Example sentences of "[that] [modal v] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 40 per cent of the rural population have no access to a car so that the problem of claiming a benefit that may have been straightforward in town , is very pressing in the country . |
| 2 | THE plug has finally been pulled on the London Ambulance Service computer that may have been responsible for up to 20 deaths last week . |
| 3 | Disturbed that the English were at odds with a nation that should have been one of its natural religious allies , Cromwell brought about a rapid end to the Dutch War , and during the peace negotiations he even proposed that in the interests of their common religion the English and Dutch republics should merge to form one united Protestant state . |
| 4 | Money and effort that should have been devoted to supporting the ordinary people in Highfields has been wasted on power politics and I agree that it 's time surely to put an end to that disgrace now there is a certain logic in Mr amendment , it basically says let us put the implementation of council policy in the hands of the director of education , let him take executive control and let us take politics out of it and if I thought that that would do what both Mr and myself want to happen I would support . |
| 5 | A very handsome man on a horse came one day to enquire about a bridle that should have been ready , but was n't . |
| 6 | Yet this inflexibility spoiled a day that should have been special for Dr Schofield . |
| 7 | A HUMBLE £28-a-day flagman bears the main responsibility for the shambles that should have been this year 's Aintree Grand National , according to the official inquiry into ‘ The race that never was . ’ |
| 8 | Then he gaped as Bower-bird flutter the wings that should have been useless , and sprang into the air in a perfect take-off . |
| 9 | We pass some strangely shaped mountains that must have been volcanic plugs poking up through vast panoramas . |
| 10 | This was a messianic fervour that must have been similar to that possessed by the ancient zealots who died defending Masada against the Romans 2,000 years ago . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Do you remember , ’ a typical conversation might begin , ‘ that time back in December of '59 when Waimea was unrideable and Greg Noll caught that wave that must have been thirty-foot plus ? ’ |
| 13 | It is a conclusion that must have been popular with the Department of the Environment which funded two of the studies . |
| 14 | Another thought the women looked ‘ tired and sad … dressed in gowns that must have been old on their grandmothers ’ , while the children were dressed in ‘ garments of nondescript purpose and size , but were generally chubby , and gay , as they frolicked in and out among the baskets , bundles , bedding , babies ’ chairs etc , piled waist-high on various parts of the platform' . |
| 15 | ( Chiang Kai-shek was not specifically mentioned but it is hard to think of other forces that might have been available . ) |
| 16 | We got our second goal too late to run up the score that might have been available to us , ’ said the national coach . |
| 17 | His frowning gaze swept over her and there was a glint in the blue eyes that might have been intimidating if she were n't so angry . |
| 18 | The situation was brought about by a combination of factors , with two in particular causing us the greatest damage : the postponement of the Registers of Land that might have been subject to contaminative use , and the fall in construction activity . |
| 19 | perhaps I might , by thy familiar instruction have made some remarks that might have been satisfactory . |
| 20 | In between the Oaks and the Elms darted the Silver Birches , slender and frivolous-looking , with wild , shining white hair that streamed out behind them and mischievous features and trailing garments that might have been some kind of cloth , but might as easily have been simply their pale leaves . |
| 21 | The better they get , the better they could have been ; and no one likes to leave a past behind him that could have been better . |
| 22 | Only from a record that would have been available at the police station or from officers knowledge . |
| 23 | I enjoyed my tea and glimpse into a way of life that would have been familiar to JTR . |
| 24 | The amounts as well as qualifying ages have been altered several times since 1986/87 , so any rebate would only apply to allowances that would have been due to you at the time . |
| 25 | The maximum ACT offset is limited to the amount of tax that would have been payable on the profits assuming they had been charged at the basic rate of tax ( s 239(2) ) . |
| 26 | This contrast may be more apparent than real , however , for new technologies of birth and reproduction may alter the biologically given so as to make possible a changed perspective that would have been inconceivable in the past . |
| 27 | The results for high risk junctions illustrate roughly the pattern of findings that would have been consistent with Study 1 . |
| 28 | So , we have a speculative picture of mineral crystals on the primeval Earth showing some of the properties of replication , multiplication , heredity and mutation that would have been necessary in order for a form of cumulative selection to get started . |
| 29 | The plan contained no provisions for the long-term clean-up that would have been necessary if the tanker had been carrying heavier crude . |
| 30 | And when the external account did pose a problem , governments often devalued rather than pursuing deflationary policies to the extent that would have been necessary . |