Example sentences of "could have have [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With regard to the need for direct and close contact , I do not think that we could have had a clearer example of that than the visit of President Yeltsin and the very straight talking between my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and the president . |
| 2 | I stared at him , wondering what was going on in that complex mind of his , what his real motive was in pushing north by car when we could have had a good night 's sleep and flown up in daylight . |
| 3 | Some of Bach 's melodies , however , are so freely formed that it is impossible to decide whether , like the above Sarabande , they could have had a simple outline as their origin , or whether Bach followed a free vein of inspiration , ignoring a well-defined construction . |
| 4 | Even the more sophisticated tracts , which would have been beyond the comprehension of those on the margins of literacy and were unsuitable for reading aloud , could have had a wider impact than their style might suggest , since their purpose was to furnish people who could read them with arguments which would enable them to go away and convince others of the merits of their party 's cause . |
| 5 | He could have had a radiographic picture within two minutes , but that was far too long . |
| 6 | And we only wanted the melted chocolate , we could have had a sticky finger then could n't we ? |
| 7 | If the new religion forced too difficult and direct a choice , it could have had a sticky launch . |
| 8 | Jimmy could have had a better serve . |
| 9 | Among people in their fifties there is a marked sense that , " if only I had been born 20 years later I could have had a better time ! " |
| 10 | If it were n't for Lennie , George could have had a peaceful life and have married someone but it is this power of ‘ deep-inside ’ love which kept them together . |
| 11 | The resultant high temperatures and high humidities could have had a disastrous effect on both land and marine faunas . |
| 12 | Mr Lynch said that could have had a disastrous effect on the whales , which use their own inbuilt sonar system to navigate . |
| 13 | Pity she ca n't go as well , you could have had a quiet weekend . |
| 14 | ‘ Could have had a sudden shock , ’ snorted Naseby , forgetting which side he was on , and unwilling to concede anything to Auguste . |
| 15 | So all I 've got to do is when I run out again fill it up again spending another twenty five quid 's worth or so that would have been six and I could have had a free Corgi toy for Ricky for Christmas . |
| 16 | No well we could have had a matching hair do . |
| 17 | David , an obvious model for early medieval princes , could have had a special appeal for Charles ( as we know he did for Alfred ) . |
| 18 | The Soviet debate of the 1920s was the first in history to face the problems of growth in a conscious manner , and they were not merely theoretical discussions since the results could have had a profound effect upon the actual outcome of events . |
| 19 | The boy , brought up in poverty and amid the cruelty of London 's East End in the nineties , could have had no greater reward . |
| 20 | I would get to camp at three , and could have had an early night . |
| 21 | 7.2 Whalebone plaque dated to 1480 plus/minus 80 BP ( see p.122 ) ; however ; the whale could have had an apparent radiocarbon ‘ age ’ at death of several centuries ( MLA 1987.10–5.1 ; OxA-1164 ) . |
| 22 | Yesterday Capt Roy Beaumont , Loganair 's operations director , said that although the plane involved was an ATP , the down draught could have had the same effect on any aircraft coming in to land . |
| 23 | There 's an interesting historical paradox in the impact of AIDS on the gay community because without the existence of an international gay community I do n't think AIDS as a disease could have had the rapid impact it 's had on gay men . |
| 24 | Er indeed the directive was promulgated as the minister said but I do n't think it was a bolt out of the blue , it was of course something that we around for some considerable time before that and of course that excuse hardly applies to the delay in establishing the European parliamentary constituency committees , er as the minister er will know very well , it was merely a matter of seven weeks , er the excuse being that had they had another seven weeks they could have had the public inquiry stage , the reality of course was that there was plenty of time to do this in good time and in good order and without the confusion that exists now er around the candidatures and the boundaries of the existing European boundaries . |
| 25 | Although few in the audience could have had the slightest idea of what the songs were about , their power to move was undiminished by the language barrier ; such was their skill in vocal expression that the audience could tell which of the songs were mildly comic . |