Example sentences of "[adv] have [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relative lack of resonance of the boycott can only have indicated to Hitler that he had been right to keep a fairly low public profile on the ‘ Jewish Question ’ . |
| 2 | The concept of precious as distinct from merely useful substances could only have arisen in societies enriched by aesthetic sensibilities and sufficiently aware of persons to wish to symbolize relations between them as individuals and as enactors of social roles . |
| 3 | If occasionally he still dreamed of Madeleine , of holding her in his arms , kissing her , he had reconciled himself to the belief that marriage between them could only have ended in disaster . |
| 4 | Until now , in most cases , the child will only have come into contact with those who are most concerned for his welfare — mother , father , grandparents and so on . |
| 5 | It could only have come from Gerry , and Gerry was dead . |
| 6 | This would only have looked in DOS . |
| 7 | If you can not keep your home warm you will only have to stay in bed longer , ’ he said . |
| 8 | You now have the choice to equip your kitchen , whether modern or traditional , with a gas cooker packed with so many benefits , that we know you would previously only have found in cookers that cost far more . |
| 9 | It seemed that this could only have happened by God 's grace and with his approval . |
| 10 | For Pound undoubtedly made the poem more obscure by asking for the excision of some transitional and bridging passages where the language was not at full pressure , but on the other hand he caused to be removed some extended sections which , being plainly extraneous , could only have added to readers ' bafflement . |
| 11 | The Secretary of State , I 'm sure would would obviously have to take on board what was embodied in the final structure plan . |
| 12 | It was a question he could not have answered in words . |
| 13 | Charles will still sit on the throne and Diana , with whom he will not have lived for years , will be crowned beside him . |
| 14 | We could not have lived without books . |
| 15 | He may , like his father , have had a wetnurse ( though his father as one of twins was atypical ) , and if so he may not have remained with Judith when , for instance , she travelled to Rouen to meet her husband in November 824 . |
| 16 | Councillor Buchanan , therefore , is confused in imagining that the board is a committee of the council , on which he bases his argument that I should not have remained in office . |
| 17 | You come here talking to me about Vicente Ortiz , about a document he may or may not have given to Tristram and which Tristram may or may not have sent to Beatrix . |
| 18 | One does not have to agree with Shumiatski 's aim of revolutionizing the masses to accept these remarks as a nice corrective to those views of Chaplin as a proletarian and whatever the political reasoning they do offer insights into the psychology and social psychology of the ‘ little man 's ’ persona . |
| 19 | In his footnote , John Stuart Mill objects that economising in the use of names is not the sole purpose of classification : ‘ We could not have dispensed with names to mark the points in which different individuals resemble one another : and these are class-names . ’ |
| 20 | One does not have to resort to occultism to find dark forces . |
| 21 | It has been suggested that an animal of the size of Brachiosaurus could not have breathed under water because of the pressure on the lungs . |
| 22 | The user does not have to wait for interpretation , but can write ahead and subsequently correct errors . |
| 23 | Yet , Empirical Socialism did not have to wait for Keynes to propound the idea of demand-led growth as the solution to the recurrent crises in Capitalism . |
| 24 | Certainly he was not waiting to see Artai — the Khan of the Merkuts was so powerful that he did not have to wait for audience like other men . |
| 25 | Under this system students are also able to graduate as soon as they have met the requirements of an award and do not have to wait until July each year . |
| 26 | This would not have served for vaults , and the stamped lead plate remained the more usual item in such instances . |
| 27 | She climbed into the front seat , grateful that she did not have to sit beside Doreen , who would be sure to take the opportunity of snuggling up to Silas . |
| 28 | ‘ You would not have asked for Lina unless you liked the old lady . ’ |
| 29 | There was grumbling that he may not have heard among tribesmen at al Hassaniyeh who are resentful at not being able to voice their grievances freely . |
| 30 | Had it been essential to inject , many ‘ new ’ users stated that they would probably not have experimented with heroin in the first place . |