Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [vb pp] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should have waited for a better moment instead of acting impulsively . |
| 2 | Administrative changes during the late nineteenth century should have resulted in a higher proportion of cases being reported . |
| 3 | Audit new systems : evaluate present systems to identify mistakes and hence avoid their repetition and to identify areas where a small resource input might have led to a larger benefit . |
| 4 | I mean he tried the Forest defence out on the left-hand side t to start with switched the player and got young Lewis in and really Forest could have done with a better ball er sorry Leicester could have done with a better final ball from Lewis . |
| 5 | I mean he tried the Forest defence out on the left-hand side t to start with switched the player and got young Lewis in and really Forest could have done with a better ball er sorry Leicester could have done with a better final ball from Lewis . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think you could have thought of a better way of rewarding her , she seems such an independent little thing . ‘ |
| 7 | This sum of money could have resulted in a further 12 bottle banks being introduced into the district and the extension of the composting trial in urban areas to another 200 dwellings . |
| 8 | New techniques and organization of land may have led to a better diet . |
| 9 | He proved his stamina when bolting up at Newbury , but I just prefer TOP SPIN , who would have benefitted from a stronger gallop when chasing home Dare To Dream in a decent race at Lingfield . |
| 10 | The records are not hand-written ; they are more focused and less personal due to the wider audience , the variety of sources that can input to a debate is world-wide and some avenues of thought will survive through this to meet success which would have withered in a smaller community ; response time is faster and , confident in the formal date stamping and public manner of their input , scientists are more willing to share information earlier . |
| 11 | But there are grounds for arguing that in the UK case a considerably better productivity record would have resulted in a smaller absolute fall . |
| 12 | Deakin was a striker who found the net regularly and the evidence suggests that , had he been at a bigger club , he would have benefited from a better service and become a prolific scorer . |
| 13 | ‘ If the indicators for the first quarter remain flat or suggest a further fall in output , then the time will have come for a further cut in interest rates , by another 1 per cent or more . ’ |
| 14 | For , when Achilles reaches the point from which the tortoise starts , the tortoise will have advanced to a farther point . |