Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] from a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That in ten years she should have risen from a frightened , defiant seventeen-year-old to this . |
| 2 | It was obvious that the fish — the ‘ lowest ’ class within the vertebrate phylum — must have evolved from a pre-existing invertebrate form , yet this had occurred before fossils became plentiful in the rocks . |
| 3 | The three species of bee seem so closely related that they must have evolved from a single carrion-eating ancestor . |
| 4 | Cuvier had claimed to be able to reconstruct an animal from a single bone , but it was Owen who did it , working out that a bone from New Zealand , broken at the ends , must have come from an enormous flightless bird , and being vindicated when the complete skeleton of a moa was found later . |
| 5 | Even mankind might have developed from a different species . |
| 6 | Those three operations then are the measure of modern medical practice : cancers which might have developed from an enlarged prostate , some rogue polyps and a spinal tumour , any one of which could have proved fatal , were all pre-empted by discovery and cure ; and I can not be other than deeply grateful for this additional lease of life . |
| 7 | The dismal nature of English teaching for O and A level in the past can perhaps be accounted for largely by the numbers of pupils entered for the examinations who were not in fact suited to study literature ( though they might have benefited from an advanced study of their own language ) . |
| 8 | 6d. , less than she could have expected from a modern royalty . |
| 9 | The coins were found in a fairly straight line , indicating that they may have fallen from a torn purse . |
| 10 | Molluscs may have evolved from a flatworm-like ancestor independently of the annelids , but molecular evidence supports the possibility of an annelid link . |
| 11 | Secure in your status at work , becoming a parent may cause confusion — a woman may have to adjust from a professional role to a maternal one , where her own needs become relegated ; a father may have to adjust to there being a new small person in the family who makes his role seem less significant . |
| 12 | He was not prepared , however , to involve himself in the European war which would have resulted from a substantial direct intervention in Turkish affairs . |
| 13 | Detective Constable Potter would have benefited from a similar facility in the office , but his bulk was the subject of severe official disapproval and there was a parallel concern for his health and fitness . |
| 14 | Multimedia will have evolved from a technological issue into a metaphysical one . |
| 15 | The material with which a major museum has to deal , both within its own collections and on offer to it , will have come from a wide variety of sources . |
| 16 | You do risk crackles and pops , but many will have come from a good home — and you can always get them washed . |
| 17 | The diversity and volume of silver bearing his mark is far greater than can have emerged from a single workshop and it has been generally acknowledged , after a century dominated by the concept of the maker 's mark , that De Lamerie , in common with many other goldsmiths registering marks at Goldsmiths ' Hall , not only fulfilled orders with other goldsmiths ' wares but also subcontracted orders to a range of London workshops , although striking the finished wares with his own punch . |