Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He bought a magic set for Sebastian ( although his ideal present for the kid would have been a brand-new name ) and a marionette for Louise . |
| 2 | Mr Des Wilson , the Liberal Democrat campaign manager , played down the racial element in the vote that defeated Mr Taylor , saying : ‘ We won that seat on the merits of our campaign , not because a few votes for the Tory may have been influenced by the colour of their candidate 's skin . ’ |
| 3 | On his own decision to go for the draw with a last-minute John Liley penalty , Richards said pointedly : ‘ Trying to win the game by opting for the scrum would have been a waste of time because the moment we drove for the line , they would have wheeled it or collapsed it . |
| 4 | Nor is it easy to see on what basis a stricter protection for the wife should have been demanded by the facts in Shears and Sons Ltd. v. Jones than was demanded by the facts in Howes v. Bishop [ 1909 ] 2 K.B . |
| 5 | His total pickings for the campaign must have been every soldier 's dream . |
| 6 | A key aspect for the Bundesbank will have been the acceptance by the unions of the need for moderate pay increases in order to prevent the slide into an inflationary spiral . |
| 7 | I so wish that our love and respect for the deceased could have been expressed openly , and with joy and gratitude the way yours was . |
| 8 | Whereas the digging of their own pit on the other side of the hedge could have been observed by the occupants of three houses and by anyone about in Joan Robbins 's house , here , two sides were tall hedge , the third the house . |
| 9 | Yet one can not escape the feeling that if Humanae Vitae had been essentially a reasoned condemnation of abortion , the witness of the Church would have been all the more powerful . |
| 10 | ( 2 ) On receiving the claim the Board shall inquire into the matter and shall , subject to the provisions of this section , give by way of repayment such relief … in respect of the error or mistake as is reasonable and just : Provided that no relief shall be given under this section in respect of an error or mistake as to the basis on which the liability of the claimant ought to have been computed where the return was in fact made on the basis or in accordance with the practice generally prevailing at the time when the return was made . … |
| 11 | There is no doubt that the owner of the horn must have been a person of considerable importance in his time . |
| 12 | Part of the problem must have been competition between northern and southern universities , ’ says Irvine . |
| 13 | Indeed , it is interesting to speculate what sort of state the region and the rest of the country would have been in now had James Callaghan 's moribund administration held on to power in 1979 . |
| 14 | Practically all aspects of the curriculum will have been programmed into machine-usable form by 1985 … |
| 15 | If he had eaten the grain instead , he and his family would not now be starving , but they would be homeless and the remains of the grain would have been seized for the debt . |
| 16 | The accounts suggest that if this trend continues , ‘ the entire investment base of the Diocese will have been used up within the next two years . ’ |
| 17 | Yesterday Mrs Justice Ebsworth , sitting at Teesside Crown Court , was told the life of the child could have been saved if doctors had monitored the foetus ' heartbeat after Mrs Busuttil , then 26 , was admitted into Middlesbrough 's Parkside Hospital in 1984 because her general practitioner detected irregularities . |
| 18 | I think perhaps not quite so much , you know , bending of the head might have been slightly more comfortable . |
| 19 | A book written so close to the time is unlikely to have achieved the necessary perspective on such a controversial subject and not all of the evidence will have been accessible . |
| 20 | Something of the kind must have been operative when Galileo first introduced the telescope as an instrument for exploring the heavens . |
| 21 | Some parts of the blueprint will have been tried and tested , and found to be reliable . |
| 22 | Pigs may have spent some time with the swineherd in the distant woodland , but part of the wood would have been cropped for fuel , poles , wood for repairs to buildings , fences , implements and so on , while a few trees may have been cut down for constructional work on the bridge over the Yeo or to build a new house . |
| 23 | Ask the customer to call back the next day , when the contents of the till will have been checked . |
| 24 | The entire body of the dinosaur would have been pivoted around the hip girdle . |
| 25 | Although some of the official assessments of cattle stealing in Kurunagala at the turn of the century may have been over-optimistic , it is clear that the level of the crime in the district , and more generally the Northern Band , was much less than it had been in the 1880s and earlier . |
| 26 | Part of the idea may have been a selfish desire to limit citizenship to as few people as possible , now that it brought greater material advantages . |
| 27 | But nevertheless it is an application which is necessary , British Coal at the end of the day would have been delighted not to make it after all . |
| 28 | Whether some of the more , shall I say , advanced judgments of the day will concur is something I ca n't guess at , but if you want to try and publish , go ahead and good luck to you . |
| 29 | At what time of the year should woodworm be treated ? |
| 30 | ‘ How she was able to effect all this ’ , her nephew writes in his Memoir , ‘ is surprising , for she had no separate study to repair to , and most of the work must have been done in the general sitting-room , subject to all kinds of casual interruptions . |