Example sentences of "but it [modal v] also have " in BNC.

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1 But it may also have had something to do with the fact that the Independent co-sponsored the exhibition .
2 But it may also have to do with the so-called sports that were on display .
3 Not only did professionalism provide an efficient conduct of business , but it may also have tended , by its nature , to some mitigation of the competitiveness of international life .
4 The growing hostility between Richard and the Stanleys after 1484 can be explained in terms of the king 's policies , but it may also have owed something to the frictions of the previous fifteen years .
5 Officer ( 36 ) : the word is usually translated " eunuch " , as in the New English Bible , but it may also have the more general meaning of " court official# , which is more likely here in view of Potiphar 's marriage .
6 Cambodia made Schanberg but it may also have marred him .
7 The growing hostility between Richard and the Stanleys after 1484 can be explained in terms of the king 's policies , but it may also have owed something to the frictions of the previous fifteen years .
8 The unlawfulness was generally to be found in the offence of unlawful assembly , but it might also have been another offence such as nuisance caused by obstruction of the highway .
9 Not only would this have amounted to abandonment of a well-established principle ( not a thing welcome to lawyers ) , but it would also have threatened the stability of contracts of sale .
10 In this case a gold frame was chosen to match another picture in the bedroom , but it would also have looked attractive in a pastel pink frame or one made from pine or a darker wood , depending on the room for which it was intended .
11 The draft directive has , however , been criticised because not only would it extend data protection to manual data such as card indexes exempt under much existing legislation but it would also have a substantial impact on charities which depend on direct mail to get support and sponsorship .
12 The thought of risk and high danger was exciting but it must also have been distorting .
13 Another exception to the proposed pattern , is the 34 acre town at Caister-by-Yarmouth ; this is the only town apart from Brough-on-Humber , which occupied an exposed position on the east coast , vulnerable to sea-raiders and it probably required this protection , but it must also have had a special relationship with the nearby Saxon Shore fort at Burgh Castle .
14 But it could also have been just an ordinary large cloud , ’ said Markku Konttinen of the Finnish Meteorological Institute .
15 Such a copious supply of pure water would have been beneficial to the occupants , but it could also have been the centre of a water cult .
16 It 's magic , of course , and it brings great benefit to us but it could also have terrible dangers in store for us — just like magic carpets !
17 He says it could be an accident , but it could also have been caused by another person .
18 But it can also have extremely negative connotations , as in ‘ She is a difficult person to work with ; she is too feminine ’ .
19 Not only must the firm contemplating selling overseas be versed in the economics , law and politics of a foreign country , but it will also have to understand the more subtle , less tangible , meanings , values and languages of the culture itself .
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