Example sentences of "it [modal v] have have [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may have had a certain validity , especially in Scotland with its constellation of key organizations within or close to Glasgow . |
| 2 | It may have had a more sinister purpose later , as it is now known as The Whipping Stone . |
| 3 | It may have had a different meaning in a different place ( e.g. " cot " means a child 's bed in British English , but also a bed for adults in Indian English ) , or at a different time ( e.g. " gentle " used to carry the meaning of " upper class " , as in " gentry " , but which now can be used as an approving description — something like " sensitive " — of anyone 's character ) . |
| 4 | The panel is not cut down though it may have had an adjoining predella and lunette with few areas of paint loss , and the intensity of the original pigments preserved . |
| 5 | So in the past , when we were not shielded from moonlight , it may have had an effect . |
| 6 | The wh the whole point is Steve , when it comes down to basic facts , it should have had a proper sealed unit chiller on it when it was new . |
| 7 | United were unlucky … so what 's new … they could or is it should have had a penalty in the second half when Chrissy Allen was brought down … |
| 8 | It is true that we are more enlightened than we were ; there is a public which has learnt to smile at the reviewer who declares that a line ‘ will not scan ’ , or that it contains a ‘ trochee ’ where it should have had an ‘ iamb ’ , without considering whether it was ever intended to ‘ scan ’ , or whether there is anything in English verse which can be treated as the absolute equivalent of a Greek or Latin trochee . |
| 9 | I ca n't be sure what my face looked like when I opened it and saw Maureen on the doorstep , but I imagine it must have had a grin on it from ear to ear . |
| 10 | Perhaps it was never roofed : if so , it must have had a very high corbelled vault , either in stone or in mudbrick . |
| 11 | The excavator , David Neal , could not explain this as merely for domestic use and concluded that it must have had a public function . |
| 12 | Well it must have had a split in or something . |
| 13 | Seve was very excited , and it must have had an effect on Watson . |
| 14 | It must have had the throat of a raven because it cuckooed its way up and down the valley for weeks on end . |
| 15 | Had he had the same nightmare at any other time , it might have had no particular meaning to him at all . |
| 16 | If the new religion forced too difficult and direct a choice , it could have had a sticky launch . |
| 17 | Obviously , what is or may be of importance to an employer 's business is a question of fact ; and it was no doubt significant in Swain that S was the general manager , the wrongful employee was the managing director , his conduct was dishonest and it could have had a material effect on the defendant 's business ( labelling meat as " Empire Products " when it was not ) . |
| 18 | It was generally agreed by advocates of the League that it would have to have the power to enforce its decisions , by military means if necessary . |
| 19 | Had this proposal been implemented , it would have had a disastrous effect on the morale and effectiveness of L Detachment . |
| 20 | But if MAFF 's original assessment for the UK 's LFA had been based on an objective survey rather than merely regurgitating the ‘ hill line ’ drawn up under the 1946 Hill Farming Act , it would have had a more reliable basis to which the results of its Hills and Uplands land classification could have been added to determine some meaningful handicap zones . |
| 21 | It would have had a beginning in the big bang , about fifteen billion years ago , and it would come to an end for a star that collapsed and for anything that fell into the black hole the collapsing star left behind . |
| 22 | While the consortium had offered to put up £2,500 million in private capital the project would also have involved ERL taking over a £1,000 million government loan already allocated to BR to improve commuter services along the route , a further £400 million investment by BR ( in exchange for which it would have had a 50 per cent stake in commuter services along the route ) and a government " capital grant " of £500 million . |
| 23 | The Aquino government had resisted the return of the body on the grounds that it would have had a destabilizing effect on the country . |
| 24 | It is currently in the final stages of negotiations for a very important order from Malaysia which , had it not been the competitive and effective yard that it now is , it would have had no chance of getting . |
| 25 | Without this disparity it would have had an overall entitlement of 38 seats , and instead of winning one excess seat it would have had two list seats in addition to the 36 it won in constituencies . |
| 26 | Psalm 48.12–13 bears witness to a similar procession round the walls of Jerusalem , though in the case of Jericho it would have had the particular significance of a celebration of God 's gift of the Land and conquest achieved with his might . |
| 27 | ‘ A little thing could have set him on his way any time these past three years , and it would have had the same ending . ’ |
| 28 | It will have had the views of professional designers , boatbuilders and other advisers , intermingled with the views of experienced operators . |