whose charred corpses lay in the refrigerator at the mortuary . |
| 24 | All the same , it was more difficult and it would never have occurred to many people that they might do so . |
| 25 | It is possible , too , that one or two of the people overseeing the survey may occasionally have talked to real teachers about the project 's objectives and methods . |
| 26 | It is possible , too , that one or two of the people overseeing the survey may occasionally have talked to real teachers about the project 's objectives and methods . |
| 27 | But in order to justify termination of your services on this basis , the employer would certainly have to go to great lengths to treat you in a caring and reasonable manner . |