Example sentences of "[vb infin] been [verb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | You said yourself , that hole could have been made at any time . |
| 2 | These would probably have been deposited at different times , and the detailed examination of their contents will , in theory , reveal a progression of different parts of a coinage ; if one or more of these parts can be attached to an absolute date , it should be possible to estimate a date for the other parts in the progression or sequence . |
| 3 | It was indulging in a relatively straightforward exercise in civil engineering which could have been undertaken at any time during the last 100 years or more . |
| 4 | Had the plans for a third London airport in the Thames estuary gone ahead , the land could doubtless have been developed at considerable profit . |
| 5 | Not much enlightenment there ; the same reply could have been given at any time in the past four years . |
| 6 | Some recently acquired territory may have been lost at this time or soon after . |
| 7 | He said the entrance should not have been in the centre , but a little door should have been built at one side . |
| 8 | To meet this point I think one must say that Bentham 's view was , in effect , that a right action must not only do more good than harm , but must also be such that neither the particular good it does , nor any other comparable good which might have substituted for it , could have been achieved at less cost in terms of harm done . |
| 9 | This will have been achieved at modest cost with , it seems likely , triumphant results . |
| 10 | Had our patient been subjected to an exploratory laparotomy during the initial admission the diaphragmatic tear would have been diagnosed at that time . |
| 11 | Det Chief Insp Dave Sinclair , of Wiltshire CID , said : ‘ He could have been shot at close range to the device and staggered 20 yards away before collapsing . ’ |
| 12 | Horne could have been killed at any hour . |
| 13 | In the case of an indemnifier who is not a consumer , the question to be asked is whether , in the absence of the indemnity , the indemnitee would have been obliged at common law to compensate the indemnifier for the economic loss suffered as a result of having to pay out on the third party claim . |
| 14 | Lloyd de Mause reports that ‘ the earliest lives I have found of children who may not have been beaten at all date from 1690 ’ . |
| 15 | The police officer agreed Anderson would have been charged at that stage if there had been sufficient evidence . |
| 16 | As judicial proceedings are thought to have been held at prominent landmarks , legal decisions could have been held at prominent landmarks , legal decisions could have been made in the vicinity of Loyal centuries ago . |
| 17 | Thereafter the time was never judged to be ripe although we were told in oral evidence that , subject to the availability of Ministers , a Defence Committee [ i.e. OD ] meeting could have been held at any time , if necessary at short notice . |
| 18 | In some cases the overlay will not be completely accurate as the different maps may have been produced at different times by different teams of surveyors . |
| 19 | Nor need this group have been composed of the same households throughout : as the fortunes of different employments fluctuated so different groups could have been included at different times . |
| 20 | He might have been discarded at international level by Ireland boss Jack Charlton . |
| 21 | The 1031 annal on Cnut 's visits to Rome and Scotland could have been inserted at this time too . |
| 22 | Dunkirk , Boulogne and Calais , through which British munitions and troops could pass in growing numbers , might have been taken at little cost during the Germans ' initial advance , now they would have to be fought for . |
| 23 | Butler-Sloss LJ said that the meaning of the words " trade secrets " had developed since Herbert Morris v Saxelby and was now interpreted in the wider context of " highly confidential information of a non-technical or non-scientific nature … " . 1.4 The employee 's skill and knowledge Although the courts are anxious to uphold the employer 's right to have his business secrets protected they have ensured that the employee is not prevented from using , once he has left his employer , the general skill and knowledge which he has acquired during employment even though this may have been acquired at some cost to the employer . |
| 24 | The Prime Minister 's threat appeared to seek a weakening of the opposition demands , but may also have been directed at hardline elements in the Communist Party reluctant to yield any further to the opposition . |
| 25 | Choose one of the four and try to work out what he or she must have been doing at each stage of the carnival . |
| 26 | That creature must have been travelling at 60 miles per hour . |