Example sentences of "[modal v] have be a major " in BNC.

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1 The Sun decisively sabotaged what should have been a major circulation booster for its main competitor .
2 Weed control must have been a major problem for a one pass cultivation system before the development of herbicides , and the extra weight of the rotor unit and the engine must have made the plough difficult to handle at the headlands .
3 If it had n't rained the night before the car was burnt , there could have been a major forest fire .
4 Had the crowd not been prepared to accept the directions of the stewards at Carlisle Square and had they made an attempt to follow the original route , there would have been a major clash with the RUC and the loyalists and large-scale violence .
5 By then there would have been a major waste of resources .
6 In the past , the publication of such a book would have been a major professional event .
7 In the past there would have been a major famine ; now they have simply called on their own 30-million-ton reserve of wheat .
8 Three times world champion Thorpe would have been a major attraction at the Lisburn meeting , but in his absence they have signed up world championship rivals Mervyn Anstie and Gared Smith for the Toyota trophy meeting which takes place at Larchfield Estate close to Legacurry , Lisburn .
9 To have won either award would have been a major achievement ; to have won both Environmental and Export Awards in the same year is remarkable and gives us great satisfaction .
10 The loss of the plant would have been a major blow to the local economy .
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