Example sentences of "[vb mod] well have been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time to Declare by David Owen ( Penguin , £7.99 ) — Had he not fallen out with the Alliance , this passionate rebel male might well have been a key figure in this the general election . |
| 2 | He had no idea she already had suspicions which might well have been a contributory factor to her miscarriage . |
| 3 | Then , with the Czech serving for what might well have been a decisive two set lead . |
| 4 | The truth was Denis O'Neil Senior could well have been a professional singer . |
| 5 | This may well have been a contributory factor in the prevalence of death in child-birth . |
| 6 | Poseidon 's power was at this early time far greater than that of Velchanos : he received large-scale sacrificial offerings at Pylos , and may well have been a major deity on Minoan Crete too . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , Meyer 's stalking-horse challenge in 1989 may well have been a necessary prerequisite for the substantive challenge in 1990 because it broke the psychological barrier against mounting a challenge when the party was in office . |
| 8 | However the front end of the Ballymena triple failed to produce the same consistency in the second half of the game , otherwise it may well have been a different story . |
| 9 | As we have already noted , he may well have been a militant nationalist who did not shrink from violence . |