Example sentences of "it [modal v] be [verb] to have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no longer , as it were , a global political programme , as it may be said to have been in the 19th and earlier 20th centuries . |
| 2 | Essentially it may be considered to have been derived from the Nutku-Halil solution using the Neugebauer-Kramer involution described in Section 12.4 . |
| 3 | Since then , negatively , he did not number them among the twelve , it may be held to have been his intention not to do so . |
| 4 | All in all it could be said to have been an amicable evening . |
| 5 | If the circumstances of this crime — that is the eating of the apple — are duly considered , it will be acknowledged to have been a most heinous offence and a transgression of the whole law . |
| 6 | Otherwise it will be presumed to have been a negligent one — Misrepresentation Act 1967 , section 2(1) . |