Example sentences of "[modal v] have been [art] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | This must have been the only time John ever had his work discussed in detail by a choreographer of Balanchine 's gifts and experience , and although Buckle described him as ‘ looking somewhat quelled ’ his nature was such as to profit from it . |
| 2 | ‘ She must have been the only woman Paheri ever liked . |
| 3 | This must have been the only totally calm day of our whole trip so we did n't get far , but it was very relaxing trailing fingers in the water and enjoying the sun ( NB water too cold to swim ! ) . |
| 4 | That must have been the only man ever to get no points three times in a row . |
| 5 | The thought passed through her head that those two women might have been the only ones he had ever loved . |
| 6 | This is that the dance might have been the only way , given apine physiology immediately before its evolutionary debut , to solve that problem . |
| 7 | This holds regardless of whether the mechanism , behavioural , chemical or otherwise , might have evolved arbitrarily or might have been the only possible one phylogenetically . |
| 8 | ‘ I could have been the only Irishman to play for both Billy Bingham and Jack Charlton , ’ he said . |
| 9 | The press release the editors sent me was acceptable , but I may have been the only person to get it . |
| 10 | With the constructors number 501 , it may have been the only aircraft built . |
| 11 | That style may have been the only way round a corner in the days of slippy tyres , dodgy suspension and flexible chassis but modern GP machines permit a faster , more aggressive route through the turn . |
| 12 | The division may have been the only way that Chlothild was able to ensure that part of Clovis 's realm passed to her offspring . |
| 13 | Malcolm Scott may have been the only footballer/cricketer at Feethams , but MI lists nine more who played against the Quakers . |
| 14 | At the time it would have been the only glittering example of this technique north of the Alps . |
| 15 | The beginning of civilisation was almost certainly a mental development which came long before it affected man 's physical abilities , and it could well have been the moment when for the first time , a primitive creature found that he could override and control the instinctive urge to act , which up to that time would have been the only source of motivation . |
| 16 | Moreover , the merged company would have been the only commuter manufacturer covering the whole range of commuter aircraft . |
| 17 | William and Mary Ann Titford enjoyed no such luxury — but then they were among the youngest people in the street , and their daughter Grace Beatrice , born in 1883 , would have been the only baby crying down Brunswick Place in that year — much to the consternation of the local worthies , no doubt : |
| 18 | They would have been the only outward sign of strain as her voice continued to keep its same even tenor , its same quiet courtesy . |
| 19 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 20 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 21 | Readers of Canoeist will have been the only people to have know that the numbers on the advertisements as we originally published them cross referenced to the map on page 52 of our February issue . |
| 22 | ( b ) Only or main residence Relief from any liability to capital gains tax on any transfer should be available in most cases because the former matrimonial home will have been the only or main residence of both the husband and the wife . |