Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [modal v] [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unlikely , but some creditors may yet have to sue for their money . |
| 2 | Some of the radioactive krypton isotopes with half-lives of a few hours may also have been released ( US NUREG-0558 , 1979 ) . |
| 3 | Some readers may therefore have identified them as the police officers referred to in our article of May 13 , 1986 . |
| 4 | Micritic carbonates such as those from mud build-ups and some calcretes may also have cryptic textures which can be revealed by gentle etching with a dilute acid ( e.g. 5% hydrochloric acid ) . |
| 5 | Primitive their house certainly was , with its earthen floor , mud walls , thatched roof and rude furniture ; but it was imbued by those two remarkable and lovable people with a warmth that few homes can ever have equalled . |
| 6 | This obligatory military involvement , though a burden which some clergy would willingly have evaded , was for others doubtless a proud duty or welcome excitement ; not many of those assembled actually saw battle , but their association with this medieval ‘ home guard ’ must surely have blurred the distinction between clergy and laymen , with ambiguous and some unfortunate results : more popular they may have been , but equally more vulnerable when sentiment turned , as it did , against both war and the clergy . |
| 7 | In free as well as in pauper apprenticeship corporal punishment was allowed within reason , and the treatment of the " chimney boys " was as notorious as that of the factory children , for in both cases youngsters were being consigned to labour in conditions in which few parents would willingly have placed them . |
| 8 | Over its last two decades , slight improvement in some areas may well have been offset by a measure of decline in industrialising areas like the west Midlands and south Lancashire . |
| 9 | It would create unfair trading as some buyers may already have reached their 90-claim limit . |
| 10 | And a bounce in the region 's economy over the next few years will soon have the city on the mend . |
| 11 | Swindle was too crude , for if the plan worked , no one would lose a penny ; all that would have happened was that a few banks would inadvertently have lent them money for an undefined period . |
| 12 | After four and a quarter years , some firms will already have had at least two visits and many in category 1 will be facing a second visit in the near future . |
| 13 | Some sacks will also have an extension at the top of the main compartment made from lighter fabric which is known as a snow lock . |
| 14 | Some patients may also have surgery which causes them fear , anxiety or grief ( e.g. surgery for malignant conditions , disfiguring surgery to face , mastectomy ) . |
| 15 | Some gorges may once have been underground caverns , the roofs of which have collapsed . |
| 16 | Something like the last few sentences must however have been at least a part of Tolkien 's intention . |
| 17 | Some diabetics may also have underlying familial forms of hypertriglyceridaemia per se ( Brunzell et al , 1979 ) . |
| 18 | He reviewed the changes made during his period as Soviet leader saying that " a totalitarian system which deprived the country of an opportunity to become wealthy and prosperous a long time ago has been liquidated " , and he expressed his hopes for the future : " Some mistakes could probably have been avoided , much been done better , but I am sure that sooner or later our shared efforts will achieve results . " |
| 19 | Some eels may then have discovered the richness of food to be found in estuaries and rivers and started spending the main part of their lives there . |
| 20 | Few mountaineers can ever have experienced more bitter frustration . |
| 21 | Some sculptors might well have been attracted to Aphrodisias by its superior marble supplies , and perhaps by commissions . |
| 22 | Some predators might also have a fairly regular path and type of approach , as well as an individual hunting style . |
| 23 | Retrospectively , therefore , some Minors might well have become later candidates for Major status . |
| 24 | Some practices may already have small departments , possibly of one partner and a fee earner , whose principal work is in the area of personal injury . |
| 25 | But such institutions could well have exercised a restraining influence on some groups of workers . |
| 26 | Such meetings will also have a social function , bringing agents together for a few days to exchange ideas , discuss common problems and be made to feel part of the company . |
| 27 | Exposure to teaching by other staff might also increase motivation in those nurses who do not themselves normally participate in teaching , and such improvements may also have financial benefits in the longer term through overall increases in efficiency . |
| 28 | Such cases will often have been treated as acute cystitis for a day or two , and may present to the casualty department or emergency room with a bladder so swollen that it mimics a twenty week pregnancy . |
| 29 | The important thing to note is that such words will only have a value charge as part of their standard meaning , if the users of the language mostly have a certain shared attitude to what answers to the descriptive meaning . |
| 30 | There was probably no ( easy ) alternative to the use of temporary workers ; and if they were to be employed , at least such workers should otherwise have the same rights as regular workers . |