Example sentences of "that [noun] [modal v] have [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no surprise that parliament should have approved a conservative plan . |
| 2 | Here , with my seal-profile friend Fairfax , in the sight of the Mountain of God , I see that Victoria may have had a point . |
| 3 | Some archaeologists , irrespective of their scepticism over Ivan Koltsov 's announcement , have expressed concern that Pravda should have shown a map of the underground areas , and that Koltsov publicly described seeing local boys playing with ancient gold goblets which they had supposedly found in the underground passages . |
| 4 | It was not , perhaps , as improbable as it sounds that McCarthy should have made a target of the Army . |
| 5 | It seems certain that Louis-Napoleon would have preferred a prolongation of his power by legal means , but in the long run it was equally clear that he would not shrink from a confrontation with the opposition . |
| 6 | The group had claimed that drinkers would have to consume a ‘ not insignificant amount ’ of their 2.2 light beer before reaching the .05 blood alcohol limit set for drivers in NSW . |
| 7 | Opinion polls suggested throughout the campaign that Labour would have stood a better chance with the Scottish lawyer at the helm , and he has powerful support on the backbenches , especially among fellow Scots . |
| 8 | Councillors and officials will tell him that Orkney could have faced a disaster if the Bettina Danica had been a tanker . |
| 9 | It occurred to him that Newley might have died a perfectly natural death — a heart attack , perhaps , brought on by the blackmail . |
| 10 | And whereas it might be argued that Granada would have kept a strong news operation in Newcastle , control would have been out of the hands of the region . |
| 11 | Only a week earlier on Palm Sunday , it seemed possible that Jesus could have led a rebellion against the hated Romans . |
| 12 | He is also trying to finish a commerce degree at university , but the remarkable series of events which has seen South Africa catapulted into the cricketing limelight means that studies might have to take a back seat for at least 1992 . |
| 13 | The NFU says it is possible that farmers may have to make a more positive contribution in return for conservation cash . |
| 14 | Yesterday , magistrates in Solihull were told by a Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals inspector that Boris would have suffered a lingering and painful death if his journey in the post had gone ahead . |
| 15 | He was a friend of President Kennedy 's and he wrote a rather fulsome biography Marilyn Monroe , and in his most recent novel he allows the suspicion — just the suspicion — that Jack may have had a hand in killing Marilyn , and that the CIA may have winked at the killing of Jack . |
| 16 | It was one thing to suggest that God might have instituted a ‘ law of progress ’ to achieve His goals in Nature , quite another to suggest that human beings were merely highly developed animals . |
| 17 | Although there were suggestions that Ashraf may have had a hand in the affair it seems more likely that the Shah dalliance with another women was the real cause . " |
| 18 | Until now she had never thought about Annie being interested in men , she was so reserved and proper , but it seemed to Carrie that Billy might have kindled a spark in the young woman . |
| 19 | On Oct. 1 , the head of the sixth IAEA inspection team , David Kay , said in Bahrain that Iraq would have developed a nuclear weapon within 18 months had the Gulf war not intervened , and that it still possessed the technology to manufacture a nuclear weapon within five years . |
| 20 | However , it is highly dubious that Britain would have adopted a stance different to that it took in response to Schuman 's public declaration . |
| 21 | The chances are that Britain will have to find a new place to dump waste by the end of the decade . |
| 22 | People indeed talked privately about the waste of government money , the lack of respect for public property , and it is possible that government might have regarded a discussion of that issue alone as constructive criticism : Kufrans were not sure . |
| 23 | We have known for twenty-five years that Einstein 's general theory of relativity predicts that time must have had a beginning in a singularity fifteen billion years ago . |
| 24 | It is proposed that representatives will have to compile a Professional Practice Portfolio , comprising records of different visits which they have made to police stations . |
| 25 | It was unlikely that Hatton could have had a hand in the Cornwall or Monmouthshire jobs . |