Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] have [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we 'd needed the final touch of homicidal brio , this would have had to be it . |
| 2 | Professor Anthony Kay describes a case in which the council avoided investigating what many would have expected to be the central issue — was the accused doctor offering a treatment that could undoubtedly do harm but for which there was no scientific evidence of benefit ? |
| 3 | Without an infusion of funds from the DHSS ( now DSS ) , fewer private homes would have been established and many more would have proved to be unprofitable . |
| 4 | While this might have proved acceptable for itinerant traders , to most local people it would have been unattractive and most would have preferred to be home by nightfall or soon after . |
| 5 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |