Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] could have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does not the Prime Minister think that that is a terrible indictment of the health policy of a Government who have been in power so long and could have made things so much better ? |
| 2 | ( b ) Provided the the kind of damage is reasonably foreseeable , it does not matter that it is more extensive than could have been foreseen . |
| 3 | In the face of criticism from the other judges of Angell and Pownall for overstepping their instructions , Burn thought that because ‘ of their experience and their minute examination of the plans , which was far more minute than could have been done by the judges ’ , it would be helpful to have their placings . |
| 4 | She was still distressed and could have wished that Mr. Crowther had waited a little longer before telling her about her inheritance , when the sadness and regret she felt about Aunt Alicia 's death was not so overpowering . |
| 5 | I do n't think my performances during the winter were as good as could have been expected . |
| 6 | But the choruses in L'incoronazione ( of Seneca 's household , Act II , SC.3 , of ‘ Consuli e Tribuni ’ in the penultimate scene ) are almost nugatory and could have been sung by a handful of soloists , while the instrumental ensemble in the best source , the manuscript in the Biblioteca Marciana , Venice , consists mainly of only two parts — perhaps taken by only one player each — over the basso continuo . |
| 7 | The dark cream also sets off the bright red roses well — had I chosen a white satin , card or fabric in a similar shade it would have been too bright and could have detracted from the frame . |