Example sentences of "it [modal v] have been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or it may have been no more than a ruse to exert pressure and force him to reconsider . |
| 2 | What this would have looked like is sometimes difficult to imagine — it may have been no more than a larger-than-average farmstead , or it may have been a palace such as those found at Yeavering and Cheddar . |
| 3 | However , subsequent archaeologists proved him mistaken , seeing in Machu Picchu an important agricultural centre serving Cuzco ; others speculated that it may have been a religious centre , where handmaidens for the sun god lived . |
| 4 | Afterwards nobody could tell us about our route and it may have been a first ascent — we still do not know . |
| 5 | It may have been a teetotal , chapel-going household but do n't imagine it was ever narrow-minded or lacked a sense of fun . |
| 6 | It may have been a vain hope . |
| 7 | It may have been a controversial church , but its image as a party church dates only from about 1977 when Vanguard disappeared and unionist politics became a straight fight between the Officials and the DUP . |
| 8 | AD 10 at this particular place ; it seems to have had a brief existence ; it may have been a Political embarrassment to Cunobelinus at some stage in his early career , or the traders may have just moved elsewhere . |
| 9 | It may have been a traditional marriage , gift , given to couples to bring them good luck . |
| 10 | It may have been a bogus call … we will just have to wait and see . ’ |
| 11 | Alternatively , it may have been a commoner infection in past generations and the high prevalence of antibody titres in elderly people may reflect their greater exposure to the infection in years gone by ; in other words , a cohort effect . |
| 12 | It may have been a recurrent nova , and although it is probably unlikely that it will ever come within binocular range , if it reappears at all , there is no harm in looking for it . |
| 13 | Although it may have been a convenient way of getting her out of the country , this also indicates that Ælfgifu had previously enjoyed a recognised position . |
| 14 | It may have been a glamorous enough life on stage and , despite the famous Tiller ethos , at the stage door , where the young lads who laid siege to the girls came to be known as Stage Door Johnnies . |
| 15 | At its worst it may have been a parasitic racket representing only itself to the detriment of all , but on the larger canvas of society it gave political power to a narrow group of substantial landowners in loose alliance with merchant princes and the small towns which returned members to Parliament . |
| 16 | But we feel that , okay , you know , it may have been a half an hour late but you got there . |
| 17 | Depending upon when Edmund 's Welsh alliance was made , it may have been an additional factor in persuading Eadric to change his allegiance , or a move to put pressure on him once he had deserted . |
| 18 | It is understood police believe it may have been an isolated incident . |
| 19 | It is understood police believe it may have been an isolated incident . |
| 20 | It may have been an aristocratic èlite , but it was also unruly , unpredictable , and extremely difficult to manage . |
| 21 | Nevertheless it tasted excellent , or it may have been the dry French cider from my waterbottle that improved the taste . |
| 22 | The Tropicana experience began for me as soon as I arrived … it may have been the small hours yet the reception staff were still delighted to greet the new arrivals . |
| 23 | With the constructors number 501 , it may have been the only aircraft built . |
| 24 | MYSELF : It may have been the isolated act of a madman , but that does n't mean it 's isolated in history . |
| 25 | ‘ It may have been the innermost box or it may have overlapped with other sub-boxes , but it was within the compartment , yes . ’ |
| 26 | Or it may have been the sweet tyranny of his mother 's childhood rules , never quite outgrown , which he tried to recreate in his rigid adult life . |
| 27 | It may have been the Anglian advance towards Stirling which tempted Domnall Brecc , grandson of Áedán , son of Gabrán , and king of Scottish Dál Riata , to attack the Strathclyde Britons in 642 ( AU s.a. 641 : AT p.186 : CA p.144 ) . |
| 28 | It may have been the Red Trafalgar . ’ |
| 29 | IT SHOULD have been a good week . |
| 30 | It should have been a new beginning , a clean slate but , as she rode out the following morning , her head clouded from lack of sleep , Kelly knew that life was never that easy . |