Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [prep] most " in BNC.

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1 Certainly , in its execution of the attack the Fifth Army had displayed a cumbersomeness and excess of caution that would never have been countenanced by most of Hitler 's captains .
2 In fact that familiarity can sometimes be deceptive ; behind the restored classical vocabulary lurk more of the earlier aristocratic assumptions than would have been conceded by most nineteenth-century historians ; so if anthropological interpretations become less useful , there is still danger in pushing narrowly juridical ones .
3 Wertheimer 's judgment would have been echoed by most of MacDonald 's followers .
4 Thanks to the sophistication of modern mining techniques , little damage would have been caused to most other properties .
5 The programme should have been broadcast for most of last month as well .
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