Example sentences of "[adv] have [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We should perhaps have started this indoors , but my mother is there . |
| 2 | There are , of course , major problems in evaluating programmes , as we have already discussed , but one could perhaps have expected more concern about the amount of information transmitted by each method and about how each works in the classroom . |
| 3 | The only thing I 'd say , I , I would have expected perhaps I missed out on , on yesterday 's course , but I would perhaps have expected more emphasis to have been given to something that you mentioned , right at the end , was ‘ Find out how long the interview 's going to be ’ . |
| 4 | Even the most positivist anthropologist , knowing the statistical significance of categories of population , would not have been immune from a romantic curiosity , would perhaps have spent more time visiting this wastefully subsidized relic of the past than a cool assessment of scientific value could warrant . |
| 5 | ‘ In the circumstances , it would have been folly to set up another [ earlier ] inquiry which would only have hindered those already in progress , ’ said JDS head Sir Anthony Wilson in a letter to the Independent . |
| 6 | The desk clerk had gone off duty , but had he seen Kragan , he would only have seen another businessman in an expensive coat returning to his hotel after a night out . |
| 7 | The level of Telford 's line was 54 feet lower than Barnes 's and , having fewer locks , would not only have used less water , but also more water could have been drained into it . |
| 8 | The poor duck must have crawled all that way , a hundred metres or more to that second patch of light ; our bright idea of putting the branches down after him to cover him up was pointless ; for all these years it would only have needed some more kids to have come along with torches or bits of burning paper to discover the body . |
| 9 | Among orthodox men of learning the biblical axiom that species are fixed entities established by God at the Creation gradually became qualified by the doctrine of plenitude , the Great Chain of Being , which declared that God , as artist creator , would necessarily have created all possible creatures in all possible worlds , and that the creatures which we now know on earth are but a fraction of those which exist in the universe . |
| 10 | This , in itself , need not have posed much of a challenge to the conventional wisdom : if unemployment had been at unusually low levels at the time , the acceleration of inflation could have been explained in terms of the simple Phillips curve and contractionary demand management policies could have been implemented . |
| 11 | I again would find it difficult to understand how ( a ) they could not have understood these documents ; and ( b ) that , if they did not understand them , they took no steps to consult their advisers . |
| 12 | UNLU would not have given such a warning had it not feared how the PLO outside might behave . |
| 13 | But as I say the the people who did not five five percent er , therefore , others may not have given more ! |
| 14 | ‘ The players could not have given any more . |
| 15 | The players are down but they could not have given any more . ’ |
| 16 | The parties can not have intended such a consequence . |
| 17 | They would not have challenged any of the interest groups that wish to maintain the status quo . |
| 18 | If Mr. Howell 's argument is correct , the school , even though over-subscribed , could not have adopted these sibling and proximity criteria in deciding which of the applicants ' parental preferences were to succeed and which fail . |
| 19 | Hence the major cause of unemployment lies outside the government 's responsibility and a Labour government would not have made much difference . |
| 20 | Without Bully , her Red Riding Hood character would not have made much impression , but with the black-faced wolf-like dog following her she won loud applause . |
| 21 | She herself knew she could not have made much of a showing , bulky as she was , wearing the Peter Robinson gown , let out at the seams , her state disguised only by a light scarf . |
| 22 | He wished that he could have listened to their conversation , but he would not have made much of it if he had been sitting at the next table . |
| 23 | He insisted : ‘ I could not have made that statement . |
| 24 | But early users of the language would not have made such a distinction . |
| 25 | ‘ I should not have made such quick assumptions . ’ |
| 26 | We also acknowledge the tremendous response from our members and our Branches , for without their enthusiasm and organisation we could not have made this 50th anniversary such a financial success . |
| 27 | Should you not have made these calculations and blithely continue entering more stitch patterns , you will be given no warning that you are approaching the limit of the memory . |
| 28 | ‘ You should not have made these arrangements without my approval , Adam ! ’ |
| 29 | There was no mob rule or intimidation and Mr Cranley should not have made those remarks ’ . |
| 30 | Personally , I 'd not have made any heavyweight preparations but avoided giving any clues until the last moment . |