Example sentences of "result [modal v] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fastest Farnham Road Club pairing of A. Lloyd-Langston and B. Robinson recorded a time of 54 mins. 18 seconds , although the result may have been different , with M. Barrett finishing solo in a time of 54–47 after his partner , D. Wright , had to retire with mechanical trouble . |
| 2 | Such a result may have been unthinkable when the competition began , but the Ukrainian side looked forlornly unmotivated in their 5–0 defeat by Benfica a fortnight ago and must now manage without midfielders Yuri Moroz and Sergei Zaets , plus the defender , Anatoli Bessmertnyi — all suspended . |
| 3 | The commentators talked about a ‘ surprise ’ win , and there were hints that if Ade had not had the misfortune that he did , the result might have been different . |
| 4 | The result might have been different if there had been a notice attached to the goods making it clear that these goods had nothing to do with the defendant 's business as a dealer in second-hand goods but had come from his home and that the sale of the goods was to be a private transaction . |
| 5 | ‘ With all the stuff that had gone on prior to the match and then the conditions we had to play in , the result could have been worse for Rangers but for our goalkeeper , ’ Gough admitted . |
| 6 | This result could have been due to the inclusion of mostly elderly patients in the control group who may have been harbouring M tuberculosis from a primary asymptomatic tuberculous infection , which was common in their youth . |
| 7 | ‘ The result could have been terrible . |
| 8 | I think had we managed to stick it together a bit longer , all fifty of us , and just prove to the management that we were n't gon na be starved back to work which seemed to be the way they wanted us to go back , you know because the board had you know escalated , you know I think had we managed to stick it together , certainly the result would 've been different . |
| 9 | This result would have been different during the O'Keeffe frenzy of the mid-Eighties , when the painting would have sold , and probably for more . |
| 10 | But if she 'd been frank from the outset and had admitted to him that she 'd been sent by his stepmother with the plea for him to visit her the result would have been short and sharp . |
| 11 | If Paddy Ashdown had ordered his troops to oppose Mr Major the result would have been 300 votes to 335 against the Government — the most crushing defeat for a Prime Minister in modern times . |
| 12 | But in terms of new membership at least , studies of some promotional efforts like publicity leaflets show that the results may have been negligible . |
| 13 | The results might have been worse : a number of cattle lost from one side to the other , some barns and carts burned , and half a dozen women held hostage and returned in other than mint condition . |
| 14 | If it had n't the results could 've been catastrophic . |
| 15 | The results could have been disastrous for the force which has already had to freeze recruitment of officers during 1993 to keep within a tight budget . |
| 16 | The results could have been disastrous for the force which has already had to freeze recruitment of officers during 1993 to keep within a tight budget . |
| 17 | If the bullet had taken a slightly different path the results would have been catastrophic , ’ said Mr Watson of Homerton Hospital . |
| 18 | Had he gone out with the schedule the results would have been chaotic , yet he himself had not seen these double questions until they were pointed out to him at the internal testing stage . |
| 19 | If the upper part had been true as to intervals it would have been in B major , and of course the tonal results would have been chaotic : organ Whether intervals are true or false does not matter to listeners , who can not easily distinguish the difference . |