Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [been] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a step towards justice though TODAY believes that her sentence should have been longer still . |
| 2 | It is also encouraging that my list could have been longer . |
| 3 | I 'm not sure but it could have been longer . |
| 4 | Indeed , sometimes it is not very useful , as there may have been long periods without any clear artistic developments , such as the Roman empire of the fourth and fifth centuries or the early medieval period . |
| 5 | During recent times , the main goal of many firms may have been long term survival . |
| 6 | Here , the writer has put a full stop between " processes " and " she " , probably because the whole sentence ( with a comma instead of a full stop ) would have been long . |
| 7 | Until comparatively recently the list of Home Office functions summarized in Table 3 would have been longer than it now is . |
| 8 | The judge told him that the sentence would have been longer if his victim had been permanently scarred . |