Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have n't been able to locate anyone who makes exactly that bird house ( it may even have been especially made ) . |
| 2 | It may even have been — for he was quick to spot poetic talent — that he could see where Betjeman 's true genius lay . |
| 3 | It may even have been the case — a suggestion emanating , admittedly , from a piece of post-war testimony — that the Reich Propaganda Ministry deliberately started off a rumour that the Führer , on discovering what was taking place ( in an ‘ action ’ which , in reality , he himself had authorized in writing ) , had given the order to halt it immediately . |
| 4 | It may even have been a single . |
| 5 | It may even have been increased by the new Article 92 , in spite of the continuing ban on discrimination on the basis of nationality . |
| 6 | It may even have reversed it ( Butz and Ward 1979 ) so that the short-term effects of economic growth in modern societies may be further to reduce fertility , not increase it . |
| 7 | It may even have been that John , anticipating his imminent doom , ratified some such arrangement , perhaps in the ceremony at the Jordan . |
| 8 | Finance was clearly an anxiety , but it may even have strengthened Gloucester 's hand . |
| 9 | It may even have been envisaged that the holder of the office would act as , in some sense , chief adviser to the sultan on matters pertaining to the sacred law , although a point to be noted in this connection is that both Molla Fenari and Molla Yegan lived in Bursa while the sultan resided for the most part in Edirne . |
| 10 | Yes , the coal industry has slimmed down ; yes , it may even have to slim down further . |
| 11 | Finance was clearly an anxiety , but it may even have strengthened Gloucester 's hand . |
| 12 | It may even have a permanent effect due to the dynamic process generating economies of scale . |
| 13 | It may also have been connected with the recurring impact in Kano of the Islamic ‘ ascetic ’ movements , particularly current in commercial circles . |
| 14 | Rather less simply , some people close to Crédit Lyonnais think it may also have lent money to Florio Fiorini , a Swiss-based Italian associated with Mr Parretti . |
| 15 | But it may also have had something to do with the fact that the Independent co-sponsored the exhibition . |
| 16 | It may also have the effect of precluding those members who can not find the time to attend a few workshops and may therefore strengthen management committees and their bureaux in the long run . |
| 17 | As unemployment began to escalate it may also have been true that those who were the first to be made redundant or were turned down for work were those who were least efficient . |
| 18 | ‘ And if that is the case for exit polls , it may also have been the case for the campaign polls , ’ he writes . |
| 19 | It may also have been reassuring to US audiences , while America was being condemned world-wide for its barbaric acts in Vietnam , to see that they did not have the monopoly on violence , which could even be found in an English village . |
| 20 | But it may also have to do with the so-called sports that were on display . |
| 21 | However , over the longer term , it may also have precisely the opposite effect to that which was intended . |
| 22 | It may also have been a contamination . |
| 23 | Not only did professionalism provide an efficient conduct of business , but it may also have tended , by its nature , to some mitigation of the competitiveness of international life . |
| 24 | Bearing in mind that it will be mostly hidden by the curtain that will fall around it , and that it may also have to support a wire umbrella frame , a 3 inch ( 7.5cm ) diameter or square stake is not too big . |
| 25 | If Cornwall was anything but a land of rich squires and yeomen , it may also have enjoyed some immunity from the scourge of absolute poverty . |
| 26 | It may also have brought some families into his service for the first time , among them the Pulleys ( or Pullowes ) of Helmsley , whose head , Henry , was to be one of Richard 's yeomen after his accession . |
| 27 | The growing hostility between Richard and the Stanleys after 1484 can be explained in terms of the king 's policies , but it may also have owed something to the frictions of the previous fifteen years . |
| 28 | Officer ( 36 ) : the word is usually translated " eunuch " , as in the New English Bible , but it may also have the more general meaning of " court official# , which is more likely here in view of Potiphar 's marriage . |
| 29 | Although some kink in the confluence of timing and temperament may have robbed Wallace of his posthumous fame , it may also have robbed the rest of us , through this century of science , of a broader view of the hidden forces of life . |
| 30 | It may also have been that the government was unwilling to lend further strength to the clamour for the reform of the Official Secrets Act ( which has now happened ) that had been mounting for some years . |