Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] [verb] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Pilmay 's glasshouse at Silkstone may have been the first successful venture in the district . |
| 2 | On top of which , I think Binbrook must have been the coldest RAF Station in England . |
| 3 | Malcolm Scott may have been the only footballer/cricketer at Feethams , but MI lists nine more who played against the Quakers . |
| 4 | Beethoven may have been the greatest genius of repetition in the history of music . |
| 5 | As Branson would have been the first to acknowledge , common sense dictated that he avoid it at all costs . |
| 6 | Those workings westerly of Red Dell Beck would have been the White or New Work and those oil the east of the beck the Low Work . |
| 7 | If , indeed , production was under imperial control , then Rochester would have been the ideal centre for the administration . |
| 8 | Yeah I suppose in the country too there Kirkwall would have been the first Kirkwall or Stromness probably Kirkwall would have been the first place where the accents would have been going to go . |
| 9 | Yeah I suppose in the country too there Kirkwall would have been the first Kirkwall or Stromness probably Kirkwall would have been the first place where the accents would have been going to go . |
| 10 | The preceding section ( as Tolkien would have been the first to declare ) probably falls into the perennial academic vice of neatness , over-valuing system and ‘ invention ’ instead of ‘ inspiration ’ . |
| 11 | As a boy Lancaster would have been the natural victim of bullies — punched , thumped and insulted . |
| 12 | Shares were expected to plummet , and with Aerospace ripe for takeover , Rover would have been the first to be sold off . |
| 13 | ‘ Jesus may have been the first man who understood the power of some actions . |
| 14 | He added that Mr Kinnock would have been the better orator , but that he would have won on detail and facts . |
| 15 | As usual , pace dominated the bowling , both in the Cup and in the A team series , and it was only fitting that Kenneth Benjamin should have been the latest addition to the Test attack . |
| 16 | It may even be that in Kent for about a year after Ecgberht 's death , ‘ Wulfhere could have been the effective ruler ’ . |
| 17 | Her neck was mottled with bruises : several that Carolyn could see were the exact shape and size of thumb prints , yellow , dark purple and red . |
| 18 | Ovid and Seneca would have been the favourite Classical authors , and the children would study also reading and writing ( in English ) and arithmetic . |