Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] have given a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the coalition should have given a reasoned reply , welcoming the offer to withdraw and saying that all the other issues are open for discussion once the withdrawal has taken place and a cease-fire is in operation . |
| 2 | Chant would have given a good deal to break the bastard 's nose so he bled on it . |
| 3 | Tolkien could have given a lecture about all these at any time . |
| 4 | Aggression would have given a survival advantage in cave dweller days and earlier and so would have been favored by natural selection . |
| 5 | The Consul General would have given a great deal to stop this exchange going any further but he could hardly say anything without worsening the situation for himself . |
| 6 | A moment more , a moment less , a foot more , a foot less , and the meter would have given a different reading . |
| 7 | Pumfrey would have given a great deal to know . |
| 8 | However , the first segment would have given a British hearer immediate access to the contextual assumption about house-warming parties , which means that the extra processing entailed by making these assumptions explicit would not have been rewarded by any contextual effect . |
| 9 | Election experts could legitimately point to the fact that a system of proportional voting could have given a very different result . |
| 10 | An action for breach of statutory duty would have given a strict liability action in many cases of road traffic accidents . |