Example sentences of "have been [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The growth of the comprehensives brought with it a significant expansion in the curriculum content of secondary schooling , which should have been helpful to girls , except that in many schools expansion meant typing or shorthand or child-care for girls , and quite different subjects for boys . |
| 2 | Texans expecting something equally outré must have been disappointed by Desert of Roses : a treatment of the Beauty and the Beast legend set in Texas just after the American Civil War , the piece is essentially a rather sugary Broadway musical with minimalist frosting on the score . |
| 3 | Clearly , the observations made by Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle , for example , would have been inconsequential for science had they remained Darwin 's private experiences . |
| 4 | The pursuers then concluded a contract for the purchase of the house but subsequently raised an action of damages against the defenders , based on negligence , in which they averred that there were many patent defects in the house which should have been apparent to surveyors of ordinary competence exercising reasonable care . |
| 5 | There is sometimes a hidden symbolism that would have been apparent to people at that time . |
| 6 | Such lands would certainly have been subject to reorganization under new management . |
| 7 | Perhaps therefore Edward 's claim was not as strong in principle as has sometimes been suggested , and if accepted in 1328 it might eventually have been subject to challenge by sons born to other Capetian females . |
| 8 | It would have been simple for Rachel . ’ |
| 9 | He had wanted a short Report , with strong emphasis on grammar , spelling and punctuation , which would have been easy for parents to read . |
| 10 | It might have been easy for Celia to persuade herself that it would all make little difference to me . |
| 11 | It might have been possible for Britain to enforce Anglo-American nuclear collaboration by withholding ore stocks , but to have done so would have reduced American production of fissile material to the Soviets ' advantage . |
| 12 | Had this been successful it would have been possible for managers of education and training at every level within a locality to identify major employment issues , to assess likely large-scale change in employment patterns and to identify educational links which might have to be developed or changed . |
| 13 | ‘ We offer the literature of reassurance ’ states the press office for Mills and Boon : a reassurance that has been marketed with resounding success , a success that would not have been possible for Mills and Boon or for Harlequin without the intervention and resources of the Torstar Corporation . |
| 14 | It would just have been possible to detour and commit the murder in Cross Street , but it would have been a very tight schedule indeed . |
| 15 | Intelligence is essential , although successful School or University examinations may not have been possible through damage to shore term memory ( upon which facility most examinations are based throughout the phase of active addiction . |
| 16 | Author 's Note : — The compilation of earlier chapters of this book could not have been possible without Abraham Farrar 's researches to point the way . |
| 17 | But none of it would have been possible without Cecil 's political influence and contacts , as well as his official revenue . |
| 18 | Notts ' team manager , John Birch , said : ‘ It is something we have been working towards but which would not have been possible without Swithland 's backing . ’ |
| 19 | Thus , the Scottish Law Commission in para 5:23 of their Memorandum 25 , observed that s62(4) : … is of importance since the introduction of the rule that property in sale might pass without delivery would otherwise have been possible by resort to transactions in the form of sale to circumvent the rule that a security over moveables may not generally be constituted without transfer to them . |
| 20 | Systems comparable to this operated in the east , in Ugarit and the land of the Hatti , where ‘ guilds ’ of artisans were able to pursue their various callings in the town bazaars , and some development along these lines may have been possible in Minoan Crete . |
| 21 | Equally , Sigibert and Guntram may have been opposed to Gundovald because he threatened their own positions . |
| 22 | Straw that would once have been used to bed the cattle down is now put into a boiler as fuel to heat the offices . |
| 23 | Cnut may have been familiar with institutions of an English type . |
| 24 | Another prominent member was Edward Augustus Freeman who , as a regular contributor to The Saturday Review , must have been familiar with Hope 's aims . |
| 25 | Minton would have been familiar with Buffet 's art , and that of other picasso-influenced French Realists , either through reproductions or from exhibitions he had seen at the Anglo-French Institute . |
| 26 | I enjoyed my tea and glimpse into a way of life that would have been familiar to JTR . |
| 27 | The passengers may have been ablaze with diamonds , but the ships themselves were lit at every porthole and festooned with lights , as they moved relentlessly through the dark Atlantic waters like brilliant spaceships intent on terrestrial encounters . |
| 28 | Even Scudamore would have been proud of Sansome 's recovery at the Chair . |
| 29 | It must have been awful for Mme Wyatt . |
| 30 | The results for high risk junctions illustrate roughly the pattern of findings that would have been consistent with Study 1 . |