Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether he would have kept any such agreement is another question , but his capacity for resistance would have been much reduced . |
| 2 | A court that tries to decide as Parliament would have wished is more likely to be right than a court that follows the words believing it was not what Parliament intended . |
| 3 | More fundamentally , the view that pressure for change could have been indefinitely held in check by resolute repression overrates the resources available to unrepentant autocracy . |
| 4 | Bowbazaar links Calcutta 's business district with the hugely-crowded Sealdah suburban railway terminus and an explosion of this intensity during daytime would have killed hundreds of people , he said . |
| 5 | ‘ The energies expended on continually fighting for funding could have been put to more practical use but the decision vindicates that effort , ’ she said . |
| 6 | The future pressures to constrain the improvement of hill land for agriculture will have to be assessed in relation to the declining area of hill land and the need for meat production from this resource . |
| 7 | Rather more seriously , he accuses her of being a liar , and claims that large parts of her story ( her autobiography is an international best-seller ) ‘ are not actually true ’ and that ‘ a Nobel Prise for Literature might have been more suitable ’ . |
| 8 | It is far from clear that the necessary Listed Building Consent for demolition would have been forthcoming from the local authority . |
| 9 | From the early days , the children destined for university would have acquired at least the rudiments of Greek and perhaps even a little Hebrew : books in all three languages had been left to the School by William Nicholson , the Master , in 1597 . |
| 10 | If the referendum does not result in a reform of the constitution , a rare opportunity for decision will have been wasted . |
| 11 | That two of his sons had fought for Parliament may have played a part in this transfer of loyalty . |
| 12 | Both Bryant families were strong Methodists and those who complain today about racism can have no idea of the gulf between Church and Chapel only seventy years ago . |
| 13 | I was sort of hoping any other people who were interested in standing for re-election might have came along to this Committee to show their |
| 14 | The book of Kings for instance must have been written after the last event it mentions — the release of King Jehoiachin from prison in 562 BC — yet it also relates the accession of Solomon , some 400 years earlier , as well as numerous events in between . |
| 15 | ANYONE who thinks the 44-game season is worth preserving should have heard the Thistle assistant manager , Gerry Collins , describe this disappointing match as ‘ an end-of-season-game ’ . |
| 16 | Some have intimated that these contacts , while not illegal , raise suspicions that the superfund 's huge cache for money may have turned into a political slush-fund , spread around to fertilise the candidates of loyal Republicans . |
| 17 | However if the EC directive is to be satisfied lambs exported live for slaughter will have to carry a flock mark in their ears . ’ |
| 18 | It also matters currently , since art is to be included as a foundation subject in the national curriculum and the mastery of basic skills such as drawing will have a higher profile . |
| 19 | This is the time when what was to become known as civilisation could have been detected , and is the period to which the origins of the concept of ‘ goodness ’ can be attributed . |
| 20 | The purpose for living could have been revenge , to build a new homeland , or to see their family . |
| 21 | The marginal productivity condition of perfect competition is continuously operative so that , given the conventional shape of the short-run production function and of its derivative , the marginal physical product of labour function , an increase in the demand for labour will have to be accompanied by a reduction in the real wage rate . |
| 22 | Even matters such as immobility may have emotional rather than medical origins . |
| 23 | The use of concomitant pyloroplasty ( no longer recommended ) and retention of a relatively small-bore sound in the oesophagus during fundoplication may have been contributing factors in some postoperative conditions such as dysphagia and gastritis , but should not have influenced the antireflux efficacy of fundoplication . |
| 24 | The objective lenses required for cathodoluminescence must have long working distances , so choice is often limited and prices high . |
| 25 | Yet many tasks that are suitable for delegation may have to start with only a vague instruction . |
| 26 | Their need for legitimation may have benefited lawyer D 's other clients . |
| 27 | Therefore , to prove their usefulness the suggested criteria for hypoxaemia will have to be prospectively validated in other clinical settings , at sea level and above , and in groups of patients with a range of severity of disease . |
| 28 | It was totally dark , blacker and denser than the darkest night — even after dawn should have come — as the thick cloud of ash hung over them , cutting off the light from the sun . |
| 29 | One can imagine how ordinary people coming to her for help would have gone away cheered and instructed by this sane visionary . |
| 30 | But if they become a normal event , all papers prepared for Council will have to be written with a much wider audience in mind . |