Example sentences of "[adv] have been [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As this met the requirements of the hotel , serving customers would merely have been a needless waste of effort and resources which could be profitably siphoned off elsewhere . |
| 2 | But even at this date the alteration in emphasis can only have been a conscious attempt to attune to the wider audience , if still at that time mainly within Bavaria , which was beginning to show interest in Hitler in 1923 , and an awareness that anti-Marxism had a wider potential appeal than the mere repetition of anti-Jewish paroxysms of hate . |
| 3 | The most important would obviously have been the particular use of a vessel in the pantry or kitchen , on the dining table , or for drinking . |
| 4 | Driving through London in a strange car , even on a Sunday evening , would normally have been a terrifying prospect . |
| 5 | Their progress was hampered by the vast crowds and the cars that thronged what would normally have been a clear area but people soon scattered from their path as with lights flashing and sirens wailing they forged ahead . |
| 6 | Since a great proportion of them were engaged in growing corn and other basic needs of life , there must already have been a considerable proportion of the European population who needed to be fed by the labour of others . |
| 7 | A dumb Brummie , a tough-nut Geordie , a light-fingered Scouser , a cheeky Cockernee — it could so easily have been a clichéd mess . |
| 8 | These young people were not only happy they were roaring drunk and there could easily have been a double inquest with that other young man . |
| 9 | It could just as easily have been a refused request to come home late or stay the night at a friend 's house . |
| 10 | And it could so easily have been a suicidal career move . |
| 11 | This could so easily have been a recommendable mid-price set of Mozart 's mature Piano and Violin Sonatas , but it is arguably put out of court by the early digital recording ( made between 1975 and 1978 ) which gives the violin an unpleasant rough edgy tone . |
| 12 | This was an unreasonable wish since it was not clear that such a leader would be available and the effect of defeat might as easily have been an undesirable fudging of economic issues and a gerrymandering of constitutional issues . |
| 13 | Thin , slope-shouldered , raincoated and thoroughly inconspicuous , he could easily have been an innocent Sunday evening wayfarer , but for the fact that Harry was now convinced he was not . |
| 14 | The smell , coming from the rear of a building , might easily have been the unpleasant odour given off by a dustbin in need of emptying . |
| 15 | If the wage rate had fallen , say , by 10% and the total employment had increased , as a result , by 5% , there would still have been a net 5% loss in total labor income . |
| 16 | According to the singularity theorems of classical general relativity , there would still have been a big bang singularity . |
| 17 | In North Worcestershire also industrial growth made little or no visible impact on the structure of wealth , possibly because a man 's position in the rural hierarchy determined his choice of trade , In Yardley tile making had evolved as a major activity early in the fifteenth century ; along with tanning , which may still have been the principal industry in nearby Birmingham , it was practised by farmer-craftsmen , who mostly had well under £20 in goods , the £3 — £9 range forming a good two-thirds of the list : Thomas Walton , whose £11 was the highest assessment , made tiles and practised cooperage in winter . |
| 18 | She recovered — though the royal nursery in Linlithgow can hardly have been a peaceful place , with its occupant combining convalescence with the more normal infant problem of teething ; but she was entirely well by the time Sadler saw her again , in early August . |
| 19 | He would hardly have been a natural companion for the Prime Minister , Mrs Baldwin and Tom Jones during a quiet evening of patience in the Long Gallery at Chequers . |
| 20 | When there were contractors to be handed out directors may have tried to help one another , but that can hardly have been a sufficient reason for buying up large blocks of shares . |
| 21 | The incident can hardly have been a minor affair . |
| 22 | Given the state of the war , the undeniable growth of anti-Nazi feeling , and the rising criticism of Hitler himself , which we have been able to document for the years 1942–4 , such reports can hardly have been an accurate reflection of existing attitudes . |
| 23 | Though there may have been some hostility between the victuallers and the non-victuallers , this can hardly have been the only factor involved . |
| 24 | Although the rebels ' demands for personal freedom are conspicuous in the chronicles , this can hardly have been the main motive of the Kentishmen , one of the most prominent groups among the peasants , because in Kent there was no serfdom . |
| 25 | This can hardly have been the enlightening effect of reason and liberty since in France the outcome of the same ideals was the triumph of the guillotine . |
| 26 | Near to large rivers and lakes , fishing would always have been a major activity , particularly for salmon and the ubiquitous eels . |
| 27 | It must always have been a real hope on Wilfrid 's part that a king of Northumbria from another branch of the royal family or from a noble line claiming royal descent would be more favourably disposed towards him than the descendants of Oswiu . |
| 28 | It seems likely , therefore , that transport must always have been a limiting factor on trade . |
| 29 | Even in the failing light , Theda could see that the drive was ill kept , and the surrounding gardens overgrown , and what must once have been a graceful line of trees bordering the rutted gravel lane now struck a flutter of apprehension in her breast . |
| 30 | His former club , who grabbed their place in the Premier League via a 4–3 play-off final victory over Leicester City , would probably have been a prime candidate for relegation in any event . |