Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] have [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman said : ‘ The damage may have been caused by the surf dragging them over the rocks . |
| 2 | The rise may have been achieved by shops slashing their prices to attract customers , said Nigel Whittaker , chairman of the CBI 's distributive trades panel . |
| 3 | Korda may have been touted as a gifted player , but he was hardly a household name . |
| 4 | Investigators say it 's possible the money may have been taken to Iraq or Turkey to buy refugee supplies on the spot . |
| 5 | The indemnity was described simply as a payment ‘ for making peace ’ , but it has been pointed out that the sum of £20,000 is close to the amount thought to have been extorted by the Scots from the northern counties of England over the years since Bannockburn , and the payment may have been seen as compensation for the destruction wrought in the north . |
| 6 | Near the end of the period gold coin may have been used in commercial transactions , but the dwindling supply of gold in western Europe caused a switch to silver as the principal precious metal . |
| 7 | Even the first printed edition of a text may have been altered by an editor , printer or typesetter . |
| 8 | Alternatively , the change may have been made by Wulfstan himself , in much the same way that in his different records of the Enham meeting he omitted from VI Æthelred death penalties contained in V Æthelred . |
| 9 | In her reply , Heim stresses the uncertainties of the case , and emphasises the possibility that Mr X 's apparent subnormality may have been linked to dyslexia , rather than a low IQ . |
| 10 | The figures suggest that some 1200 excess cases of leukaemia may have been caused in Britain by the Windscale accident , since leukaemia deaths account for some 15 per cent of cancers attributable to nuclear accidents , the total toll of cancer deaths suggested is 8000 . |
| 11 | The apparent lack of benefit of early angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor treatment in the CONSENSUS II trial may have been related to the design or to theoretical issues . |
| 12 | Such a collective presence may have been submerged at times , but did not necessarily disappear . |
| 13 | Also to early Christians the story may have been seen as an anticipation of the Last Supper . |
| 14 | His support may have been determined by the presence of Gundovald 's army in his cathedral city . |
| 15 | It does not even follow that the research base should have been developed in any institution of higher education . |
| 16 | Shadow health secretary David Blunkett protested that the ‘ record ’ 50p rise should have been announced in an oral statement to the House , giving members the chance to question it . |
| 17 | Sir Rhodes Boyson , the MP for Brent North , who has led the Tory backbench campaign to wring more funds from the Treasury , argued that more money should have been provided for next year . |
| 18 | Indeed , it is not surprising that a member of this particular grammatical category should have been brought into play here . |
| 19 | We were walk walking to erm the , down the high street and a plane went over , and erm , I think mum must have been saying to her about Aunty Jill being on holiday , and she went , ah , there 's Aunty Jill in the plane going to the city . |
| 20 | However , " consistency " does not mean that the normal course must have been followed on the occasion in question , otherwise it would be impossible to argue course of dealing in the case where it is most relevant . |
| 21 | It is realised now that your permission should have been obtained before disclosing such information and if any teacher does not wish this to happen in the future please notify the NDO — — without delay — hopefully with alternative suggestion for publicising your class . |
| 22 | Everything she had thrown in Luke 's direction should have been transferred to Rob , really . |
| 23 | However , why his ghost should have been attracted to the station and the area around the mess room has never been explained satisfactorily . |
| 24 | Tolkien must have been thinking of Njorthr the sea-god and Skathi , daughter of the mountain-giant , in Snorri Sturluson 's Prose Edda . |
| 25 | Veblen took pleasure in representing that in a society as dedicated to practical efficiency as the United States emulation should have been directed to the pursuit of objectives as conspicuously useless and therefore wasteful as gold or precious stones . |
| 26 | A brick should have been wrapped in that paper and then inserted well up Chamberlain 's fundamental orifice . |
| 27 | The book of Kings for instance must have been written after the last event it mentions — the release of King Jehoiachin from prison in 562 BC — yet it also relates the accession of Solomon , some 400 years earlier , as well as numerous events in between . |
| 28 | For some reason , the watch must have been doubled by his hated enemy Curtis . |
| 29 | Each clone must have been grown for at least 18 months at Kew before being distributed ; during this period , the plants are regularly inspected for disease and insects . |
| 30 | The budget should have been introduced by Chandra Shekhar 's government in February , but had been postponed due to Congress ( I ) pressure [ for details of Rao 's reform measures and the budget see p. 38337 ; for 1990 budget presented by the Singh government in March 1990 see pp. 37315-16 ] . |