Example sentences of "[that] [modal v] [adv] have [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's a sham of a marriage that should never have taken place , and you 're doing no one any harm . |
| 2 | And the Bank of England 's ease in selling so many gilt stocks early yesterday is a reminder of just how great the budget deficit remains and how much more public borrowing must follow — taking cash that might otherwise have bought shares . |
| 3 | It was a journey that would not have made Mrs Zamzam happy had she been able to make it herself . |
| 4 | Thus there must have been initial configurations that would not have given rise to a universe like the one we see today . |
| 5 | Possibly a subsequent review stimulates action that would not have taken place but for the committee 's initial probing . |
| 6 | To deal with this , a group of merchants who wanted to trade in a particular part of the world would ask the monarch for a charter allowing them a monopoly of bringing goods from their chosen region into England , giving them rights to defend themselves against pirates and bandits with their own armed force , and letting them settle legal problems that would otherwise have to wait years until they got back to England . |
| 7 | The cancerous masses developed at a rate that would normally have taken months and years . |
| 8 | Does he understand that planning permission was initially gained , with difficulty , for the building of motorways through areas of outstanding natural beauty and great environmental sensitivity , so many people would not be keen to see developers spending hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of pounds fighting in a long succession of inquiries so that they can build not just motorway service areas — possibly excluding the disabled and lorries — but hotels and other facilities that would never have received permission when the original planning consent was granted ? |
| 9 | This saved Hoc from the beating that would inevitably have followed discovery of his shortcomings when the scowling overseers dipped their yardsticks into the cans at the collecting station . |
| 10 | It 's a lesson that will not have escaped Lennie Lawrence but , for the moment , he and the fans could n't be happier . |