Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their views may have been coloured by the fact that they found evidence of significant misreporting of publication data in some areas , to the extent that they suggest automatically lowering research ratings as a penalty for discovered deliberate misreporting . |
| 2 | Their views may have been coloured by the fact that they found evidence of significant misreporting of publication data in some areas , to the extent that they suggest automatically lowering research ratings as a penalty for discovered deliberate misreporting . |
| 3 | Decorated metalwork and pottery can , in addition , be studied by the measurement of elements in designs to determine which objects may have been made at the same source , using the same tools , or even by the same craftsman . |
| 4 | Thomas Arnold , although the significance and peculiarity of his personal achievement at Rugby may have been exaggerated , typified the attempt to meet the demands of a rising middle class by moving the local grammar schools into the national , or ‘ public ’ , category . |
| 5 | A spokesman said : ‘ The damage may have been caused by the surf dragging them over the rocks . |
| 6 | The rise may have been achieved by shops slashing their prices to attract customers , said Nigel Whittaker , chairman of the CBI 's distributive trades panel . |
| 7 | Korda may have been touted as a gifted player , but he was hardly a household name . |
| 8 | The plaintiff 's remuneration may have been based partly or even wholly on commission on orders obtained , or in the case of more senior employees upon the turnover of the business or some part of the business . |
| 9 | Therefore , the empirical evidence suggesting that reliable signals of each actor 's state are not seen in the course of animal conflicts may have been misinterpreted . |
| 10 | Oldham 's task at Gateshead may have been eased by the Tynesiders ' dismissal earlier this week of their American guard , Darryl Thomas . |
| 11 | Investigators say it 's possible the money may have been taken to Iraq or Turkey to buy refugee supplies on the spot . |
| 12 | By that time the money may have been dissipated . |
| 13 | The indemnity was described simply as a payment ‘ for making peace ’ , but it has been pointed out that the sum of £20,000 is close to the amount thought to have been extorted by the Scots from the northern counties of England over the years since Bannockburn , and the payment may have been seen as compensation for the destruction wrought in the north . |
| 14 | He must have been well placed to advance from the re-establishment of his supremacy over the Picts in 672 to the imposition of it also on the Scots , and an opportunity may have been provided when Domangart was slain in 673 and his nephew , Máeldúin , son of Conall Crandomna , became king . |
| 15 | By May 1982 another thousand adverse reactions may have been reported . |
| 16 | And Harold Furth , Director of the Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory made similar remarks : ‘ Whatever the reality and utility of ‘ test-tube fusion energy ’ , some progress may have been made … in focusing the world 's attention on the potential value of a realistic long-term strategy for the achievement of the fusion energy goal . ’ |
| 17 | But my judgement may have been clouded … |
| 18 | In some cases the overlay will not be completely accurate as the different maps may have been produced at different times by different teams of surveyors . |
| 19 | Near the end of the period gold coin may have been used in commercial transactions , but the dwindling supply of gold in western Europe caused a switch to silver as the principal precious metal . |
| 20 | Some indication of the position which the courts may take is provided by the recent , although pre-1989 Act , decision : |
| 21 | Thus , we can not rule out the possibility that the increased risk of coronary heart disease among young men with no teeth may have been related to previous dental decay . |
| 22 | Even the first printed edition of a text may have been altered by an editor , printer or typesetter . |
| 23 | Parliament may have been intending to legislate in such all-embracing terms . |
| 24 | Differential compaction of the peat and silt may have been involved as well . |
| 25 | Given a tree not in the base , determining which sequence of transformations may have been applied to generate this tree . |
| 26 | Alternatively , the change may have been made by Wulfstan himself , in much the same way that in his different records of the Enham meeting he omitted from VI Æthelred death penalties contained in V Æthelred . |
| 27 | The Act recognizes the possibility that back-up copies may have been made . |
| 28 | So the stick may have been used both audibly to establish speed , and visibly during the course of a piece . |
| 29 | To what natural laws or secondary causes the orderly succession and progression of such organic phenomena may have been committed we are as yet ignorant . |
| 30 | What is even worse , however , is that as the two fonts may have been prepared from different masters there could be subtle variations between them — even though they are notionally the same typeface . |