Example sentences of "[adv] have been make " in BNC.

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1 I have no doubt that dedicated woodturners everywhere would scoff at the idea of engineers ' lathes being used for woodturners , but when I think of the various moulds and patterns I have made over the years with comparative ease but which due to their intricacies could only have been made with extreme difficulty on a wood lathe — if at all .
2 Black Fury could only have been made at Warner Bros , a studio which had firmly aligned with Roosevelt and the New Deal and which quite clearly believed that there was a market for films which dealt with topical issues and in particular with matters of social justice .
3 The entry into Jerusalem can only have been made with the calculated design of identifying himself , very specifically in the eyes of the populace , with the expected Messiah — in other words , with the rightful king , the ‘ anointed one ’ .
4 On the ground in front of the simple headstone were several dark splashes , which could only have been made by blood .
5 I am certain that the transition could only have been made possible through the dedication ( If those Mr Chips at Halton , who gave their entire working life to the charges of all their students , Men like A.C.K. Kermode , Whittaker , Latimer Needham , Pillars , B.A. Smith and last but not least my dear friend the maths master .
6 They alleged that the product marketed by his company could only have been made by his wrongful use of their business secrets .
7 Without sponsorship , the series simply would not have been made . ’
8 Mr Hurd 's speech this week in Luxembourg , which called for the European Council ( as summits are known ) to have strong links with a reinforced WEU , would not have been made in Mrs Thatcher 's day .
9 She feels that the old-style independent sector , like the wider political movements of which it was part , was important in creating a climate of interest , a sense of the possible without which , she believes , programmes like Out on Tuesday could not have been made .
10 Even Green did wonder why a better path could not have been made and recommended a little landscaping of trees and rocks which blocked the views of Stock Ghyll force .
11 A court official admitted : ‘ The records should not have been made public and it is understandable people get upset . ’
12 No material was found , and the Home Office insisted that if it had been it would not have been made public .
13 A long and somewhat rambling discussion followed during which the judge effectively tried to persuade the barrister that he must get up before the jury in order to say , ‘ in terms that the remark that you made was a remark which should not have been made and apologise , and you can say in terms that one of the reasons why it was a remark which should not have been made was that you had never seen the document ; you did not know what it contained . ’
14 A long and somewhat rambling discussion followed during which the judge effectively tried to persuade the barrister that he must get up before the jury in order to say , ‘ in terms that the remark that you made was a remark which should not have been made and apologise , and you can say in terms that one of the reasons why it was a remark which should not have been made was that you had never seen the document ; you did not know what it contained . ’
15 The second reason why an apparent consent or refusal of consent may not be a true consent or refusal is that it may not have been made with reference to the particular circumstances in which it turns out to be relevant .
16 The Roman copies can not have been made from this , since it was not then available ; so it gives the only incontrovertible evidence for an exact replica being made in classical times .
17 This point could not have been made more clearly in July of 1990 by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer , John Major , when in evidence to the Treasury Select Committee of the House of Commons he said :
18 Does he agree that his announcement today would not have been possible without the privatisation of the electricity supply industry , and could not have been made by a Government in hock to the National Union of Mineworkers ?
19 I expect that the Minister can reassure him that an environmental impact assessment can not have been made properly for that incinerator yet , because an application does not yet appear to have been made .
20 If we had not given investors the chance to bid for Ballylumford and taken steps towards privatisation , that vital option would not have been made available to us .
21 In a default action where the plaintiff 's claim is amended by adding or substituting a claim which could not have been made in a default action , the action continues as if it had been commenced as a fixed date action ( Ord 15 , r 2(2) ) .
22 The gift will not have been made subject to a reservation .
23 The tough decisions needed to fight the Falklands and Gulf Wars would not have been made and neither would the striking miners have been defeated .
24 A Labour councillor , Tom Barrie , said the cuts would not have been made if poll tax avoiders such as Mr Griffin had paid up .
25 If Piggy had not told Ralph his nickname in the beginning he would not have been made a ridicule of before the vote .
26 The girls would have fears on the island , especially at night , and these may or may not have been made manifest in a tangible object such as the beast .
27 The Crown said Wilson co-operated fully with detectives and although the total amount of drugs had a street value of £40,000 , the ‘ relative margins ’ for each link in the chain meant Wilson would not have been making significant money .
28 Where supervision orders to the probation service would normally have been made for the offence , we find that because of homelessness and unemployment , black youths tend to be remanded in custody , or given custodial sentences .
29 Usually by that time , delivery will already have been made , thus depriving the seller of his lien .
30 So thickly was the snow falling that I knew they could only just have been made , probably within the past five minutes .
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