Example sentences of "[adv] have [verb] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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31 These decisions may well have encouraged people to view criminal litigation as a game of skill .
32 ( Had it been an excess of antiquarks , however , we would simply have named antiquarks quarks , and quarks antiquarks . )
33 A gradual advance or retreat of the sea from its highest point would surely have produced pock marks all the way down to present sea-level .
34 A director other than Browne might have given more theatrical conviction to the Furies , as other more recent productions have done , and a more enthusiastic public response might then have persuaded Eliot to continue with his exploration of symbolist drama .
35 If the recovery fails to materialise , the deficit in 1993-94 could be even greater than the £50 billion forecast , and the Chancellor will either have to slash welfare spending in November or put taxes up even further , risking a vicious circle of rising taxes , depleted spending power and slower growth , or borrow more which inevitably will mean putting interest rates back up .
36 At the same time , the adventure had also proved immensely informative , uncovering vast tracts of our civilisation 's past — and not just biblical — which we and our readers might not otherwise have had occasion to explore .
37 He should never have let Lee go out on his own .
38 He says : ‘ We should never have allowed Scotland to draw 2–2 a year ago in our European tie in Berne .
39 But intuition used to be the favoured type of knowledge , and St Thomas Aquinas , for example , would never have allowed intuition to constitute a specifically feminine attribute , because it would have meant admitting that women were nearer God .
40 Although the police do not need to be certain that a person has heard or seen what is going on before they can call for quiet under the Act ( since it is sufficient that they have reasonable cause to believe that an offence is being committed ) , they would afterwards have to conduct house to house enquiries before they could truthfully say that the conduct was actually heard or seen by a bystander .
41 A little understanding of her plight — allied to some gentle but firm pressure — could almost certainly have persuaded Fergie to make a much greater effort to get back with Andrew .
42 There is no contemporary support for the suggestion that Gloucester and the Woodvilles were rivals before Edward IV 's death , and that the king should therefore have taken steps to remedy the situation .
43 There is no contemporary support for the suggestion that Gloucester and the Woodvilles were rivals before Edward IV 's death , and that the king should therefore have taken steps to remedy the situation .
44 Labour 's Shadow Chancellor John Smith responded , explaining why the great poet would definitely have joined Amnesty had it existed in the 18th century .
45 ‘ While waiting for drama roles I did actually have to make ends meet in other ways such as selling advertising space .
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