Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] also [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She might also have been incensed by the negative portrayal of homosexuality in the movie . |
| 2 | There may also have been other reasons why he decided to move . |
| 3 | There may also have been certain conditions of the advance ( eg that a woodworm infestation shall be treated before completion , that certain repairs shall have been carried out or a deduction made from the mortgage loan until they have been ) . |
| 4 | Lowland Scots and Ulster Scots dialects , for example , have had backing of [ a ] , and we have to work out from residues that in some ancestral forms of these , there may also have been front-raising ( Lass , 1976 ; J. Milroy , 1981 ; and see chapter 4.6 and 4.7 , above , and section 5.7 , below ) . |
| 5 | However , there may also have been English precedent and inspiration for the adoption of a second crown — notably in Edgar 's second , " imperial " , coronation at Bath in 973 . |
| 6 | On the other hand they may also have been relieved to leave behind , for a while at least , the sight of their ruined castle-walls , a nagging reminder of the defeats they had suffered . |
| 7 | They may also have been quick to point out that Vermuyden 's ‘ Great Design ’ was already turning sour . |
| 8 | They might also have been superfluous because he was now saying he had succeeded on his own . |
| 9 | If a property is insufficiently furnished for full habitation , it may also have been unoccupied for some length of time . |
| 10 | It may also have been significant that the local County Inspector was on leave and that the County Inspector in charge of the RUC 's Special Branch supervised the operation . |
| 11 | As unemployment began to escalate it may also have been true that those who were the first to be made redundant or were turned down for work were those who were least efficient . |
| 12 | It may also have been reassuring to US audiences , while America was being condemned world-wide for its barbaric acts in Vietnam , to see that they did not have the monopoly on violence , which could even be found in an English village . |
| 13 | Confining ourselves to Vienna and the last few weeks alone , it seems he may also have been responsible for a couple of recent murders of prostitutes in the Altstadt . |
| 14 | The summer conversations in Kissingen , the presence in St Petersburg of the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich , the greater enthusiasm for reform of Lanskoi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs — all these undoubtedly altered the balance of opinion to which he was exposed and made him more susceptible to reformist sentiments ; but he may also have been naive enough to believe that the gentry at large would follow the example of the north-westerners and welcome the measure he was putting to them . |
| 15 | He knew about Lamarck 's theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics , but dismissed this as a secondary process that could not account for the whole range of adaptations ( he must also have been aware of the strong opposition to Lamarckism from Owen and the conservative forces in science ) . |
| 16 | It did not occur to him that he might also have been frightened . |
| 17 | As a member of the Scottish side that qualified for the 1986 World Cup , he would also have been aware that it was a heart attack that claimed Jock Stein 's life at Cardiff in September 1985 . |
| 18 | He would also have been happy to have found work as a production manager or an assistant director . |
| 19 | But that is n't always the incentive that drives the do-it-yourself home builder : it can also mean being able to afford the things you really want . |