Example sentences of "have [been] [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In theory , I suppose , the nearest piece of fruit could have been doctored , but I do n't see myself how the murderer could have been sure the victim would have picked it . ’ |
| 2 | Nor would the expedition have been possible the next winter . |
| 3 | Above all , to Tolkien 's mind , there must have been present the problem of Beowulf . |
| 4 | Yet at a time when decisive action against the Nazis might still have been effective the Swiss Carl Burckhardt made very few decisions at all . |
| 5 | His conclusion that there was no duress where the defendant could only put pressure on the plaintiff by the institution of proceedings , to which proceedings there would have been available the defence which ultimately prevailed , was , in my view , unimpeachable since there is ample authority for the view that a mere threat of action does not per se constitute duress . |