Example sentences of "[adv] have be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for boffin , although the Oxford English Dictionary states that its etymology is unknown , I have conjectured that this same purist Huxley may inadvertently have been responsible for it . |
| 2 | Secondly , even if the plaintiff could have sued the armed robbers , they would only have been liable for depriving the plaintiff of a damaged left leg . |
| 3 | He may already have been responsible for the extinction of some 450 species . |
| 4 | A text frequently has a much wider variety of interpretations imposed upon it by analysts studying it at their leisure , than would ever have been possible for the participants in the communicative interaction which gives rise to the ‘ text ’ . |
| 5 | Obviously a transfer of allegiance in the feudal way was much less of a strain than the submergence of a national spirit , and there was a great difference between the national spirit of Englishmen and the allegiance to the King of France or to the Great Moghul felt by the inhabitants of New France and of Bengal ; if the inhabitants of Bengal had felt that they were citizens of the nation of Bengal it would hardly have been possible for them to change to feeling they were Englishmen , but for them to feel that they used to owe allegiance to the Nawab of Bengal and now owed it to the British businessmen who had conquered the Nawab was not such a difficult transition . |
| 6 | It would hardly have been possible for it to support beauty and extravagance and pleasure at the expense of mere survival , but it did at least hint that such a view could be held , and its mere admission of this possibility was to Clara profoundly satisfying . |
| 7 | ‘ Neither the inspections detailed in the approved maintenance schedule nor those recommended by the manufacturer were adequate to detect partial cracks [ which had existed for about 7100 flights ] in the horizontal stabiliser rear spar top chord but would probably have been adequate for the detection of a completely fractured top chord . ’ |
| 8 | If a property is insufficiently furnished for full habitation , it may also have been unoccupied for some length of time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Malherbe may well have been responsible for a new approach apparent in vol.9 and in most of those from vol.1 onwards , which contain none of the serious distortions outlined above . |
| 11 | It would even have been possible for the Secretary of State to have a reserve power to insist on ever more names from which to choose . |
| 12 | He and a group of clerical supporters refused to accept the outcome of events , despite the fact that Cautinus was at first conciliatory — he may even have been responsible for the proposal that Cato should be given the see of Tours . |
| 13 | It would surely have been impossible for anyone to stay morose when surrounded by all these excited , giggling children , and frankly , seeing the problems some of the handicapped youngsters had to contend with had made her horribly ashamed of her own self-absorption . |
| 14 | Steeped in ancient pomp and splendour , but loaded with post-modern wit and allusion , this semi-mystical edifice could almost have been purpose-built for an Orb photo shoot . |
| 15 | The dominance of London may partly reflect the decline of other centres , particularly in the South and South-east , and indeed London merchants may sometimes have been responsible for this . |
| 16 | The flapping of their wings and the strange cries they make would indeed have been eerie for those who Mew nothing of bird migration . |
| 17 | The change in status would have allowed Switzerland to participate fully in broader Framework programmes , although it would not yet have been eligible for direct financial support . |
| 18 | Rough Collie Rescue ( London and South East ) started an appeal , with £200 of their own money , named the ‘ Robbie Fund ’ to help Grace McNeil afford the court costs she should never have been liable for in the first place . |
| 19 | Thus , if the historical evidence seems to suggest that meat merged with mate , this can not be a valid interpretation according to this principle , because if it had happened then both meat and mate would subsequently have been eligible for merger with meet : speakers would not have known the difference . |