Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | The additions to his power in the course of the 1470s may have constituted a reassessment of his position , with the king 's perception of his role developing as the duke matured . |
| 32 | Fewer would have preferred a permanent job ( 29 per cent ) . |
| 33 | A recalcitrant refrigerator , an aching back , an eye stinging with pain , a wailing cat , any of these would have sapped a lesser woman 's determination . |
| 34 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
| 35 | These will have had a firm foundation in play and the talk that accompanies it , particularly if the learner has had the social and material opportunities provided by playgroup or nursery school . |
| 36 | LONDON Marathon founder Chris Brasher knows an athlete when he sees one and the former Great Britain international may have found a medal winner in the shape of Moving Out , who looks something to bet on at Uttoxeter this afternoon . |
| 37 | A rest in Ireland , a confession before the Jockey Club , possibly a new relationship — it all should have signified a break with the past , particularly the recent , unhappy past , but history ca n't be discarded like an old coat . |
| 38 | According to Levy and Reid the latter should have shown a LVF superiority . |
| 39 | Mrs Gotobed would have made a Will and Hepzibah and Mister Johnny would be safe in Druid 's Bottom for ever and ever … |
| 40 | A housing budget estimate for 1992/93 would have left a £643,000 deficit without an increase in rents . |
| 41 | The 5/ a week given in 1908 to those aged over seventy would have made a significant contribution to the pre-war family economy , but the Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women 's Organisations and members of the Fabian Women 's Group felt that this should be weighed against the increased friction caused by an old person coming into an already overcrowded home , pointing out that elderly people 's ideas of hygiene and childrearing might not be desirable , an argument that appealed to the infant welfare movement . |
| 42 | The fact that the subject matter was so dire must have posed a problem for the programmers . |
| 43 | In his memoirs he admitted that he had secretly aspired to it for decades , but had not pressed the issue for tactical reasons ( because it would have made him vulnerable to the charge of Bonapartism and perhaps also , as Debré argued in his memoirs , because popular election of the president in the circumstances of 1958 would have placed a majority of votes in the hands of the peoples of the French Community ) . |
| 44 | Winning entente floral would have meant a big tourism boost for cheltenham — so what went wrong ? |
| 45 | ‘ Yes , I suppose that would have irritated a Socialist Republican Feminist like you . ’ |
| 46 | George could have cabled Maxim , but that would have meant a cypher clerk at each end reading the material , and a letter by diplomatic bag would have taken at least thirty-six hours . |
| 47 | That would have punched a few holes in the City 's sang-froid , I can tell you . ’ |
| 48 | The advent of Dutch William in 1688 may have brought a Protestant ruler , but it brought one already embroiled in war with Louis XIV , and ended a period in which the offshore island had played small part in the struggles of continental Europe . |
| 49 | Any other old drunk would have got a corner on the fourth page . |
| 50 | Even if the food does arrive , even if Ethiopia 's overstretched infrastructure can manage to distribute it , the drought of 1982 will have dealt a devastating blow to the country 's hopes of feeding itself . |
| 51 | The following work carried out ( or directly and actively supervised ) : ( a ) either at least 60 personal injury instructions in the 5 years prior to the application or at least 36 personal injury instructions in the 3 years prior to the application — in either case , no more than half of the instructions should be in medical negligence cases ; ( b ) at least one personal injury case where the award or settlement was approved by the court because the plaintiff was under a disability , eg a child ; and ( c ) at least ten cases set down and ready for trial , of which at least two must have involved a dispute over liability . |
| 52 | Conceptions which in the 1960s might have precipitated a ‘ forced ’ marriage now either lead to abortion or , increasingly , to births in non-marital unions , concerning which more will be said later . |
| 53 | A study with the power to chow clearly that a 5% yield difference was truely present or absent would have required a prohibitely high number of 2336 study subjects ( power 80% ) . |
| 54 | But most would have sent a holidaymaker scurrying for his siesta . |
| 55 | A consultant paediatrician said the bruising would have caused a degree of distress when inflicted but it would have been temporary . |
| 56 | Most will have taken a Foundation course in Art and Design , but applicants from a wide range of backgrounds are welcome , including those applying direct from sixth forms . |
| 57 | F4 A minimum of two of your crew are fit and active and both will have completed a Fal Sail ‘ Introduction to Yachting ’ course the same year you 're taking the holiday . |