Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] have [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | all that money that they keep demanding from the er th wa th wa the firms and such like that ought to have been ploughed back into the firm ! |
| 2 | In retrospect the most important event of 1986 may have been the conception of the new Networker train , filling a vital gap price and quality wise , at long last making it possible for NSE to plan systematic replacement of old EMUs . |
| 3 | I think that may have been construed as impolite , so I smiled and replied that , yes indeed it was still a bit to go before the top , and wow , certainly it was proving mighty tough . |
| 4 | That may have been one factor in causing her subsequently to bring up the children in the Jewish faith . |
| 5 | Sad though that may have been for that particular patient , there was a positive side , the cancer never reappeared . |
| 6 | The failure of the continuation school movement shows that the class position of the prospective pupils , rather than any age relationship , determined that the significance of their labour power was more important than their further education , however that may have been defined . |
| 7 | As far as I know he never took her up on any of these , and that may have been the reason why I was her least favourite Waaf on the station . |
| 8 | That may have been the occasion on which , according to tradition , Betsy went to her quarters and changed her clothes as disaster threatened , her fear of the elements being less than her horror of being washed ashore in less than spotless undergarments . |
| 9 | I mean , that may have been the right impression , and I do n't want to force you to say more than you want to , or really anything , but I 'd like to know if you still want to write to me , possibly just about books , or if you wanted to — |
| 10 | Uncle was much more the happy-go-lucky extrovert whereas Daddy was shy and reserved , but that may have been due in part , at least , to the burdens he carried . |
| 11 | I only ask because I have had educational advantages , courtesy both of Cambridge and the fresh , clean-limbed members of Her Majesty 's prison service , that may have been denied to readers who , while possessed of many excellent and succulently moist personal characteristics are , perforce , less verbally erudite than moi . |
| 12 | That may have been my first mistake . |
| 13 | Elizabeth did not get one , and that may have been a tribute to her good taste ; she would have had no room in her house for such an object . |
| 14 | That may have been true , but for the moment it 's irrelevant . ’ |
| 15 | And certainly n the case of Holland 's subsequent defeat by Switzerland , that may have been the crucial factor . |
| 16 | That may have been enough . |
| 17 | The incident had not occurred during the election meeting , however rowdy that may have been . |
| 18 | It was only the office holding of the Stanleys which was threatened , but even that may have been enough to drive them into opposition to Edward by 1470 . |
| 19 | However that may have been , there is no doubting that at plant level and in two cases ( the Scottish Daily News and KME ) an ideological perception of workers ' control precluded the effective delegation of executive authority to management . |
| 20 | That may have been the reason . |
| 21 | That may have been the decline that they chopped all these shops out , and so er well as far as this side of the road , right hand side coming from the city end . |
| 22 | This was probably such an advance that it completely replaced and earlier form of life , whatever that may have been . |
| 23 | Not ideal , Ah 'm told , but that may have been part of the test . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I think that may have been what gave Nigel the idea of starting his little campaign against me . |
| 25 | A few years ago that may have been true , but over the past couple of years , we have reduced the commission charge by 10–20 per cent . |
| 26 | That may have been true until the current recession , but the hon. Gentleman is entirely wrong about the present circumstances . |
| 27 | The report stated that a study had been made of an incinerator at Bonnybridge in Scotland that suggested an increased level of twinning in cattle , and possibly in humans , that may have been linked with the emission of PCHs and other substances from the plant . |
| 28 | That may have been an extreme and , I hope , isolated case , but it underlines the need to ensure that teachers are not deterred from voicing concerns through fear of reprisals . |
| 29 | It was only the office holding of the Stanleys which was threatened , but even that may have been enough to drive them into opposition to Edward by 1470 . |
| 30 | And in more stable times , that may have been the secret of their success . |