Example sentences of "have been [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With an assumed growing population in early Anglo-Saxon England there would have been increasing pressure on rural resources , especially by the second half of the seventh century . |
| 2 | Phormio 's alliance was hardly , given the distance of Akarnania from Athens , the considered policy of the Athenian Assembly — the general just made it on the spot — and may have been mere opportunism , for Athens made many alliances which never came to anything and were not expected to . |
| 3 | It ca n't have been mere curiosity . |
| 4 | Monaghan came close to snatching victory but this would have been rough justice on Cavan who showed flair and fluency in the first half before fading . |
| 5 | There should have been major expenditure on affordable provision , this would be a major factor in getting people back to work . ’ |
| 6 | ( It may have been simple retaliation — he had been mildly reprimanded by the guardians for allowing an unqualified assistant to attend a midwifery case as his deputy earlier that year , and had been instructed to provide the name of a legally qualified locum . ) |
| 7 | There could have been greater consultation with both nursery nurse and life preparation students and due consideration given to the fact that completed craft projects are an important part of a nursery nurse 's final assessment . |
| 8 | Gary Kemp 's portrayal of the homosexual psychopath Ronnie is utterly chilling ; we are not shown what he does in bed , but it can not have been much fun for his boyfriend . |
| 9 | ‘ He ca n't have been much fun to live with ; his wife would n't necessarily have been heartbroken , ’ Guy commented drily , finally releasing her and going in search of a large box of tissues . |
| 10 | I would n't have been much competition by the side of sexy George , but still , a man has his pride . |
| 11 | Before the meeting , you know at the moment John Major is in Moscow , erm before that meeting there 'll have been much work done by the officials on briefing papers , on trying to identify the potential issues that are going to come up in the meeting , there 'll have been a lot of background work that would be similar er to patterns of relationships between various departments erm in any process of decision making . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , I do not believe for one moment — I made this point on enough occasions to the hon. Member for Antrim , East ( Mr. Beggs ) — that , if we had not given potential investors the opportunity to buy a power station that could be converted to gas , there would have been much hope of bringing a gas pipeline to Northern Ireland . |
| 13 | Times were not easy and there would have been much evidence of hardship , although actually we know very little of the ordinary day-to-day life of the miner and his family . |
| 14 | There would not have been much music , one is suddenly reminded or much singing and dancing where Anna came from . |
| 15 | He would have been much surpris 'd to know my true Opinion on these matters , but I did not chuse to let him be so much familiar , I kept mum , and smiled and nodded as best I might , keeping my Thoughts to myself . |
| 16 | ‘ There would n't have been much point in fusing only half the lighting system , would there ? ’ |
| 17 | Neath , the leading Welsh club side of the moment , were more or less ignored because although their forwards could get around better than anyone else 's there would not have been much point if they could not win the ball in the first place . |
| 18 | In that era , so much of the day was spent climbing in and out of the correct clothes that there ca n't have been much time left for recreation . |
| 19 | ‘ It would n't have been much use if she had . |
| 20 | They could have sent me to prison for two years but that would have been political suicide . ’ |
| 21 | To have taken on the world in that state would have been political suicide . |
| 22 | However , despite this evidence , prosecution would have been political suicide since the defendants might have argued that civil servants and certain government ministers knew of the oil sanctions-busting arrangements and therefore the company considered their actions , although technically illegal , were informally condoned by governmental officials . |
| 23 | Although my father was six foot two , Geoffrey Archer seemed a real giant ; he must have been six foot four and broad in proportion , but he was a kind giant , having an instinctive sympathy with small boys . |
| 24 | Well we had to keep somebody on watch in case there was any damage , say the ship was up the river and a chain broke or they hit you , so you had to put your navigation lights up and to put navigation lights up we had hurricane lamps , we had a red and a white one , they should have been six foot apart , they never were they was about three foot . |
| 25 | He must have been six foot four , with a frame to match . |
| 26 | Robertson 's drive over the bar and Klinsmann 's shot , astutely blocked by Walker , ensured that there would have been adolescent opposition to the idea of an early exit while there was so much to appreciate . |
| 27 | There must have been 5,000 head corralled into convoy formation by a quartet of big black dogs . |
| 28 | But John-William had bought so much land at Far Flatley from Colonel Covington-Pym , a whole bank of his river and several fields beyond that there would have been ample room to build Gemma and Tristan a dear little nest . |
| 29 | ’ It could have been lover-boy Gharr . ’ |
| 30 | it might have been eight pound qui Judy , but she said that they had fifteen |