Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Henry it may well have seemed a sensible way of killing two birds with one stone — chastising rebels and at the same time providing his warlike second son with useful experience . |
| 2 | However , although the polenier event is associated with cooling of the ocean , it may not have had a very large impact on the carbon dioxide balance . |
| 3 | Despite all the apparent sophistication of defence analysis , it may thus have produced a set of answers to the wrong question . |
| 4 | Moreover , now that I come to think of it , it is perhaps not so surprising that it should also have made a deep impression on Miss Kenton given certain aspects of her relationship with my father during her early days at Darlington Hall . |
| 5 | It should n't have mattered a jot what Luke thought of her , but it did . |
| 6 | It should not have become a synonym for adoption . |
| 7 | Another exception to the proposed pattern , is the 34 acre town at Caister-by-Yarmouth ; this is the only town apart from Brough-on-Humber , which occupied an exposed position on the east coast , vulnerable to sea-raiders and it probably required this protection , but it must also have had a special relationship with the nearby Saxon Shore fort at Burgh Castle . |
| 8 | True , it would not have been seen by people in Bristol or Birmingham but it might just have struck a chord with somebody in the area where the crime was committed . |
| 9 | Truman was reminded that it was an agreed military estimate that if Indo-China falls , ‘ very likely all of South-East Asia may come under communist domination ’ and , although it might not have seemed a very credible danger , it was pointed out that the Philippines were less than 800 miles from Indo-China . |
| 10 | If perhaps the Government were to fund victim support properly , Erm , Mr who was burgled and has never got over it might perhaps have had a visit and some counselling from a victim support worker , and that would be a very good thing . |
| 11 | It could not have found a more appropriate , more common voice than the soulful . |
| 12 | It would have served as a substitute-gratification for their own sadism ( i.e. , ‘ I can not retaliate against my father , but I can against my younger brother ’ ) ; but also as a defence on the part of the ego ( i.e. , ‘ I am spared the anxiety of being made the object of an attack if I can instead become the attacker ’ ) ; finally , it would also have contributed a first , rudimentary focus for the superego ( i.e. , ‘ My father is not now the attacker — I am — hence I am to that extent my father ! ’ ) . |
| 13 | It would also have provoked a military crisis in that once in the Crimea , the Emperor must become virtually Commander-in-Chief of all the forces , including the British . |
| 14 | The way Amanda had it rigged , it would n't have killed a sparrow … ’ |
| 15 | Besides , they were cold and wet and the burrow , while it would n't have sounded a very comfortable proposition back at the quarry , was suddenly much better than the horrible night outside . |
| 16 | As feasts went , it would n't have rated a mention , but to Paige it was the best food she could ever remember eating . |
| 17 | Which was good for me ; if I had directed it in 1979 it would n't have had a chance . ’ |
| 18 | Had ICI focused earlier on shareholder value creation , he said , it would not have allowed a value gap to develop and so become a target for Hanson 's predatory schemes . |
| 19 | English hearts sank even further than they already were , for it would not have needed a weather forecaster to predict that Hurricane Viv was about to strike . |
| 20 | It would only have taken a word and the simple , undeniable proof . |
| 21 | It would indeed have defined a biological category of criminals , but as an explanation of crime in general it would have been virtually irrelevant . |
| 22 | If it already runs a back to nursing course then it will also have established a policy geared towards attracting you back to work . |
| 23 | It will also have learned a few lessons in how not to go about setting up a business . |
| 24 | ‘ Surely , ’ said Lefevre , ‘ it can not have escaped a man of your experience that some ladies are in the habit of dyeing their hair . ’ |