Example sentences of "[n mass] [modal v] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the proposals which I put forward on behalf of the Conservative group had been adopted , £15,000 not £1,500 would have been available for practical environmental issues this year . |
| 2 | Very often , even though the planes came back safely , there would be dead and injured on board , and sometimes a damaged aircraft would have been unable to release its bombs either over the target or in the North Sea on the way home and would have to land back at base with the bombs still on board . |
| 3 | While we have avoided lethal doses of the first two , in the community tank , levels of nitrate were so high that to introduce new fish might have been lethal ( hence the swords being elsewhere ) . |
| 4 | Because half kin might have been acceptable … |
| 5 | Which of these fish would have been responsible for the disappearance of my six Neon Tetras ? |
| 6 | Second , the growing belief that two people must have been involved in things , quite certainly in the murder . |
| 7 | ‘ I suppose some people must have been annoyed , but most tended to stop and watch the filming instead , ’ Mrs Shapland said . |
| 8 | Immediately , instinctively , he knew something was wrong ; the kitchen staff should have been busy with preparations for dinner . |
| 9 | We may imagine a measure of disappointment when these requests were vetoed by the committee , and it is clear that some re-education of staff must have been necessary in arriving at appropriate submissions . |
| 10 | Yet it is probably fair to suggest that few people could have been immune from the implications of the party struggle at Westminster , since decisions taken by the central government often had a direct affect on ordinary people 's lives , and few people could have avoided being exposed to the political controversies of the day through the various media of propaganda . |
| 11 | She told them about ‘ Factota Limited ’ , and asked their advice — and no two people could have been kinder . |
| 12 | A lot of people would have been uncomfortable or jittery , having a bodyguard at their elbow . |
| 13 | Passing sentence , Mr Justice Latham said : ‘ Adolescent emotions boiled over in a way that older people would have been able to cope with . ’ |
| 14 | He mentioned the Environmental Law Foundation , specifically set up to assist citizens to protect their interests in securing a better environment — I would have thought a lot of people would have been interested in that . |
| 15 | The ASH stand at the Green Show attracted a lot of other interest too , and our staff would have been unable to cope without the tremendous effort made by West Midlands ASH volunteers . |
| 16 | Although working people are now more likely to be contributing to an occupational or personal pension , even in future years not all people will have been able to accumulate sufficient provision to support themselves in retirement — for example those people who have not worked for many years because they were unemployed or disabled or caring for relatives . |
| 17 | Motor racing , however , extends beyond the world of high-powered McLarens ' , Williams ' and Ferraris ' : Britain 's Derek Bell and Belgium 's Jacky Ickx have shown a domination of sports car racing in the last decade that Fangio , Lauda , Prost and co. would have been proud of in Formula One . |