Example sentences of "well have [vb pp] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might well have imagined that an exhibition such as the one recently at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt ( and now at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam ) , dealing with the Russian Avant-garde , could have been put on in Leipzig , Dresden or at least East Berlin with the necessary detachment of course . |
| 2 | So one of the boys could well have imagined that the Crumwallises knocked it back enthusiastically in the privacy of their home . |
| 3 | He may well have believed that the factionalization inherent in Woodville control of the heir posed such a threat to political stability that his own rule was preferable — he may have persuaded himself , in fact , that he was acting for the good of the realm . |
| 4 | He may well have believed that the factionalization inherent in Woodville control of the heir posed such a threat to political stability that his own rule was preferable — he may have persuaded himself , in fact , that he was acting for the good of the realm . |
| 5 | Now only some fifteen or twenty years later we would know that both partners in a marriage are likely to have important careers , and may well have decided that neither one of the two should be the ‘ lead operation ’ . |
| 6 | For himself , he may well have decided that his cavils against classical philology applied equally to academe in general , so that , wounded pride apart , he was hardly worse off than before . |
| 7 | St Louis might well have felt that actually giving part of the domaine was going too far , but in the context of the urban problems of the 19th century the Emperor had undoubtedly judged correctly what the people needed . |
| 8 | Ferdinand , as he was originally named , was of the house of Saxe-Coburg and Napoleon III may well have felt that this candidacy would be pleasing to England and that it would at a personal level strengthen his ties with the English Royal House . |
| 9 | The CFTC might well have felt that desperate moves were necessary to remind those in authority that it still exists . |
| 10 | That continuity , however , demanded some focus and in 1483 Edward may well have felt that the most effective focus would be provided by his son . |
| 11 | That continuity , however , demanded some focus and in 1483 Edward may well have felt that the most effective focus would be provided by his son . |
| 12 | The interpretation is liberal : one might well have said that the trust failed , and that was that . |
| 13 | It seemed to him that Strawberry might as well have said that his tail was an oak tree . |
| 14 | The more immediate problem , however , was which of the two Boards ( trade or education ) should have overall authority for the juvenile side of the exchanges and Churchill may well have sensed that a controversy was brewing . |
| 15 | Had their remit been wider , they might well have discovered that many of the teachers ' anxieties about LMS arose from a lack of faith in school-level decision-making and a feeling of being somehow ‘ outside ’ the decision-making process : a ‘ victim ’ of change rather than an agent of it . |
| 16 | The writer may well have assumed that most book buyers already know of the existence of a writer called Ernest Hemingway , and even if they did not before they picked up the book , they would already have seen his name on the cover before turning to read this biographical sketch inside . |
| 17 | To have seen him and de Castelnau together , one might well have assumed that Pétain was the born aristocrat , the squat and rather swarthy general the peasant ; though in fact it was the reverse . |
| 18 | Anyone owning an ordinary black moggie , as distinct from a pedigree ‘ Black Shorthair ’ , may well have noticed that it boasts a small patch of white hairs , sometimes boldly visible and sometimes barely perceptible . |
| 19 | Given the terms of reference , those who signed the majority Report might well have supposed that that part of the argument had been decided . |
| 20 | The application of this incorrect test may have materially affected the judge 's decision , since he may well have considered that the children 's welfare overrode the mother 's wishes and feelings , a matter to which he should have had particular regard under section 10(9) ( d ) ( ii ) . |
| 21 | Sommerlad might well have added that , although such an idea might have been anathema at home , nothing prevented the colonial authorities from publishing newspapers in Tanganyika , Kenya , the Rhodesias , Sierra Leone and many of the French territories . |
| 22 | I might as well have suggested that Spock was a paedophile . |
| 23 | She might well have owned that it was the other way round and that Rosemary 's husband had been the one to do the leaving , Leith realised , when her mother retorted , ‘ Well , she 's not living at her flat , is she ? |