Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knows that the rock that crushed the skull of his great friend John Taylor when the two of them were swept away in a blizzard on the Ben could have finished him instead , but he deals with it calmly . |
| 2 | That Atlantis was discussed in the Timaeus may have been significant , but it was not crucial . |
| 3 | The Pentagon would have been furious at losing an agent as well as a major mission , but there was little or nothing it could say or do to put things right without acknowledging that Coleman was an agent and thereby admitting that , for the better part of two years , the DIA had been spying , not on the country 's official enemies , but on other agencies of the United States government . |
| 4 | ‘ The Pentagon could have the answer . |
| 5 | Henry continued to place the puppets in folds of Christmas paper and lay them in their boxes as he said , ‘ It 'll be like last year ; the Lord of the Manor will have bought her so much that everybody else 's presents will be eclipsed . ’ |
| 6 | It is also hoped that the EEC may have some positive move to make towards more vigilant preservation of our countryside . |
| 7 | By 1956 Britain had become concerned about the impact the EEC would have on its own economy and political role . |
| 8 | Indeed , for it to succeed , the progress and plans of the EEC would have to be reversed . |
| 9 | The energy crisis may well mean that governments and the EEC will have to take a fresh look at the provision of public transport as a means of developing democratic tourism . |
| 10 | The Japanese hi-fi 's clapped out , the VW should have been replaced 18 months ago , and that new Miele dishwasher does n't quite fit alongside the Swedish fridge . |
| 11 | The defection of the Nevilles could have done considerably more damage to the royal affinity which had developed in the north in the 1460s . |
| 12 | The defection of the Nevilles could have done considerably more damage to the royal affinity which had developed in the north in the 1460s . |
| 13 | The information on this project provided by the IDA and the IIRS should have provided sufficient assurance to those concerned regarding the plant suitability and safety for the area . |
| 14 | If the IMF had been a major borrower and issuer of SDR-denominated assets then the SDR might have been used more extensively . |
| 15 | Though the exact nature of the symbiosis between pastoralists and plains game has only recently become understood , administrators in close contact with the Masai could see that somehow the two did co-exist , and they took exception to the idea that in order for game to thrive the Masai would have to be removed . |
| 16 | Police believe the Sierra may have been on its way to take part . |
| 17 | But , apart from that , the Ceauşescus , collection of television sets , indeed their domestic arrangements as a whole , were not so far out of line with what any politburo member in the Bloc would have regarded as normal . |
| 18 | Therefore the DOE may have to build new reactors at a cost of 8 billion dollars , and it will be ten years before these are ready . |
| 19 | If that happened , the CAA would have the authority to set the maximum level of airport charges for each . ’ |
| 20 | The MCC should have their review finalised for the ICC meeting in January . |
| 21 | Were my pond not part-raised ( and itself no design award-winner , I must confess ) , then the NBS could have been installed as a semi in-ground filter . |
| 22 | Reduction of carbon dioxide emissions in the Netherlands would have little effect in preventing the submergence of that country . |
| 23 | The Ketterings would have to pay in the end , but it was a sizeable chunk of their holiday money . |
| 24 | The scale and perfection of the Apolline manifestations among the Greeks , conversely , attest the powerful hold that the Dionysiac must have had among them . |
| 25 | Under new disputes procedures , ( i ) competition cases would be handled by the EC Commission and the ECJ if they involved companies from both the EC and EFTA ( and by EFTA only if they concerned only EFTA companies ) ; ( ii ) disagreements over the operation of the EEA would go to a joint EEA political committee , with either party having the right to seek binding arbitration if the issue were unresolved ; and ( iii ) the ECJ would have sole powers to rule on the interpretation of EEA laws , while EFTA courts would give their " best endeavours " to comply with such rulings . |
| 26 | Ideally , the KGB would have liked to have swopped Blake . |
| 27 | He did n't expect to find any as the hotel had recently been refurbished and the KGB would have used the latest available technology , burying it in the plasterwork , the heating and the plumbing . |
| 28 | The KGB would have to sort itself out . |
| 29 | Yet he could not believe that the KGB could have discovered his one small secret . |
| 30 | There was evident a very strong determination on the part of Prof. Barker to remove all obstacles likely to prevent agreement being reached and , in the course of a subsequent conversation with Elvin , he said that he had recently come to the conclusion that it was of primary importance that the WEA should have the full assistance of the Extra-Mural Board in all its work throughout the whole of this District . |