Example sentences of "[adv] have [be] [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 The government 's Countryside Commission argued that the licence should only have been renewed for a few years during a thorough review of military land requirements .
2 Some of these diplomatic operations can only have been performed for the gratification of the Jews themselves .
3 Where supervision orders to the probation service would normally have been made for the offence , we find that because of homelessness and unemployment , black youths tend to be remanded in custody , or given custodial sentences .
4 If it was , then the theatre score could just as easily have been copied for the first run as for the revival .
5 He was called out by an offended patriot of the town , but killed his opponent in the consequent duel , one of the few duels that can ever have been fought for the sake of a marginal note in a book .
6 Garter snakes could almost have been made for the purpose , being undemanding in their housing and dietary requirements , harmless and relatively simple to breed in captivity … certainly less problematic than any lizard .
7 Life must go on , they intimated , while stressing that the stadium would never have been considered for a semi-final involving Liverpool or Nottingham Forest .
8 Even dressed as he now was , in a blue cotton jacket and trousers , he could never have been taken for an Italian , and since he was n't able to walk — he could only hop on one leg — or speak the language , he was hardly likely to remain free for long out in the open .
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