Example sentences of "[adv] have [vb pp] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst the smallest kind of town can only have served as a market point , those with populations exceeding 500 usually provided more extensive services to their localities , and some had developed specialised manufactures even if on a modest scale . |
| 2 | No one is ever fully prepared for bereavement , and even if her husband 's terminal illness was one from which she had known he could not hope to recover , his death will still have come as a shock to her which may create a feeling of numbness and unreality : . |
| 3 | It may possibly have begun as a baptistry or succeeded a cult centre at the spring head . |
| 4 | The largest so far identified lies west of Ryknild Street , emphasizing the fact that the road may once have acted as a settlement boundary . |
| 5 | Around the east side of the defences , a possible flood bank may also have doubled as a bypass road , though this is probably relatively late . |
| 6 | In addition , divided catalogues or separate classified catalogues could also have acted as a deterrent to subject searching . |
| 7 | It may also have acted as a service centre for the nearby imperial estate centred on Combe Down and for the numerous rich villas which grew up in the vicinity . |
| 8 | Dr Grainger and some of the local doctors dismissed the ulcers and sore throats as ‘ common ’ , saying they ‘ could well have occurred as a coincidence ’ . |
| 9 | It is not chemically necessary that a particular hormone has a particular effect — for example , that adrenalin produces bodily changes associated with anger and fear : as far as chemistry is concerned , adrenalin could as well have evolved as a tranquillizer . |
| 10 | He knew that he would never have survived as a teacher in the state sector : he was both not good enough and not bad enough . |
| 11 | As a manager Cruyff demands something he would never have accepted as a player . |
| 12 | She may subsequently have worked as a governess or tutor . |