Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb mod] [verb] been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Sometimes they transgress a little , in their irreverant use of materials , — as in Hazel Bruce 's mosaic-like ‘ Pavement Fragment I ’ , with its burned , layered and cut silk and paper — and function may have been jettisoned , but the decorative and iconographic nature of traditional embroidery remains : flowers and gardens ( often rather sugary ) and figuration ( with ‘ naive ’ and awkward drawing ) . |
| 3 | If we had n't have put them out then serious injury and damage could have been done to property . |
| 4 | The Americans , Italians and Canadians should have been brushed aside . |
| 5 | If the modified , more falsifiable , hypothesis resists falsification in the face of the new tests , then something new will have been learnt and progress will have been made . |
| 6 | Many issues and proposals must have been discussed : we know of one proposal , that of Cardinal Robert of Courson for compulsory poor relief , which was rejected . |
| 7 | Differential compaction of the peat and silt may have been involved as well . |
| 8 | Such metalwork and fabric may have been decorated in a way which conveyed meaning to the wearer and the viewer , but all of the artefacts whose technology we have considered had , first and foremost a function to their owners . |
| 9 | Seals , dolphins and penguins may have been hunted but they too were probably scavenged from the beach . |
| 10 | In addition , they should have been introduced to communication skills involving questioning , simulation and judgement and opportunities should have been given to prepare the pupils to cope with conflicting evidence in actual historical issues . |
| 11 | Babies Gemma and Carla-Marie may have been switched during a fire alert at the Princess Anne maternity hospital in Southampton . |
| 12 | One can calculate that in the hot big bang model about a quarter of the protons and neutrons would have been converted into helium nuclei , along with a small amount of heavy hydrogen and other elements . |
| 13 | Humboldt himself had shown an interest in the native inhabitants of the regions he visited , and his views on how the environment affects plants and animals may have been influenced by his studies of the ways in which human societies adapted to local conditions . |
| 14 | It is evident from the massive character of the great border dyke which Asser in his Life of Alfred in the late ninth century attributes to Offa ( Life of King Alfred , ch. 14 ) , running from Sedbury Cliffs near Chepstow to Treuddyn , linking up now with Wat 's Dyke which ends at Basingwerk in north Wales , that considerable energy and manpower must have been devoted to the delineation , construction and maintenance of this frontier line . |
| 15 | Could n't see why Speed was substituted but he was n't playing well ( see previous matches ) ; the West ham ground is looking quite impressive with the building of the new Bobby Moore stand ; and Beaney should have been booked for time-wasting ( blatant ) but the ref let him off . |
| 16 | I believe that the lessons learnt from my first five years of trial and error could have been imparted to me in a few days by any half-decent panner . |
| 17 | Repairs would have been difficult , if not pointless , in the depths of winter , so that almost a close season for carts and wagons might have been observed , with pedestrians and pack-animals being the only travellers . |
| 18 | It is also an excellent example of how modern and antique design and furnishing would have been blended in such a house . |
| 19 | However such power and influence should have been balanced by checks built in to protect those falling foul of an individual BAT leader . |
| 20 | The 1031 annal on Cnut 's visits to Rome and Scotland could have been inserted at this time too . |
| 21 | If that is the case , then it is possible that he also thought that the synagogue ritual , as well as the direction of their commercial life and benefactions should have been handled differently . |
| 22 | But we know that that pain and suffering could have been avoided had you accepted earlier advice . |
| 23 | There can be no doubt that much time and skill would have been required to produce such an ornate and complex piece of metalwork ; the investment required was no doubt matched by the importance of the person for whom it was made and with whom it was buried with coins dated AD 622–629 at Sutton Hoo ( Brown 1981b ) . |
| 24 | The images of honour and assassination could have been culled from the pages of a novel by Mario Puzo . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , it is not certainly fictitious , for the paucity of English sources on the later years of Cnut 's reign makes their silence inconclusive , and Robert may have been moved not only by feeling for the æthelings and his apparent friendship for their sister Godgifu 's husband , Count Dreux of the Vexin , but also by memories of his rift with Cnut 's sister Estrith . |
| 26 | However , he did concede that " there were indications that some activities and individuals might have been motivated to prevent success in constitutional goals " and that " some activities led to the deaths of people " . |
| 27 | However dramatically their powers and responsibilities may have been extended by the 1986 and 1988 Acts , their legal duties in this matter remain exactly as stated in section 2(5) of the 1981 Act . |
| 28 | If ever artifice and device should have been foregone in favour of uncluttered simplicity in the recounting of experience , this was a case in point . |
| 29 | Turnover grew by a quarter and margins would have been maintained but for strikes and other special factors mainly affecting the aerospace business . |
| 30 | The idea that an accountant is examining only one set of accounts , of many , is anathema because it carries the implication that unwanted debits and credits might have been secreted away in these other accounts . |