Example sentences of "[modal v] have [vb pp] a new " in BNC.

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1 Only if the government of the day was prepared to fund an idea which could have secured a new source of energy , and helped revitalise a region , would the barrage dream have become a reality .
2 I think I could have bought a new washer in place of all the vibrators he 's bought .
3 In addition to the mycoplasma , Taylor-Robinson thinks he may have found a new anaerobic bacterium ( one that can not live in the presence of oxygen ) which also seems to be associated with NGU .
4 Scientists may have found a new vaccine for malaria .
5 The health service may have acquired a new set of Thatcherite clothes : the bulky form beneath is still that of Nye Bevan .
6 This would have appointed a new executive committee which , in turn , would have chosen a new chairman .
7 It went on : ‘ Both parties regret that this is the case , as a successful outcome would have created a new and unique financial services group .
8 It is no secret that many business leaders would have preferred a new assertive Chancellor .
9 Both Bills would have preserved the deprave-and-corrupt test , significant in itself , but would have added a new test , sufficient in its own right for the work to be deemed obscene .
10 If a Labour Prime Minister had died or retired whilst in office the Parliamentary Party election procedure would have produced a new leader .
11 3 S + V ( conditional perfect ) + if + S + V ( past perfect tense ) : I would have bought a new car if I had had enough money .
12 It is also possible to express condition through subject-verb inversion in rather more formal or literary style : Had I had enough money I would have bought a new car .
13 This would have appointed a new executive committee which , in turn , would have chosen a new chairman .
14 Now when retirement comes I shall have built a new life for myself and also be able to manage on a lower income .
15 Users of the main car park at Park Royal will have noticed a new fence at the back of the site .
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