Example sentences of "which [modal v] not have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An anonymous memorandum sent to Rome just after his death accused him of storing up great wealth and even of having profited from the neglect of the episcopal estates , accusations which can not be substantiated but which may not have been complete fabrications . |
| 2 | Half those questioned had not heard of SERPS — which might not have been surprising had it not been that most were members of it . |
| 3 | In the yard at the back , a slow burning bon fire added to the pong which could not have been good for those living nearby . |
| 4 | The striking head is difficult to parallel stylistically , and the teeth seem to have been cut with an abrasive wheel which would not have been available in the Americas before the Spanish conquest . |
| 5 | In many cases , these jobs would have required technical qualifications which would not have been available in the immediate local area , so mining companies provided mainly unskilled work for local residents . |
| 6 | The judge found that the police had been engaged in a trick or deceit , had not acted as agents provocateurs or incited crime , had provided no market which would not have been available elsewhere , and had had grounds to suspect that each appellant had committed an offence by the time when the first sale by him was transacted , but that he had not been cautioned . |
| 7 | So , no market was provided which would not have been available elsewhere . |
| 8 | To assess the damages it is necessary to form a view upon three matters each of which is in greater or lesser degree one of speculation : ( 1 ) the value of the material benefits for his dependants which the deceased would have provided out of his earnings for each year in the future during which he would have provided for them had he not been killed : ( 2 ) the value of any material benefits which the dependants will be able to obtain in each such year from sources ( other than insurance ) which would not have been available to them had the deceased lived but which will become available to them as a result of his death : ( 3 ) the amount of the capital sum which , with prudent management , will produce annual amounts equal to the difference between ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) ( that is " the dependency " ) for each of the years during which the deceased would have provided material benefits for the dependants had he not been killed . |
| 9 | Had Woolwich failed in those proceedings , it would have faced a bill for interest , which would not have been deductible for tax purposes , in an amount far exceeding the net return which Woolwich could have obtained from investing the money withheld . |
| 10 | Had Woolwich failed in those proceedings , it would have faced a bill for interest , which would not have been deductible for tax purposes , in an amount far exceeding the net return which Woolwich could have obtained from investing the money withheld . |
| 11 | The total impression is a nice balance between the colloquial , which might have led to bathos , and an over-polished style which would not have been appropriate to the subject . |
| 12 | This book has been written from the US Army 's court-martial records , something which would not have been possible in this country , where such records are closed to the public for 100 years . |
| 13 | Notts ' team manager , John Birch , said : ‘ It is something we have been working towards but which would not have been possible without Swithland 's backing . ’ |
| 14 | The availability of omeprazole allowed us to achieve complete healing of oesophagitis in all our patients which would not have been possible before this drug was available . |
| 15 | The district has a grain production potential of around 6,000 hectolitres per year , which would not have been adequate to supply Mallia 's Minoan population . |