Example sentences of "have been [verb] [prep] a more " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I regret that this whole matter could not have been handled in a more constructive manner . ’ |
| 2 | It is easy to Find more simple language in which the same ideas might have been expressed in a more humdrum context : delay for procrastinate , for example , or pay for remuneration . |
| 3 | An initial point is that the LDDC could not have been operating in a more favourable environment . |
| 4 | I wonder also if the book might not have been packaged in a more sensible manner . |
| 5 | Even in the case of a regular wage-earner or salaried employee , there might be complications ; for example , the plaintiff might claim that he would have been promoted to a more remunerative post ( in which case the court must assess his prospects of promotion and award damages accordingly ) or the defendant may claim that the plaintiff 's employer had suffered severe business setbacks that necessitated redundancies and that the plaintiff would have lost his employment ( in which case the court must consider all the circumstances and award as damages what it estimates to have been the plaintiff 's net loss ) . |
| 6 | Among the errors that would have been eliminated by a more careful reading is the statement that Frances Power Cobbe was the only Unionist among these four women ; Millicent Fawcett was at least as opposed as Cobbe to Irish Home Rule ; and only Josephine Butler actively supported it . |