Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [vb mod] have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Directors Bill and Kath Parker started the business back in 1957 in a small underground warehouse in London with stock that could have been housed in the boot of their car , with Bill packing and Kath typing each treasured order as it arrived . |
| 2 | I think this is a deal that could have been done ; we just were n't getting to the finishing line quickly enough . |
| 3 | That left Pitcher undefeated on 32 and the Light Blues to mull over a 133-run defeat that might have been much more comprehensive . |
| 4 | Despite its bid for attention , it failed to obtain Minton an ARA , a disappointment that may have been enhanced by the fact that this year Rodrigo Moynihan was made a full Academician . |
| 5 | She says : ‘ Experiencing the reality of this very wonderful little human being makes a mockery of any disappointment that could have been felt in her . |
| 6 | I felt a strong feeling of nausea as I realised that I had put my hand through the chest of a dead British soldier that could have been lying in the ditch for several days . |
| 7 | Today , we debate a legislative programme that could have been proposed only by a Government who have no purpose other than hanging on to office for a few more months . |
| 8 | His staff was much too small to give a reasonable teaching course , and the absence of serious opposition that might have been provided by another English veterinary school meant there was no great stimulus to change . |
| 9 | The two organisations are not in fact connected and we apologise for any confusion that may have been caused . |
| 10 | Little by little you will start to release any unnecessary tension that may have been stored unknowingly for many years . |
| 11 | Yeah but it was n't done in a , in an enthusiastic manner it was like a sort of well who do you know like friend , family that sort of thing and at the beginning I thought you was a bit more positive but I thought when you were revisiting the , the planning the future that might have been nerves right at the beginning of the session , you then relaxed and your pace all slowed down , excellent at reminding er Jim picked up referrals mentioned earlier , handled the objection okay , do n't remember you asking Jim to contact them beforehand do n't think you did , Jim did he ? |
| 12 | However , in general , he was not allowed to go there since his presence excited all of the large apes housed there and interfered with any research that might have been going on . |
| 13 | DOUG SCOTT Himalayan climber DEATH OF AN ENGLISH WALKER A tragedy that could have been prevented ? |
| 14 | It 's described Victoria 's brain damage and blindness as a tragedy that could have been avoided : |
| 15 | It 's the car that would have been built if production had continued . |
| 16 | She said er it makes me wonder if I 'd left my purse in the car if it had of been our car that might have been dumped . |
| 17 | It is quite possible that the expansion of the social services may have used up some of the labour that could have been absorbed by the manufacturing sector but there was no scarcity of labour as such in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 18 | This important volume , subsequently republished in parts , did not perhaps have the immediate effect that might have been expected . |
| 19 | a fuzz of light that might have been |
| 20 | It 's not really helpful to be able to say , that the amount of money is too great , to refer to percentage increases which are higher than the figure that would have been included by erm erm an opposition group . |
| 21 | This reduces the effect of the synonyms to a figure that could have been achieved by choosing an initial packing density of just over 33 per cent for the file — but this file is 90 per cent packed . |
| 22 | Yeah I know if you 'd have moved round to the other side that would have been in the shadow so you would n't have got those nice bright colours . |
| 23 | As a result , in each instance , the harm that might have been done to the environment was at least delayed or controlled . |
| 24 | He 's in his late forties , tall , has a good deal of rather wild , greying hair , and a cardigan that must have been home-made . |
| 25 | The higher skin damage measurement in the lower layer indicates that loss circulation material possibly was stuck in the producing rock , a condition that might have been caused by initial drilling operating practices , says Chris Drysdale , Well Evaluation group leader . |
| 26 | Planting , the make-or-break job , follows as soon as conditions allow , but there is still a lot of preparation that should have been completed beforehand . |
| 27 | Its characters live their absurd lives in a décor that might have been invented by Osbert Lancaster or Sir John Betjeman at their best . |
| 28 | But at the same time one can not help feeling that Proofs is the kind of story that would have been better off as a three-page essay in Granta . |
| 29 | Given recent reductions in the rate of personal taxation , there is now little fiscal benefit to be obtainedthough in any case that should have been regarded as an incidental benefit and not a justification in itself for the establishment of such a company . |
| 30 | The line went dead and , unfolding itself from the mat , the dog gave a single , peremptory bark that might have been the result of an interrupted dream . |