Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] have make a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The recession may have made a difference in the sense that people are being more realistic about what they can afford , ’ said the magazine 's associate editor Fenella Willis . |
| 2 | Even so , Warner may have made a ‘ profit ’ out of the film after all , by charging itself a huge distribution fee . |
| 3 | It was not , perhaps , as improbable as it sounds that McCarthy should have made a target of the Army . |
| 4 | Cynics believe that the administration may have made a secret deal with Noriega , and some of the defence testimony seems to bear out this theory . |
| 5 | One of the guards must have made a substitution . ’ |
| 6 | Gregory might have made a deliberate choice . |
| 7 | ‘ But what annoyed us most is Downey could have made a phone call to us . |
| 8 | His last words would have made a fine song title . |
| 9 | If he 'd left it Mrs Blakey would have made a fuss , she 'd have wanted to take his temperature , she 'd have asked questions he could n't answer . |
| 10 | On a good pitch and with a fast outfield , Indian should have made a better fist of their innings , but only Srikkanth ( who fell to an outstanding catch by Peter Taylor at mid-off ) passed 20 as Australia 's allrounders ran through the order . |
| 11 | Threat to insurers AS THE £1.1bn takeover bid by Australian Mutual Provident , Australia 's largest life insurer , gets underway for the Pearl Group , a new survey suggests that perhaps the Australians should have made a bid for a building society . |
| 12 | In any case , a shotgun fired into the undertaker 's neck at close range would have made a real mess ; we would n't be looking at just a cupful of blood . |
| 13 | The bride was an attractive and lively young woman who under normal circumstances would have made a sympathetic wife for an energetic and ambitious young man . |
| 14 | No word on whether IBM will have to make a matching contribution . |
| 15 | Given the response of colleges in session 1987–88 we anticipate that the Council will have to make a selection and , in inviting colleges to progress their proposals , will consider the extent to which proposals will : |
| 16 | All the parties are in close and fairly intimate contact and there is no point in gratuitously annoying and antagonizing people — especially since the oracles may have made a mistake . |
| 17 | Now community charge may have made a difference but what , what did government do about that to s in a sense ironically to go against one of their one of the , one of the most basic principles of bringing it in ? |
| 18 | The general may have made a false start , but his was a worthwhile beginning . |
| 19 | A European director might have made a film explicitly depicting and condemning the chain-gang system and he almost certainly would have suggested that the system was a metaphor for life itself , but Hollywood had made a more accessible and universally popular film by showing an innocent man hounded by a combination of events and social forces of which the chain-gang was the most obviously dramatic . |
| 20 | ‘ A Jacobite Guinea would have made a fascinating pendant to my collection . |
| 21 | She had enclosed patterns and detailed instructions , and while she hoped , for the sake of appearance at the wedding , that the children 's clothes would be properly cut and fitted , she also hoped that between them Cynthia and her dressmaker would have made a pig 's ear of the business . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm still on the front row but it 's difficult to make a good start and have any effect at Spa because it 's such a short run-up to the first corner , so Alain would have to make a really dreadful start … |
| 23 | Just like any other business , the workshops will have to make a profit . |
| 24 | It is often the case that the plaintiff will have made a complaint or comment which may serve to corroborate their version of the accident later . |
| 25 | The NFU says it is possible that farmers may have to make a more positive contribution in return for conservation cash . |
| 26 | Jacques Tati should have made a film here . |
| 27 | Since these are questions of fact a decision-maker would have to make a full contextual analysis before reaching a decision . |
| 28 | Sam would have made a perfect lawyer . |
| 29 | Such stories would have made a lasting impression on my father and given him an early interest in Abyssinia . |
| 30 | He added : ‘ Customers will have to make a choice about how much water they spray on the grass . ’ |