Example sentences of "could have [vb pp] to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now then , if the council could , could 've come to some agreement and put in there , it would of made it right for us , now , you see we 've done so before , this is what I do n't like about he , he applies for planning permission does er the notice was no bigger than six inches long and four |
| 2 | This inclination today is 5.15° , and no convincing explanation has yet been found of how the inclination could have increased to this value from about 0° 4600 Ma ago . |
| 3 | Well now , what they 've done something which I think if there as I said to you in the first place , if they 'd have run their cards played their cards right , they could have said to that fellow ‘ look you 've got no rights to be here , we never gave you planning ’ what 's wrong with this planning people , they step here and they step there , there 's people do things without planning permission , they do nothing at all about it , if I was to go and stick something up in my front garden , they 'd come along and say ‘ hey , . ’ |
| 4 | " What preceding state could have led to this position ; what pre-preceding states could have led to that state , etc. ? " |
| 5 | They have welcomed the scrapping of Manchester proposals which could have led to more aircraft noise over the Lymm and Grappenhall areas . |
| 6 | " What preceding state could have led to this position ; what pre-preceding states could have led to that state , etc. ? " |
| 7 | As a gleaner , Ruth could have gone to any part of the field , but she happened to come a fo , part of the field that belonged to Boaz . |
| 8 | At first instance , the judge held that the accommodation had to be appropriate and that no reasonable authority could have come to that conclusion in this case . |
| 9 | We would have hoped that the county and district councils would have so organized their selection processes that they could have come to this examination in public fully prepared to argue the merits of geographical location . |
| 10 | I do not think that if the council , on making an inspection , had found the gate newly padlocked , they could have come to any conclusion other than that [ the defendant ] was intending to exclude everyone , including themselves , from the land . " … |
| 11 | Harry could have listened to this man for hours on end simply reading the telephone directory , yet one glance at his absurd and dishevelled appearance would instantly have broken the trance . |
| 12 | She found herself wondering in amazement how any of them could have listened to those songs : — |