Example sentences of "an [noun sg] that [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so the telegram was sent , a come-uppance which deserves quotation as an act that may have saved the world from early extinction by sheer megalomania : ‘ I deeply regret that it becomes my duty as president and Commander-in-Chief of the United States military forces to replace you as Supreme Commander , Allied Powers ; Commander-in-Chief , United Nations Command ; Commander-in-Chief , Far East ; and Commanding General , U. S. Army Far East . |
| 2 | I would n't call those highly inventive moves mere dancing ; they bordered on an act that would have had the best strip-tease artists in the country seething with jealousy . |
| 3 | This was obviously an issue that could have affected other EPHs , and , after consultation with the OIC and the responsible officers at the department headquarters , it was agreed to pursue the development of a user requirement that would reflect the needs of this establishment and others within the local authority as a whole . |
| 4 | And 69 Members ( including the tellers ) voted for an amendment that would have made permanent television conditional on the provision of such a channel . |
| 5 | ’ How unwelcome an epitaph that would have been . |
| 6 | What an event that would have been . |
| 7 | I think where the dilemma emerges is in finding equity for an entity that may have had its balance sheet shot to hell in the recession but may now have a strong future to go forward on . |
| 8 | The pragmatist will insist that the state is not an entity that can have principles to compromise . |
| 9 | It was not however for geographical reasons an acknowledgement that could have been applied across the Atlantic ; and subsequent history in the British Isles emphasised a rider or refinement without which the axiom itself is not complete . |
| 10 | His next sentence unobtrusively removed an argument that might have been used against me in the leadership contest . |
| 11 | An operation that could have ended the War early , failed . |
| 12 | An invention that might have been made by the chemical industry 50 years previously , was ultimately forced on it from outside . |
| 13 | If a local authority wished to open a new senior citizens ' home it would seem unreasonable to burden the current year 's community charge/council tax payers with the full cost of an asset that might have , say , 50 years ' useful life . |
| 14 | Then , in an aside that could have been uttered by one of her own vampires , she adds , ‘ If I fail I will destroy myself . ’ |
| 15 | It was an image that must have haunted Minton for he told Nevile Wallis : ‘ I remember it since I was fourteen as it used to hang in my schoolroom . ’ |
| 16 | Roy Cohn , twenty-seven , with a legal background , was the more serious of the two , with an unappealing scowl and an arrogance that would have befitted a crown prince of Prussia . |
| 17 | It can identify the brief passage of an animal that might have run across the ground in front of it several hours previously . |
| 18 | Sir , I would like to correct an impression that may have been given in the Science Fiction , Horror and Fantasy round-up ( 2nd April ) regarding sales of James Herbert 's Portent in hardback . |
| 19 | An office that might have been occupied by the Personnel Manager of the factory in Dartford . |
| 20 | Jamie asked whether she could make it slightly later , giving him time to finish an essay that should have been completed during the summer vacation . |