Example sentences of "[adv] have [been] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the letter had been burnt in the presence of all the members of the family immediately after being read , then the copy could only have been sent to him before they received it , by the person who went to pick it up from the rubbish skip . |
| 2 | Oliver North to Iran , travelling on Irish passports , to organize the sale of TOW missiles and launchers to the Iranian government in exchange for the release of American hostages ; details of money transfers and bank accounts , with dates and places — most of it based on incidents and conversations that could only have been known to the Iranian or American negotiators . |
| 3 | For decades after , Walsall remained the famous name in giant-killing folklore , a kind of perverse tribute to Arsenal 's greatness , but with other , more recent , spectacular Cup exits , notably that of Leeds United at the hands of Colchester in 1971 , the Walsall ghost may finally have been laid to rest . |
| 4 | The existence of the charge will normally have been revealed to the purchaser either by the results of its initial company search against the vendor or through the disclosure exercise . |
| 5 | Barry Henderson , senior manager in charge of the new company , explains : ‘ These sites would normally have been sold to developers or owner/occupiers by JS but the new company will keep their profits in-house . |
| 6 | By Spring of this year our beloved M twenty five will already have been widened to four lanes from the M three to the M forty and in November the Department of Transport 's plans for the three lane link roads between the section between the M four and M forty were displayed locally in Uxbridge and places like that . |
| 7 | Some thought will already have been given to this in deciding how many priorities will be tackled in the coming year . |
| 8 | Students of form will already have been alerted to Lacotte 's potential following an eyecatching second to Lord President on the July Course last summer . |
| 9 | It is quite unlike the Trojan origin which may already have been attributed to the Franks as a result of imperial diplomacy , and suggests that the Merovingian dynasty did not come to the fore as a result of its connections with Rome . |
| 10 | EVANDER HOLYFIELD knows that he might already have been consigned to the freak section of world heavyweight championship history had Mike Tyson taken no for an answer in that Indianapolis hotel room . |
| 11 | His mission , in so far as it was to reconcile the Nationalists and Communists , was a failure and indeed could hardly have been expected to be otherwise . |
| 12 | This must mean that subsidence has been steady , for any halts in subsidence should have resulted in the formation of fringing reefs which would later have been converted to barrier reefs by renewed subsidence . |
| 13 | If the term disorganized capitalism is useful in describing a new set of relations , then some of these relations have changed at a level which might traditionally have been assigned to superstructure — at the levels of ideology or civil society , although these terms will require subsequent careful discussion . |
| 14 | It will probably have been sold to you by an insurance broker or insurance company salesman and , at time of buying , you will have had a choice of four different types of investment policy : with profits , unit linked , deposit administration and non-profit policy . |
| 15 | Judging by the small holes it would probably have been attached to either wood or leather . |
| 16 | We may also have been exposed to the virus in the past through blood transfusion or donor inseminations . |
| 17 | People living near about 50 American weapons manufacturing and testing sites may also have been exposed to carcinogenic radiation , the fund said . |
| 18 | However , the emergence of this pattern may also have been related to the growth of higher education itself , and its increasing involvement in professional fields in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries ; for it was the practice element which existed first , in the form of on-the-job training , and the preparatory theoretical elements which were added subsequently , as higher education became more and more involved . |
| 19 | The rhythmic spontaneous contractions in the upper oesophagus may also have been related to acid gastro-oesophageal reflux , because sometimes the contraction sequences were preceded by increased oesophageal baseline pressure ( due to a common cavity phenomenon or inadequate clearance of the swallowed bolus ) ; moreover half of the patients had signs of reflux oesophagitis . |
| 20 | Other material common to D and E may also have been added to the Cnut entries in Canterbury in the 1040s or 1050s , perhaps from existing annals . |
| 21 | In fact , if the problem is set within the context of an evidently powerful late-tenth-century Danish monarchy , it is difficult to believe that Harald Bluetooth or his son could not have introduced a naval system had they wished , and when the concern about the country 's southern land defences is remembered , along with the importance that must also have been attached to protection from sea-borne attack , it might seem more likely than not that they did wish . |
| 22 | Since it would have been unlikely that many property offenders would have been able to pay the fines that he advocated , they would mostly have been subjected to the forced labour that he proposed as the alternative . |
| 23 | Fortunately those of my friends who knew me before were only amused by this foolish description and there was no general resentment of my peerage , which could properly have been attributed to many services that I had given to the government — of both colours . |
| 24 | There is no evidence that at any of these houses Smythson was involved on the same day-to-day basis as at Longleat and Wollaton ; his contribution must often have been limited to the provision of a set of plans and elevations , which were liable to alteration at the whim of the patron and executive craftsmen . |
| 25 | Of these some would inevitably have been admitted to long-stay residential or hospital care , but perhaps 80 would still be living in the community , 30–40 on their own . |
| 26 | The closing date for obtaining tickets has now passed and all money and unsold tickets should by now have been sent to Cicely Harris or Hilda Lodge , with the names of your guests . |
| 27 | A year ago he was promising economic growth in the UK , which should by now have been accelerating to three per cent per year but , of course , it never happened . |
| 28 | Most probably the Linear A inscriptions are in the pre-Hellenic language of the Minoans , which may well have been related to languages spoken in south-west Anatolia , such as Luvian or Hittite . |
| 29 | Some sculptors might well have been attracted to Aphrodisias by its superior marble supplies , and perhaps by commissions . |
| 30 | It was found in a Late Helladic IIIA context , dating to 1400–1300 BC , yet it seems to be of Minoan workmanship or inspiration ; it may well have been brought to the mainland by proud Mycenean conquerors as booty . |