Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] have be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may even have been that John , anticipating his imminent doom , ratified some such arrangement , perhaps in the ceremony at the Jordan . |
| 2 | It may also have been that the government was unwilling to lend further strength to the clamour for the reform of the Official Secrets Act ( which has now happened ) that had been mounting for some years . |
| 3 | From the outset , as in 1854 , it may well have been that Napoleon hoped to coerce Austria into negotiating a settlement by underlining her isolation in Europe , and thus avoiding an armed conflict . |
| 4 | If all members of the human race had arrived roughly at the same time at the point when the need for a ‘ god ’ had started to influence human behaviour , it may well have been that the existence of a disastrous diversity of ‘ gods ’ , all of whom according to their worshippers conferred privileges , would never have become established . |
| 5 | If your wife is unhappy , now it may well have been that a better policy could have been put on the vehicle . |
| 6 | Or it may simply have been that he was hiding : that his confused sexuality could at any time have brought him down . |
| 7 | It could n't have been because of that . ’ |
| 8 | It could n't have been because the pub was busy , it was more likely she 'd just forgotten where the phone was . |
| 9 | For example , it could well have been that families of cave dwellers came to realise that it was possible that they could agree to respect the privacy and boundaries of their respective homes , and by so doing relieve themselves of the eternal vigilance likely to be necessary in the absence of such agreement . |
| 10 | It could only have been because he read his poetry . |
| 11 | And it would n't have been until the development of the first cities that streetwalkers really started to come into their own 11,000 — 12,000 years later . |
| 12 | And if Madame stayed close to him , it can hardly have been because she thought he needed looking after . |
| 13 | If Herod felt threatened by a recently born child , it can only have been because of what the child intrinsically was — a rightful king , for example , with a claim to the throne which even Rome , in the interests of peace and stability , might recognise . |