Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [be] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | There should have been major expenditure on affordable provision , this would be a major factor in getting people back to work . ’ |
| 2 | There must have been twenty men on the back of the lorry in masks and carnival costumes . |
| 3 | Er , but that , there must have been enormous pressure on the scientist working in those great laboratories |
| 4 | Some of these straight orthocone nautiloids achieve considerable dimensions , several metres long , and they must have been formidable predators on the other marine animals of the time . |
| 5 | Dirty , bloodstained , and exhausted lords surrounded by brutal warriors , making their way from primitive wooden castles to austere monastic refuges , must have been common sights on the West Frankish roads . |
| 6 | I suppose some people might have but I think I did n't really want to face up to the fact that he might have been that man on the beach . ’ |
| 7 | Apart from that it could have been any accident on an urban road . |
| 8 | With an assumed growing population in early Anglo-Saxon England there would have been increasing pressure on rural resources , especially by the second half of the seventh century . |
| 9 | Monaghan came close to snatching victory but this would have been rough justice on Cavan who showed flair and fluency in the first half before fading . |
| 10 | A clause achieving this would be as follows : As regards voting in general meetings the holders of the Preference Shares shall be entitled to receive notice of , and to attend at , general meetings of the Company but shall not in respect of their holdings of such shares be entitled to vote upon any resolution unless : ( A ) there shall have been any Arrears on any Preference Shares or Preferred Ordinary Shares for more than two months on the date of the notice convening the meeting ; or ( B ) the Company , on any of the Redemption Dates under sub-paragraph ( d ) ( i ) below of this Article 2.2 , shall have failed or been unable to redeem all or any of the Preference Shares falling to be redeemed on any such Redemption Date ; or ( C ) the resolution is one which directly or indirectly varies , modifies , alters or abrogates any of the rights , privileges , limitations or restrictions attaching to the Preference Shares or " A " Ordinary Shares ; or ( D ) the resolution is for the winding up of the Company , the reduction of share capital , the approval of the giving of financial assistance or the purchase by it of any of its shares . |
| 11 | The best example I can give is one stretch on the Hampshire Avon . |