Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] [prep] many " in BNC.
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1 | There was a time when it must have seemed to many of them that he would never receive a bad review , or even a cross word . |
2 | But the legal tangle surrounding ‘ culpability ’ was never really unravelled : no eye-witnesses , contradictory evidence on possible mechanical faults , discrepancies about the time recorded for the breathalyser test — these factors resulted in Kemp getting away comparatively lightly , being banned from driving for three years only , with what must have seemed to many the derisory fine of only four hundred pounds . |
3 | You must have put in many , many hours of practice to attain your current level of technique … |
4 | This was hardly a comparison to Æthelred 's advantage , and must have occurred to many , who would doubtless have further agreed with Ælfric that a just war was one " against the cruel seamen or against other nations who desire to destroy our homeland " . |
5 | ‘ The test has shown positive , but as far as we know at the moment it could have come from many different sources . ’ |
6 | Thus the present smooth and uniform state of the universe could have evolved from many different nonuniform initial states . |
7 | They also look at wider issues such as their own up-bringing which may have been in an addictive family and may have led to many grief or abuse or other issues that may still need to be processed with a sponsor or a professional counsellor if there is to be further progress in recovery . |
8 | The verdict on that one , however , may have to wait for many years yet . |
9 | Last year 's postal strike supplied a further motive , as I suspect it may have done for many other recent fax converts . |
10 | ‘ For this wedding he would have to save for many years . |
11 | Once again the Party was preparing for armed struggle and the stunning German victory of 1940 would have appeared to many Vietnamese to be ‘ the moment of great opportunity ’ . |
12 | It was not an answer he would have given to many people , but he looked on Edna as an equal . |
13 | If children were integrated , workers would have to travel to many different centres and spend time training carers . |
14 | Certainly the third and fourth sessions approved of texts and ideas that it would be hard to imagine would have appealed to many of the bishops before the Council began . |
15 | There are around eight big groups currently considering putting in bids to run the lottery , but by the end of the year Heritage Secretary Peter Brooke will have to choose from many more . |
16 | No doubt all three ladies will have participated in many scenes such as the one recently overheard through the open window of the commissariat . |
17 | The qualification with respect to comp sixteen is that congress needs to be aware that a future Labour government will have to decide between many competing priorities . |
18 | They will have disengaged from many activities in the community long before then . |
19 | Few headteachers , let alone governors and teaching staff in schools , will have come across many of the local-authority service departments mentioned above and hence may often find it difficult to appreciate and understand the outcomes of their systems and policy-implementation decisions . |
20 | Anybody who has taught drama with primary school children will have come across many examples of magic being used as a " Get out " . |
21 | This paper assumes that students entering a course for a single-subject degree will have come from many backgrounds . |