Example sentences of "[noun pl] could [adv] [adv] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do the people of North Dakota disagree whether justice requires compensation for product defects that manufacturers could not reasonably have prevented ? |
| 2 | Soon , however , a new controversy arose when it seemed to some zoologists and paleontologists that even the large dinosaurs could very well have had a high running speed , at least as high as an equivalent sized modern mammal . |
| 3 | In the 1983 general election , nearly 8 million people voted for a political ticket ( Liberal/Social Democratic Party Alliance ) for which their parents could not previously have voted . |
| 4 | Well the solicitors could n't very have written to the , to the bank could they ? |
| 5 | Likewise , if the explosion occurred early enough in the Solar System 's history , the shell of gases could long since have dissipated . |
| 6 | Their own educational socialization primarily through classics could not adequately have equipped them for the task of the " total " administration of a national culture . |
| 7 | On reflection , costly mistakes were made with both the Class 27s and 45s , whose short careers could not possibly have justified the lavish life-extension work carried out on them . |