Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] have [vb pp] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Department of Trade and Industry may have lost millions of pounds over the sale of the Rover Group to British Aerospace , a National Audit Office report is thought to have concluded . |
| 2 | The Department of Trade and Industry may have lost millions of pounds over the sale of the Rover Group to British Aerospace , according to a National Audit Office report . |
| 3 | The flyer may have had three of its four photographs taken in pedestrian zones , but walking and cycling get less than five per cent of the space in the book . |
| 4 | Eager , it seemed , to atone for the embarrassment of Saturday 's 5-2 home defeat by Aston Villa , the London side could have scored three times in the opening nine minutes and went on to dominate the rest of the first half with an ease that pointed to only one result . |
| 5 | A determined armchair athlete on the east coast could have spent 11 consecutive hours watching college football on new year 's day , and millions no doubt did . |
| 6 | Not even the most persuasive estate agent could have produced one environmental reason for moving there ; but it was a miner 's house and rent free . |
| 7 | It is thought that the complex could have lost 1000 m by erosion and that only the basal sections of the mineralisation are preserved ( Harris and others , 1988 ) . |
| 8 | The blunder he survived at the 15th fence would have sent 99 men out of 100 into orbit . |
| 9 | The new rule would have allowed 85 per cent of the 365 permits issued for field tests and 724 sites to have gone forward under the simpler notification . |
| 10 | By nineteen ninety five , when production of the new Accord will have reached fifty thousand cars a year , two thousand people will be on the payroll here . |
| 11 | Many women with adverse living circumstances at the first interview will have had one or two psychiatric symptoms and would be particularly likely to benefit from social support . |
| 12 | Seebohm reorganisation might have created one door for people to turn to but often that door was closed . |
| 13 | For all the French officers knew the thick rye might have concealed two whole battalions of Greenjackets . |
| 14 | He saw at once how such an opportunity might have tempted one of the guards . |
| 15 | The address for Antique Designs Ltd printed in the March issue should have read 277 Little Road , SW6 . |
| 16 | But skipper Neil Fairbrother 's top priority this season is the championship , and with Lancashire already in the Benson & Hedges Cup final , a successful Sunday League run could have proved one distraction too many . |
| 17 | In years of high prices 20 per cent would have been in this situation , while in extremely hard years , such as 1801 , the proportion would have exceeded 40 per cent . |
| 18 | The Hillington plan would have created 800 jobs , bringing the company 's Scottish total to 1,000 . |
| 19 | By next month the committee will have created three separate national squads consisting of two senior ( A and B ) , an over-21 development squad and a national under-21 squad , each consisting of more than 50 players . |
| 20 | By the reign of Edward the Confessor , its population may have reached 2000 . |
| 21 | The process may have taken two centuries The Book of Esther was probably translated only in 78/77 B.C. |
| 22 | A reconstruction of how the burial mound must have looked four thousand years ago has led experts to believe the ceremonies were linked to the appearance of the midsummer sun . |
| 23 | Villa were quicker and slicker ; their manager , Ron Atkinson , reckoned his team should have scored 6 or more . |
| 24 | Based on Iraq 's own admission [ see above ] it was believed that the air war might have killed 20,000 ( of whom an estimated 1,000 were civilians ) , while a further 15,000 troops were thought to have been killed in the ground campaign . |
| 25 | But the temperature sensor in the tank was n't working , and the fuel could have reached 180 degrees … turning it into explosive gas which only needed one spark to ignite it . |
| 26 | On the basis of that Leeds as a fantasy team would have got 138 points so far this season . |
| 27 | In the ( largely unsuccessful ) attempts at rearing dog-whelks in aquaria ( Crothers , 1977 , 1980 ) , the exposed shore population would have required three years to reach adult size whilst one of the more sheltered , Gore Point , animals laid capsules ( which did not hatch ) at the age of two . |
| 28 | We calculate from regression that A/g of oats and mustard would have increased 14.1 to 16.4mmol CO 2 per mol H 2 O , respectively , with the increase from 275 to 350μmolmol -1 CO 2 that has occurred since 1800 . |
| 29 | By then , the team will have marched 10 miles a day for a fortnight to reach base camp and endured temperatures of -40C and galeforce winds — with only tents for shelter . |
| 30 | The court may have ordered one party 's solicitor to conduct the conveyancing ; but if not so , it would seem appropriate ( assuming the husband to be the conveyancing or transferring party ) for the husband 's solicitors , if the house is in the sole name or even if it is in the joint names of the husband and wife , to deliver to the wife 's solicitors an epitome of title consisting of a copy of the last conveyance , copy of any mortgage , copies of any documents relating to " sales-off " or other transactions affecting the property and copies of any covenants affecting the same . |