Example sentences of "not have been [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was thirty-one years later and recent scholarship has questioned whether the anecdote might not have been a retrospective invention . |
| 2 | Certainly it would not have been a respectable person , such as Hilbert 's gardener or cleaner , but most likely some unemployed derelict Adam had met in a pub . |
| 3 | Here , this view becomes converted into the argument that the refusal of treatment may not have been a rational decision or may not appear to others to have been so . |
| 4 | Certainly it would not have been a viable proposition if it had run into serious trouble within a year or so of its launch . |
| 5 | But although ‘ Tuxy ’ Girdle may not have been a youthful Hooligan , it did emerge that he had been running whores and he received a substantial sentence of penal servitude for the assault on the man whom the gang had suspected of being a police spy . |
| 6 | ‘ From a planning point of view it would not have been a major worry , although only the force staging the original tie could police the second replay because all the liaison work for the first match would have been done . |
| 7 | There is the possibility of some influence from craftsmen working to the south , around Water Newton , who specialised in the manufacture of geometric designs , but their work was based largely upon lozenge configurations and can not have been a major source of inspiration . |
| 8 | These grand buildings , both seminary and church , set in one of the most important squares in the city , could not have been a clearer statement from the victors of the Battle of the White Mountain . |
| 9 | But I do not mean to suggest either , he wrote , that it was all waiting and no doing , all sitting and no action , for though it was impossible to tell when the beginning would come , indeed , he wrote , there could not have been a real beginning if it had been possible to tell , for if it had been possible to tell that would have meant that there had already been a beginning , no , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , occasionally things were done , work was begun , though it was soon abandoned , it added up to nothing , it only showed me that I had been mistaken in thinking that I had indeed started . |
| 10 | Nothing in Swannell 's direction of his play persuades you that this would not have been a better home for Marrakech . |
| 11 | She glared at him , wondering whether the indigestible steak , swiftly followed by an early night , might not have been a better option after all . |
| 12 | The main room or ‘ house ’ , where the family gathered and worked and where the fire never went out , would not have been a suitable place for storage . |
| 13 | For all his undoubted talent Grayson may not have been a budding Ian Rush but he turned out for one of the country 's most famous clubs , perhaps not the best but certainly one of the best known — Accrington Stanley . |
| 14 | By this time Long would not have been a possible leader , and so the third contender of 1911 alone remained : Austen Chamberlain . |
| 15 | Although obvious , this would not have been a fruitful question to ask , because there was no way in which it could be answered . |
| 16 | Both Fanny and Henry enjoy literature so therefore we can predict that a marriage between them would not have been a total disaster . |
| 17 | ON THE eve of polling day the Prime Minister was asked whether , on reflection , it would not have been a good idea for him to have debated with Mr Kinnock on television . |
| 18 | The ‘ impressive and general ’ wording of Article 23 was seen as demonstrating that the Convention would not have been a proper vehicle for a treaty which would have done the barely conceivable by giving other countries control over American litigation . |
| 19 | That might not have been a wrong number . |
| 20 | Some might think a little delayed public spending on roads would not have been a bad idea at that time . |
| 21 | I would n't say there was much between the two teams apart from the first half here this afternoon when United , I have n't seen United dominate a side so much for a very long time , and really , I mean you were here Peter , three or four nil at half time would not have been a bad reflection on United 's performance in any way at all . |
| 22 | On the other hand , if ATP wanted to demonstrate that they really are interested in the welfare of more than just the top 75 , as some of their lower-ranked members have recently suggested , then helping Birmingham through its current difficulties , which one hopes are only temporary , would not have been a bad thing . |
| 23 | There was no question of saying to myself ‘ better luck next time ’ — there might not have been a next time . |
| 24 | Now , Muze magazine may not have been a high profile organisation but it did provide a much needed platform for the flourishing Manchester rock scene . |
| 25 | With a more interfering Prime Minister and a more suspicious Foreign Secretary it would not have been a happy arrangement . |
| 26 | The intention may not have been a scorched earth policy , but the effect on some departments was the same . |
| 27 | Thus , it conflates the Nemean Lion with the capture of the Keryneian Hind , on which this stance is used , and would not have been a reliable guide for any copyist . |
| 28 | The court assumes that , if the ground-rent was ‘ a burden incident to the taking of the lease ’ or ( Lord Denman C.J. ) ‘ a necessary burden on the premises , ’ the plaintiff 's promise to pay it would not have been a sufficient consideration : a promise to make a gift of onerous property is still a mere promise to make a gift , though the promisee agrees to assume the burden . |
| 29 | But however frustrated he was , however jealous of his younger brother 's reputation as a successful soldier , it can not have been an easy decision . |
| 30 | He can not have been an easy man and had , at least , a ferociously sober intelligence . |