Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The recession may have made a difference in the sense that people are being more realistic about what they can afford , ’ said the magazine 's associate editor Fenella Willis . |
| 2 | Filling in the details on the marriage certificate may have proved a problem for Benjamin : his mother was now past hope in the workhouse , and his father had died when he himself was less than two years old . |
| 3 | If this interpretation is correct , then evolutionism may have played a role in promoting a greater awareness of environmental fragility mainly through its Lamarckian rather than its Darwinian version . |
| 4 | That two of his sons had fought for Parliament may have played a part in this transfer of loyalty . |
| 5 | If state officials perform a particular action , the elite must have had a goal which that action helps . |
| 6 | My mum must have had a seizure of something when she had me — ‘ Let's call him Lenworth ! ’ |
| 7 | It is no surprise that parliament should have approved a conservative plan . |
| 8 | But to be really effective the mailing should have had a good deal more planning than this . |
| 9 | If we found an object such as a watch upon a heath , even if we did n't know how it had come into existence , its own precision and intricacy of design would force us to conclude that the watch must have had a maker : that there must have existed , at some time , and at some place or other , an artificer or artificers , who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer ; who comprehended its construction , and designed its use . |
| 10 | Baseball may have become a parks game in Britian in recent years but now in Gloucestershire there 's a new name to put alongside the Chicago Whitesox and the Los Angeles Dodgers … the name on the shirt is the Gloster Meteors . |
| 11 | Sheriff Robert Younger told him : ‘ You are a first offender and perhaps your alcoholism may have played a part in these offences . |
| 12 | It 's believed a man who answered the advert may have aranged a meeting and then strangled her . |
| 13 | Cynics believe that the administration may have made a secret deal with Noriega , and some of the defence testimony seems to bear out this theory . |
| 14 | football may have had a rough old week … but we 've got some celebrating to do now … |
| 15 | The proviso of the key must have raised a few eyebrows . |
| 16 | Fresden Manor should have become a centre for local children to study Roman history . |
| 17 | The legislative programme should have included a criminal justice Bill to prohibit conviction on confession evidence alone , to bring some consistency into a chaotic sentencing policy and to give statutory rights to the victims of crime . |
| 18 | So the coalition should have given a reasoned reply , welcoming the offer to withdraw and saying that all the other issues are open for discussion once the withdrawal has taken place and a cease-fire is in operation . |
| 19 | By the time of the next election , Labour must have established a clear ideological alternative in the voters ' mind . |
| 20 | I mean , let's face it , penis envy is a is a pretty wacky idea however you look at it , and you ca n't blame people for thinking , oh you know , this Viennese professor must have had a , had a diseased mind or something to come across such a crazy idea . |
| 21 | Attempts to avoid altered glycaemic control , which is a confounding variable , during the study might have masked a tendency for increased hypoglycaemia with human insulin , but since insulin doses did not change throughout the study this is also unlikely . |
| 22 | Can you please tell us which members of the club might have had a specific motive for wishing to get rid of Sir Conrad ? ’ |
| 23 | Also news of such extravagance might have perturbed a suspicious Emperor . |
| 24 | Even Phyllis 's racial prejudice might have had a touch of the humorous about it , if it were n't so offensive and pathetic . |
| 25 | Replacement of the eroded ragstone facing could have provided a problem were it not for the fact that the builder who was employed to undertake the conversion was dismantling an identically constructed church at Canterbury at the same time and thus it was possible to import salvaged ragstone from the demolition for re-use at All Saints and St Barnabas . |
| 26 | If the applicant for a judicial remedy could have pursued a non-judicial remedy but has failed to do so , this may give a court a ground for refusing a judicial remedy : the law requires the ‘ exhaustion of alternative remedies ’ as it is sometimes put . |
| 27 | Politeness and kindness would have constituted a refusal . |
| 28 | Opinion polls suggested throughout the campaign that Labour would have stood a better chance with the Scottish lawyer at the helm , and he has powerful support on the backbenches , especially among fellow Scots . |
| 29 | ‘ That opinion was largely based on the fact that in Robin Cook , Labour would have boasted a senior Cabinet minister with good understanding and enthusiasm for racing . |
| 30 | First , had proportional representation been in force in 1983 , then the Conservatives would not have been able to form a government on their own and coalition would have forced a moderation of policies . |