Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [modal v] [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pension schemes are vital to many of our constituents , and I should have thought that they would be of equal importance to Conservative Members in Scotland , who may soon have to look to their own pension schemes although the Minister has reassured me that he may have other arrangements . |
| 2 | An overseas individual subscriber not registered for VAT , who may previously have incurred VAT through the member state 's post office collection system , will now benefit from a VAT-free magazine , simply because the UK legislation specifically zero-rates those goods — at least for the time being ! |
| 3 | By this time the Harringtons had a further hold on Edward 's gratitude , having joined him promptly on his return in 1471 , and they had also secured a new and influential patron in the person of the duke of Gloucester , who may already have intervened on the Harringtons ' side in 1470 . |
| 4 | Others who may already have experience take a course of the discipline and for the refreshing new ideas that it brings . |
| 5 | By this time the Harringtons had a further hold on Edward 's gratitude , having joined him promptly on his return in 1471 , and they had also secured a new and influential patron in the person of the duke of Gloucester , who may already have intervened on the Harringtons ' side in 1470 . |
| 6 | Much better news awaits those who may well have dismissed all ideas of Caterham ownership with one thought of the insurance bill . |
| 7 | You could even have a personalised château holiday , enjoying the hospitality of a family who may well have been in residence for generations . |
| 8 | The crucial importance of the functions of convening and chairing meetings seems to have been overlooked by those who set it up , or else these duties were delegated to people who did their best in adverse circumstances but who may well have been inappropriate choices . |
| 9 | However , it is generally assumed that rug-weaving was brought into China , probably from Turkestan or Mongolia , some time before the reign of Emperor K'ang Hsi ( 1661–1722 ) , a noted patron of the arts who may well have encouraged its assimilation into Chinese artistic life . |
| 10 | There is no shading on the rock here , but it is used on two out of three tiny , marvellous cups from Athens ( figs. 113 , 114 ) made by a potter Sotades and painted by the ‘ Sotades Painter ’ who may well have been the same man . |
| 11 | This is an advantage to the consumer , but not necessarily to the manufacturer , who may well have made both ! |
| 12 | At the same time a was decreed , and as a sop to the kazaskers who may well have been most jealous of the fact that the Mufti " s salary now surpassed their own — each was allowed to invest ten . |
| 13 | Others who may well have had reservations about him ( though we shall probably have to wait some time before their reflections can be made available to us ) were the oil-company spokesmen to whom he advanced new facts of life during the earnestly disputed discussions between OPEC and the major companies in Tehran in December 1973 . |
| 14 | Allegations of treason were made concerning the loss of lands in France , a matter which may have particularly concerned the Kentishmen , whose vulnerability to raids was obvious , and who may well have been alarmed by the issue of a commission of array , and a command to set up warning beacons , on 14 April . |
| 15 | At the same time he is depicted as a saint by the bishop of Tours , who may well have thought of him as a fellow victim of Merovingian politics . |
| 16 | This can often be harsh to an employee who may well have contributed fully to enhancing the value of the company and may wish to retain his shares ; sometimes exceptions to a provision of this kind can be specified . |
| 17 | Nothing like this concentration of naval power had ever been seen in Vietnam ; and we know that it was at least inspected by Vietnamese nationalists who may also have tried to make contact with Russian sailors . |
| 18 | Other tombstones tell us a little about the inhabitants of the town , and include F. Antigonus Papias , a citizen of Greece and possibly a Christian , who may also have been a merchant . |
| 19 | Indeed there have been several recent cases ( for example , ones involving alleged sexual abuse ) in which wide-ranging injunctions have been issued to protect the welfare of children who may otherwise have been exposed to unwelcome publicity . |
| 20 | And that those who may otherwise have left the province in search of employment on the mainland are being forced to think again . |
| 21 | The idea is to help doctors and nurses who may otherwise have difficulty in conferring because of geography or timing , to review and analyse non-emergency patient cases . |
| 22 | Eventually it could give thousands of jobless youngsters , who may otherwise have turned to crime , the chance of a well-paid job or a better future . |
| 23 | By his will , made on 1 March 1638 and proved on 11 October 1638 , Langdon left his surveying instruments to his son-in-law , George Darker , who may therefore have been his apprentice or assistant . |
| 24 | However , there will be some circumstances where representations may have to made on behalf of individuals who enjoy income other than that arising from the Church , and who may therefore have a tax liability or indeed who may have tax repayment due to them . |
| 25 | The development of reading competence is a life-long process for the competent ‘ general ’ reader , who may still have to learn how to read , for example , a scientific , theological , or legal text . |
| 26 | Their meaning is not easily grasped by those who have spent some time studying the Christian faith , and yet the church still presents these complicated extracts from the Bible and the ASB to people who may never have heard the name of God spoken reverently before , and who are searching for some germ of belief to help them understand the vacuum created by the death of the person they love . |
| 27 | It would be incongruous to see her as an influence on later writers who may never have heard of her . |
| 28 | Yet millions of Europeans who may never have heard of Freud 's name are now affected by his work , even when this is grotesquely misinterpreted . |
| 29 | We noted , moreover , how infants sometimes form strong attachments to fathers , grandparents and older siblings who may never have participated in routine care . |
| 30 | To the old long-stay patients re-established in community settings and the younger chronic patients who may never have become institutionalized should be added the relatively small but significant number of mentally abnormal offenders whose discharge from special hospitals gave rise to the 1975 Report of the committee on mentally abnormal offenders ( Cmnd. 6244 ) , together with the growing number of elderly people with mental health problems , including dementia ( Health Advisory Service , 1982 ) . |