Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] have be lost " in BNC.
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| 1 | When pressed , he almost conceded that something of the original philosophy of the 1992 programme may have been lost . |
| 2 | The subtlety of his disagreement with the garden city lobby may have been lost on many , but the message in his final chapter was clear and unequivocal : ‘ Plan we must ’ . |
| 3 | Playful biting is usual in young puppies , but this trait should have been lost by the time they are about four-and-a-half months old . |
| 4 | Designed as a demonstration of bi-partite segregation between public and saloon , it lends itself poorly to unification , and the restorable public bar would have been lost in the process . |
| 5 | If I had swung round straight away , I do n't think she would have got beyond line two , and that moment would have been lost . |
| 6 | The surplus recorded in the parish register must have been lost through migration to other places . |
| 7 | Even if we were ultimately victorious at a public inquiry , the church would have suffered so grievously during the Waiting period that a large part of its artistic quality and integrity would have been lost . |
| 8 | Some recently acquired territory may have been lost at this time or soon after . |
| 9 | His fitness and determination ensured that he survived a journey on which a lesser man could have been lost without trace . |
| 10 | Many of the craft would have been lost and commandos were not hazarded in foolish risks , although often taking calculated chances . |
| 11 | An obvious corollary is that coins with a long circulation life will have been lost in greater proportions than coins with shorter circulation lifetimes . |
| 12 | Changes are usually evident in both , although in sheep which have just undergone " self cure " ( see below ) or are in a terminal stage of the disease , the bulk of the worm burden may have been lost from the abomasum . |
| 13 | ‘ And your form could have been lost . |
| 14 | But the project could have been lost to overseas had it not been for grant aid from the Welsh Office . |