Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] 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 | In the regions west of the Rhine , the ascendance of bishops within many civitates may have strengthened counts ' preferences for the country life . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ( 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 . |
| 8 | Our wintering birds may have travelled south from British breeding grounds , or arrived , cross-Channel , from the Continent . |
| 9 | However , the central problem remains — cities may have lost segments of their populations , but they have been left with ever-more dependent communities . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Restaurants in public houses may have permitted hours on Sundays in certain cases |
| 12 | Their widows should have collected £2,750 to help with funeral expenses , but there was no money in the fund . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | It is unreasonable that local health authorities should have to compare routine needs — for hernia operations , or knee and hip joint operations — with the problems surrounding experimental surgery , of which they must have no direct knowledge . |
| 15 | By next week , Fujitsu Ltd and its ICL Plc and Amdahl Corp affiliates should have announced details of a strategic technology alliance , first fruits of which will be the creation of yet another common Unix application environment , to be supported across their respective ( yet-to-be-announced in Amdahl 's case ) Sparc RISC-based systems . |
| 16 | So many meetings and partings must have taken place beneath his roof , so many dark plots hatched between his hospitable walls . |
| 17 | Just as project schools may have specified objectives in their proposals in order to win a grant , so the initiators of the project may themselves have chosen to word the project aims in a particular way in order to win funding in the first place . |
| 18 | Any chariots may have scythed wheels at an additional cost of 20 points per chariot . |
| 19 | Any chariots may have scythed wheels at an additional cost of 20 points per chariot . |
| 20 | Because of this subjects may have ignored memories of mundane situations and concentrated instead on recalling the ones which they remembered as risky . |
| 21 | Several commentators theorize that dinosaurs may have had hearts like crocodilians , perhaps because they are the closest living relatives to the archosaur . |
| 22 | This is a delicate negotiation and if at a later stage the prospective purchaser who made the highest offer withdraws , the other parties may have lost interest or not wish to participate . |
| 23 | Readers may have received mail shots with the Barclaycard logo suggesting that they stand a good chance of winning a six figure sum of money and a car in a prize draw . |
| 24 | Had Voltaire used such a title as The Nature of Prejudice , his readers may have expected criticisms of clerics . |
| 25 | On the other hand , better known authors may have specialised sources of information associated with them , such as A D.H . |
| 26 | NCLE has argued for some time that schools should have coordinated policies on language as a medium for learning and languages as subjects . |
| 27 | Prize/medallion winners must have gained marks of 80% or above . |
| 28 | Medallion winners must have gained marks of 80% or above . |
| 29 | Yanto 's words must have cut Joe a little . |
| 30 | Increased exports of banknotes should have helped printer De La Rue boost halfway figures , up by a third to £41m . |