Example sentences of "have been [verb] [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in fact it was the docking crew as a whole who were at fault , because the platform 's progress towards the support cradle should have been halted as soon as it passed completely through the field , so that earthing and other safety procedures could be instigated . |
| 2 | If the razor was on top of the heap , he would have been cut as soon as he touched it . |
| 3 | She says that warnings should have been given as soon as the terrorists made their threats . |
| 4 | Some of these functions are best performed by University Institutes , some by a Curriculum Development Centre , some by a Curriculum Planning Unit and it is therefore possible that functions which may hitherto have been seen as either wholly performed by this body or that may increasingly be undertaken in partnership . |
| 5 | If it had come out at the same time , it would have been submerged , and if it had come out afterwards it would have been seen as merely reactive . |
| 6 | It also dates 1st century and could have been intended as either a key or a knife handle ( although the fact that it has a circular socket favours its use as a key handle ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Your unwillingness indicates insensitivity to what must have been perceived as deeply held and deeply felt concerns and convictions of the Methodist people . ’ |
| 8 | In the terms of the binaries invoked , and reinstalled rightway-around , he should have been perceived as only shallow , specious , ineffectual . |
| 9 | in calculating lost pension rights the correct approach is 1 ) apply the appropriate multiplier to the appropriate multiplicand 2 ) the appropriate multiplicand is the pursuers level of wage which would have been received if currently employed 3 ) allowing for all contingencies including the chance of obtaining a pension in the future the multiplier for a 48 year old was 6 4 ) the resulting figure should be reduced for the accelerated benefit bearing in mind that the pension would not have been paid before age 65 . |
| 10 | Yet the Africanness of those wars has meanwhile been obscured by the outbreak in Europe of tribal fights that would once have been dismissed as typically African . |
| 11 | Differential compaction of the peat and silt may have been involved as well . |
| 12 | ‘ Has it occurred to you that I nearly disturbed the murderer — that I might have been killed as well ? |
| 13 | This implies that at least 53% of lone mothers would be classified as unoccupied ; they would have been regarded as economically inactive at the census , and at death registration the instructions to registrars would preclude the recording of any occupational information . |
| 14 | As an admitted homosexual , John himself would have been regarded as medically unfit for conscription into the forces . |
| 15 | Had the boys boarded a train to Carlisle and caused damage there , this might have been regarded as too remote . |
| 16 | What could legitimately be described as ‘ dubious tactics ’ on Malham Cove in the early 70s would have been regarded as quite normal in the early 60s and would be considered style of pathological purity in the 90s . |
| 17 | Because of the underlying sense of grievance numerous situations could have been interpreted as yet further evidence of white imperialism . |
| 18 | New research into the effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 reveal that more radioactivity may have been released than originally thought . |
| 19 | I was told by a Milanese , with a wry smile , that it was as well the prophet had not heard of smog , or that would have been included as well . |
| 20 | At the same time , however , some of these weaknesses might have been avoided if more careful attention had been given to commercial needs by those originally responsible for framing the administrative structures of nationalised industries [ Chester , 1975 ] . |