Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] have [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not let tax issues drive the deal -eg British & Commonwealth loan notes may have deferred CGT but they were ultimately a disaster for vendors who took them . |
| 2 | Circumstances may change , and he may no longer want the goods and services that he has ordered , or the seller may appear to be doing a poor job , and the buyer may have lost confidence in him . |
| 3 | Although some kink in the confluence of timing and temperament may have robbed Wallace of his posthumous fame , it may also have robbed the rest of us , through this century of science , of a broader view of the hidden forces of life . |
| 4 | Promotions to abbacies and bishoprics were probably often the subject of competition between important families , and canvassing and intrigue may have taken place both locally and at court . |
| 5 | In the regions west of the Rhine , the ascendance of bishops within many civitates may have strengthened counts ' preferences for the country life . |
| 6 | The noise may have unsettled Kyle , for he bogeyed the 8th . |
| 7 | Some prisoners who would not normally have received the death sentence may have fallen victim to political interference in the judicial process . |
| 8 | Attempts in the past to implement change may have left scars , and the spirit of trust , confidence and cooperation necessary to implement radical change will be difficult to achieve . |
| 9 | Existing operations may have outgrown space available in the old location and it may be impossible , owing to planning restrictions or the space actually available , to expand . |
| 10 | ash-strapped local authorities may have to set limits , either formal or informal , on the amount they can spend to keep groups like elderly people and people with learning difficulties in their own homes . |
| 11 | About 5.5 million public-sector employees have had a 1.5pc ceiling imposed on pay awards by the Government , but it is thought lower interest-rates may have encouraged people to spend . |
| 12 | International : Najibullah may have fled Kabul |
| 13 | Drug may have saved coma girl |
| 14 | Recognise that words with related meanings may have related spellings , even though they sound different , eg sign , signature ; medical , medicine ; muscle , muscular ; recognise that the spelling of unstressed syllables can often be deduced from the spelling of a stressed syllable in a related word , eg history , historical ; grammar , grammatical ; manager , managerial . |
| 15 | ( iii ) In the context of their own writing and reading , pupils should be helped to recognise that words with related meanings may have related spellings and that this can sometimes be an aid in the spelling of words where the sound alone does not provide sufficient information . |
| 16 | Our wintering birds may have travelled south from British breeding grounds , or arrived , cross-Channel , from the Continent . |
| 17 | However , the central problem remains — cities may have lost segments of their populations , but they have been left with ever-more dependent communities . |
| 18 | The Secklow hundred mound in Milton Keynes is the only hundred meeting place which has been excavated , and no study has been carried out which might indicate that in addition to the courts other activities may have taken place , like markets and fairs , the collection of customs and dues , or religious ceremonies . |
| 19 | Restaurants in public houses may have permitted hours on Sundays in certain cases |
| 20 | Living in close proximity in such a small cottage may have caused difficulties ; one gathers that Coleridge 's domestic arrangements included benevolent toleration of mice , whom he had not the heart to kill . |
| 21 | ‘ The recession must have affected people but you can get assistance from the DSS ( Department of Social Security ) , who are very helpful . ’ |
| 22 | The change must have taken place long before Ediacaran times for when those rocks were deposited the fundamental invertebrate divisions were already established . |
| 23 | What he perceived was rather the state of the doctor and he inferred from this that a change must have taken place at some time before that moment . |
| 24 | Jim must have had trouble . |
| 25 | Hopefully the next England manager will realise this and consign him to the scrap-heap as Taylor should have done years ago . |
| 26 | Lord Justice Taylor should have asked fans what they wanted , but did n't bother . |
| 27 | The row followed hard on the heels of Tuesday 's criticism by the Members ' Interests Select Committee that Mr Gummer should have declared work paid for by a giant food company to restore a pond at his Suffolk home . |
| 28 | On these figures , Felix must have become bishop by 631 at the latest , so that three years before this gives 628 for the slaying of Eorpwald , whose conversion would have followed very rapidly indeed on Eadwine 's and his assassination very swiftly on his conversion . |
| 29 | Their widows should have collected £2,750 to help with funeral expenses , but there was no money in the fund . |
| 30 | On the other hand the south Italian potters of Caies must have found customers for their cups which through their imagery reminded the drinkers of the impious Celts in action : were they too a " memento mori " or were they an invitation to rejoice in a world where barbarians are sure to be defeated ? |