Example sentences of "[modal v] also have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That much must also have been clear to contemporary foreign observers . |
| 2 | My purpose in the remainder of this chapter is to set out the main principles of exploring multidimensional language states in present-day communities , on the assumption that historical states of language must also have been multidimensional . |
| 3 | The downstairs door must also have been open , because I could hear the clatter of the harpsichord mechanism . |
| 4 | But what is important here is that , just as present-day language states are normally heterogeneous , so historical language states must also have been heterogeneous in similar ways ; hence , unilinear historical descriptions of single varieties ( such as ‘ standard ’ English ) can not be adequate descriptions of the history of a language . |
| 5 | He knew about Lamarck 's theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics , but dismissed this as a secondary process that could not account for the whole range of adaptations ( he must also have been aware of the strong opposition to Lamarckism from Owen and the conservative forces in science ) . |
| 6 | For example , if the Bushmen of the Kalahari , who live by hunting and gathering , accord a high status to women this , it was assumed , must also have been true of the hunters and gatherers of prehistoric times . |
| 7 | Selection bias should also have been low because of the high rate of follow up . |
| 8 | Besides creating the conditions for success as the examination approaches , the employer should also have been involved in the candidate 's preparation from the start of the training contract . |
| 9 | She might also have been incensed by the negative portrayal of homosexuality in the movie . |
| 10 | The fence might also have been symbolic . |
| 11 | It did not occur to him that he might also have been frightened . |
| 12 | A little-known Darlington firm might also have been active in this early phase . |
| 13 | They might also have been superfluous because he was now saying he had succeeded on his own . |
| 14 | Labour shortage could also have been relieved by longer hours of work . |
| 15 | There may also have been other reasons why he decided to move . |
| 16 | There may also have been certain conditions of the advance ( eg that a woodworm infestation shall be treated before completion , that certain repairs shall have been carried out or a deduction made from the mortgage loan until they have been ) . |
| 17 | Ealhfrith may also have been apprehensive about his father 's plans for his younger half-brother , Ecgfrith , who appears to have married Aethelthryth , widowed daughter of Anna , king of the eastern Angles , c . |
| 18 | That figural designs began to occur in the west in any numbers ( i.e. not counting the very early example from Exeter : Bidwell 1979 ) in approximately the same period as a further development of figural design is apparent in the southeast , is an interesting possibility : this may also have been contemporary with the first appearance of fully centralised designs . |
| 19 | If a property is insufficiently furnished for full habitation , it may also have been unoccupied for some length of time . |
| 20 | The Franks may also have been uneasy . |
| 21 | The aim of the measure may also have been financial , because the Crown was empowered to distrain for half of the profits resulting from the enclosure ; it was not , however , an easy way to raise money , so it is unlikely to have been the only reason for the Act . |
| 22 | On the other hand they may also have been relieved to leave behind , for a while at least , the sight of their ruined castle-walls , a nagging reminder of the defeats they had suffered . |
| 23 | It may also have been reassuring to US audiences , while America was being condemned world-wide for its barbaric acts in Vietnam , to see that they did not have the monopoly on violence , which could even be found in an English village . |
| 24 | The summer conversations in Kissingen , the presence in St Petersburg of the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich , the greater enthusiasm for reform of Lanskoi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs — all these undoubtedly altered the balance of opinion to which he was exposed and made him more susceptible to reformist sentiments ; but he may also have been naive enough to believe that the gentry at large would follow the example of the north-westerners and welcome the measure he was putting to them . |
| 25 | Lowland Scots and Ulster Scots dialects , for example , have had backing of [ a ] , and we have to work out from residues that in some ancestral forms of these , there may also have been front-raising ( Lass , 1976 ; J. Milroy , 1981 ; and see chapter 4.6 and 4.7 , above , and section 5.7 , below ) . |
| 26 | However , there may also have been English precedent and inspiration for the adoption of a second crown — notably in Edgar 's second , " imperial " , coronation at Bath in 973 . |
| 27 | They may also have been quick to point out that Vermuyden 's ‘ Great Design ’ was already turning sour . |
| 28 | It may also have been significant that the local County Inspector was on leave and that the County Inspector in charge of the RUC 's Special Branch supervised the operation . |
| 29 | Furthermore , if the loans were " beneficial " loans within the meaning of s160 TA 1988 , as is likely , then the tax payers may also have been liable to income tax under Schedule E ( probably only at basic rate ) on the amount released . |
| 30 | Confining ourselves to Vienna and the last few weeks alone , it seems he may also have been responsible for a couple of recent murders of prostitutes in the Altstadt . |