Example sentences of "have been [adj] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , it may have been indicative of the increased regulation that went along with this . |
| 2 | He confessed that he might inadvertently have been guilty of the second on occasion and freely admitted to taking gifts of the third kind , which he regarded as entirely permissible . |
| 3 | When they turn to the handling charge they must presume that he is not guilty of robbery ; and , if they are quite satisfied that he must have been guilty of the one offence or the other , they are bound to conclude that he was guilty of handling . |
| 4 | The miners probably resented the intrusion but must have been fearful of the possible consequences of this calamity . |
| 5 | In such circumstances , the counsellor will often find that invaluable help and information can be obtained from relatives and friends , who may have been aware of the personal circumstances , but perhaps unaware of their full significance at the time . |
| 6 | He knew about Lamarck 's theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics , but dismissed this as a secondary process that could not account for the whole range of adaptations ( he must also have been aware of the strong opposition to Lamarckism from Owen and the conservative forces in science ) . |
| 7 | Despite the fact that practitioners must have been aware of the low level of legal representation in these courts the Law Society , in its evidence to the Royal Commission , explained the establishment of duty solicitor schemes in terms of the publication of these research findings . |
| 8 | It is hardly likely that this could have been true of the greatest of them , Whittington , because his father had died with his estate encumbered by an outlawry incurred in a plea of debt . |