Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adj] they [modal v] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in modern experimental exercises , the inexperienced use of such axes in tree-felling shows just how effective they could have been . |
| 2 | How proud they might have been to see him now , risen so high above their status ; how fulfilled . |
| 3 | How heartbroken they must have been ! |
| 4 | O'Neill 's suspect views were known to many unionists and the conservatives did not have to wait for the fruits of O'Neillism , however timid they may have been . |
| 5 | New boys , however grand they may have been before entering the House , go to the back of the queue . |
| 6 | Few heads had allocated any of their extra capitation to the development of productive links with parents and the community , while nearly all of them considered that such PNP resources as the Authority 's advisory and support staff , the INSET programme and even the refurbishment of their own schools had made little or no impact on home-school links , however effective they may have been in furthering the programme 's other objectives . |