Example sentences of "[modal v] it have be [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only on pagan sites converted into other uses by Christians would it have been necessary to carry out a purification ceremony involving the use of the Chi-Rho symbol . |
| 2 | Would it have been better had you gone to the other jobs ? |
| 3 | Nor would it have been possible to ask , nor even to rely on any information which might have been forthcoming , since Amabel , who always retired to bed for the duration of her own " monthly curse " had said nothing more to the point than , " Darling , I must beg of you never to speak of this to anyone , when Gemma at the age of fourteen had first seen evidence of hers . |
| 4 | Nor in the light of experience and knowledge available prior to this accident would it have been reasonable to envisage that internal pressures could exist in the tail structure . ’ |
| 5 | Lord of The Flies Critical Essay : Would it have been different had girls been on the island ? |
| 6 | But would it have been fair to point all this out as they nuzzled one another on some Anglian plage and assumed I was n't noticing ? |