Example sentences of "[vb mod] have been [verb] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not even follow that the research base should have been developed in any institution of higher education . |
| 2 | A brick should have been wrapped in that paper and then inserted well up Chamberlain 's fundamental orifice . |
| 3 | It seemed clear , though , that some courses which should have been entered in this section ( referred to in responses to earlier questions , e.g. 1.6 ) were not listed here , so these are almost certainly under-estimates . |
| 4 | She was an extraordinary human being , and it was a damn shame that her personality and talents should have been encased in that little dumpy body of hers . |
| 5 | But it was open , I mean it must have been fenced in some way later on . |
| 6 | To constitute an offence under those sections the waste must have been deposited on an unlicensed site or in breach of the conditions in the licence , must amount to an ‘ environmental hazard ’ and must have been deposited in such circumstances or for such a period that whoever deposited it there may reasonably be assumed to have abandoned it there or to have brought it there for the purpose of its being disposed as waste . |
| 7 | Many colonnades , staircases , doorways and corridors open on to the Central Courts and , if the bull dance really did take place there , they must have been protected in some way from the rampaging bulls . |
| 8 | Police have asked neighbours to be alert as vehicles must have been used in many of the burglaries committed . |
| 9 | Rolle also hints that he might have been damaged in some way . |
| 10 | The Bill might have been opposed in all its stages in both Houses of parliament , and altogether you would have had to spend about £1,000 or £1,200 . |
| 11 | By 1988 it was claimed that £200 million of Urban Development Grant and Urban Regeneration Grant had successfully ‘ levered ’ more than £800 million of private investment into the inner cities ( although how much of the latter sum might have been invested in any case is difficult to say ) . |
| 12 | This new virus now might have been mutated in such a way that the er antibodies which are present at , at the moment , are not able to recognize and destroy this new virus . |
| 13 | ‘ You are not suggesting that she might have been sacrificed in some demoniacal ritual , are you , Burney ? ’ |
| 14 | Occasionally a light showed silver , faint in one of the streets below , and but for that , and for the sounds as their feet struck the timbers of a bridge , they might have been walking in some open courtyard instead of in narrow alleys raised between the walls of tall buildings . |
| 15 | It was obvious to them that Danzig , up to the advent of the Nazis , had been far freer from racial strife and entrenched national rivalry than might have been expected in such a complex and explosive economic and political environment . |
| 16 | Perhaps the clergyman who eventually did open the door might have been included in this category , surprised though she was to see him . |
| 17 | Links with parents and with associated schools — which were reported to be few and far between — could have been developed in this situation . |
| 18 | Indeed , if the seller 's consent could have been vitiated in that way , Parliament would never have needed to create the statutory offence of obtaining by false pretences . |
| 19 | For example , one migrant volunteered to organize the meal served at the annual Harvest Home , but he replaced the traditional supper of Orkney dishes with a meal that could have been served in any restaurant in the south of Scotland . |
| 20 | The serious disadvantages to which the plaintiffs could have been put in that action were ( 1 ) the possible forfeiture of their right to do business within the state until the tax was paid . |
| 21 | It was desperately hard to accept that this serene man , so calm , so dignified , such a majestic cricketer , could have been taken in this way . |
| 22 | A satisfactory dividing line could have been drawn in these terms . |
| 23 | Spectacles or low vision aids may have been prescribed in some cases , and teachers should be informed about this . |
| 24 | Even though the fear of violence may have been justified in this case , the 30-mile zone and the fact that the disorder was expected to emanate from other than the marchers make the implications of the case disturbing , even in the context of Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | A substantial amount of prospecting may have been undertaken in some of the areas , but not necessarily for the deposit styles mentioned above . |
| 26 | It 's thought they may have been drinking in this pub on Wellingborough road earlier in the evening . |
| 27 | You may have been born in another country , for instance , and still not feel truly at home in the foreign culture and customs you have come to . |
| 28 | Since the seal carvers needed both hands free for their work , the lenses may have been mounted in some way , either on stands on the work-bench or on something like spectacle frames . |
| 29 | Any resulting sense of insecurity among the foreign communities may have been equalled in some of the upper reaches of the Iraqi establishment . |
| 30 | All introns may have been eliminated in this organelle by the above mentioned mechanism , except those which are implicated in trans-splicing . |