Example sentences of "[adv] not have [been] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's about preventing crime , because people who are burgled would rather not have been burgled in the first place . |
| 2 | This may be seen as a measure of the extent to which opportunities for successful study are being provided for students who would traditionally not have been considered to be capable of achieving this success . |
| 3 | This would lead us to look not just at the ‘ outputs ’ from institutions , but at the ‘ inputs ’ , and at the achievements of students who would traditionally not have been considered to be capable of achieving success , as well as those who could be expected to perform well on the basis of their previous academic achievements . |
| 4 | Leaving aside the farce of the England v South Africa semifinal , where the complete lack of basic common sense applied would probably not have been salvaged by any rules , surely a fairer solution is to use an average of the target under the old and new systems . |
| 5 | Love , 25 , had two eagles and four birdies in a round which he said would probably not have been played on the USPGA tour . |
| 6 | Between humdrum research and showpiece research , what the humanities scholarly community is really anxious to see is work which is both ( a ) respected as an original scholarly contribution within its own discipline and ( b ) could clearly not have been done without a computer . |
| 7 | However , of the studies I have mentioned it would be difficult to claim that more than a handful fulfilled the criteria I mentioned earlier : both ( a ) respected as an original scholarly contribution within its own discipline and ( b ) could clearly not have been done without a computer . |
| 8 | It could almost certainly not have been done by air power alone . |
| 9 | Any writer dealing with Rodrigo must turn to Pidal , and this present work could certainly not have been accomplished without his scrupulous and immensely detailed account of the life and period of El Cid . |
| 10 | However , our Chemicals and the quality of life booklets would certainly not have been improved by the use of recycled paper , the environmental benefits of which are not unalloyed , according to chemists and papermakers . |