Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] easily have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it might so easily have been ‘ killed ’ ! |
| 2 | This was an unreasonable wish since it was not clear that such a leader would be available and the effect of defeat might as easily have been an undesirable fudging of economic issues and a gerrymandering of constitutional issues . |
| 3 | This book , which might as easily have been entitled The Triumph of Realism , might equally have been subtitled The Return of the Native . |
| 4 | In between the Oaks and the Elms darted the Silver Birches , slender and frivolous-looking , with wild , shining white hair that streamed out behind them and mischievous features and trailing garments that might have been some kind of cloth , but might as easily have been simply their pale leaves . |
| 5 | Yet the role of the caucus members and the DGM clearly lent a continuity to the lengthy process of planning closure which might otherwise easily have been lost . |
| 6 | I once witnessed an incident that could so easily have been avoided if the pilot had considered a downwind landing as a possible option . |
| 7 | It was the paparazzi who trailed her , but it could so easily have been terrorists . |
| 8 | Obviously I felt for him , I would n't have been too delighted if our positions had been reversed ; and they could so easily have been . |
| 9 | Even the jar looked costly , Alida thought , chalice-shaped , gilt-lidded and made out of what could so easily have been milk-glass . |
| 10 | Had it not been for the empty little bottle in the pocket of her skirt — which could so easily have been swept away by the waves — the fisherman 's description of the likely accident would have satisfied everyone . |
| 11 | This could so easily have been a recommendable mid-price set of Mozart 's mature Piano and Violin Sonatas , but it is arguably put out of court by the early digital recording ( made between 1975 and 1978 ) which gives the violin an unpleasant rough edgy tone . |
| 12 | And it could so easily have been a suicidal career move . |
| 13 | The criticism in New Zealand of their own side after the 24–21 First Test win , that could so easily have been a defeat , was deafening . |
| 14 | A dumb Brummie , a tough-nut Geordie , a light-fingered Scouser , a cheeky Cockernee — it could so easily have been a clichéd mess . |
| 15 | Polston 's goal grabbed the headlines but it could so easily have been Villa 's Garry Parker who was the hero of the night . |
| 16 | It ended up a deserved win , thankfully , but it could so easily have been a draw . |
| 17 | Paige felt sorry for her ; they could so easily have been friends , but for Lori 's jealousy . |
| 18 | It could so easily have been him — or her ! |
| 19 | Oh oh and my project could so easily have been ruined . |
| 20 | The wider interests of disabled people could not easily have been taken into account in that case but they were undoubtedly relevant . |
| 21 | Likewise ‘ Give AIDS The Freeze ’ and ‘ Over Our Dead Bodies ’ on the handling of the AIDS epidemic by the medical fraternity and the media could as easily have been made here , where even the issue of access to condoms renders public representatives apoplectic . |
| 22 | What he was saying could as easily have been a lecture delivered to a silent class : the starchy language , the self-satisfied delivery . |
| 23 | It could quite easily have been the job connection that led to her life-long friendship with comedian , Jimmy Tarbuck . |
| 24 | That , too , may have been reactive to Modernism and Bloomsbury , which were certainly coteries , though in a land traditionally sceptical of manifestoes and cynical about self-advertisement it may as easily have been the reassertion of an ancient mistrust . |