Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [modal v] [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , in that second of hushed silence before the screen and fanfare blaze out , there came from the middle of the auditorium a huge and shocked voice ‘ What the fookin''ell are yo ’ doin' ? ' , followed almost at once by two mighty smacks that could only have been someone being hit . |
| 2 | That will be possible because I made the scheme more flexible , so the FHSAs are allowed to use the funds that would previously have been limited to practice premises and ancillary staff to support the continued development and expansion of computerisation of primary health care . |
| 3 | The new ceiling enabled the War Office to retain some extra units that would otherwise have been disbanded . |
| 4 | He could have side-stepped the issue completely , but he chose to give a frank response , dismissing as ‘ garbage ’ a Federal Bureau of Narcotics ' pamphlet which described marijuana as ‘ a powerful narcotic in which lurks murder , insanity and death ’ , words that might well have been taken as a reference to events in Hollywood , because they were almost identical to words used by the mass media in descriptions of Manson . |
| 5 | Climbing up on to a high bastion , I looked down over the shimmering interior of the fort and thought of the words that must once have been a set text for the cavalrymen stationed here : |
| 6 | The BSS UK dismisses any suggestion that use of the Beltex as a terminal sire will lead to more lambing problems ; so far those who have used Beltex rams for crossing report no more incidence of assisted lambings than would normally have been dealt with . |
| 7 | Pictures that could only have come from the Americans or the British , ’ Kragan answered warily . |
| 8 | The role of pension funds in this outflow is often taken as indicative for , since the mid-1960s , pension funds have become the main channel for employees ' long-term savings and their overseas investment is sometimes seen as a ‘ diversion ’ of savings that could otherwise have been used to finance productive investment in British industry . |
| 9 | ( In fact , Mr Duroselle seems almost to believe that the worst aspect of colonialism was the way it divided European nations that might otherwise have come together . ) |
| 10 | It was fortunate that the longer wheelbase cars had been removed to work on the Sutton route as they were longer and of larger capacity than the Corporation cars and would certainly have given trouble on the section between Selby Road and West Croydon , which was all single track with short passing loops . |
| 11 | I 'm a sucker for pretty wood finishes and would probably have requested a much more translucent look than the one I see here . |
| 12 | At present , the field has six production wells and four injectors but will eventually have 18 producers and nine injectors by 1998 . |
| 13 | The argument here is essentially that a gradation scheme might lead to a lighter sentence in certain cases than would otherwise have been imposed . |
| 14 | No data are available to show how long fluid persists in severe cases that would normally have been listed for surgery . |
| 15 | Robina Fairfax 's mouth opened in a smile which revealed teeth that could only have been her own , so variously coloured and oddly shaped were they . |
| 16 | Despite all the rational discussions that might ideally have been held before taking on tenancies , there 's nearly always one who takes liberties like this . |
| 17 | Yet the Africanness of those wars has meanwhile been obscured by the outbreak in Europe of tribal fights that would once have been dismissed as typically African . |
| 18 | The comparison between the canals and railways was most graphically drawn by Mr W.F. Martin of the Mountsorrel Granite Company , one of the companies that could conceivably have benefited much from an improved canal , when giving evidence to the Royal Commission of 1906 . |
| 19 | After that , there was a series of horrific , shaming cameos that could only have come from the unconscious . |
| 20 | Some archosaur fossils showed that one species , the longisquamata ( ‘ long-scales ’ ) , possessed heat-insulating scales that possibly also trapped air-pockets and may well have been the forerunners of feathers . |
| 21 | This no doubt guaranteed their trustworthiness to their new comrades and may well have persuaded them that if communism was for their brothers then it would do for them too . |
| 22 | A keen jurist — like Mr Lang — Mr Toubon forced the respect of the Socialist majority in National Assembly debates on legal matters and would happily have taken over the Ministry of Justice in the new Government . |
| 23 | Children will be pulled in two directions between their natural parents and may well have tense relationships with their step-parents . |
| 24 | A specialist addiction unit based upon the principles of the Anonymous Fellowships will have knowledge of the compulsive nature of eating disorders and will also have an awareness of how family members and other well-intentioned helpers may unwittingly enable the disease to continue . |
| 25 | The CDs average about 55 minutes and could easily have permitted inclusion of all the Tangos recorded by Domingo or all the selections from Wunderlich 's Heliodor Viennese Song recital . |
| 26 | Everton , inspired throughout by Peter Beardsley , killed off the game by romping into a 3–0 lead in 38 minutes and could easily have doubled it . |
| 27 | Many district councils also offer welfare advice and fund community development programmes , and some voluntary agencies , including the Citizen 's Advice Bureau and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children , are involved in activities and may even have statutory powers which are similar to those of councils in this area . |
| 28 | This case of pistols was the last and longest-surviving of the Collector 's many treasures from the Exhibition , and really , he thought , with the possible exception of the velocipede which had inspired the trace of fortifications , the only one to have been of any use ; most of the others , of course , were now immovably set in the dried mud ramparts and could only have been recovered with a pick . |
| 29 | Others received a tough lecture on the dangers and might just have learnt to think again . |
| 30 | Others received a tough lecture on the dangers and might just have learnt to think again . |