Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all representations of lesbianism are negative ( in line with society 's presentation of heterosexuality as the only positive sexuality ) , then conceivably a positive image of lesbianism could have a promotional effect . |
| 2 | The charismatic movement did in places cause division and provoke suspicion , especially in its early days , but it is my settled conviction , and my experience , that this need not be so , and that the Spirit of unity would have it otherwise . |
| 3 | Protagonists of unity may have been despondent about the loss of the EDC and the European Political Community , but were not routed . |
| 4 | It is likely that some degree of unity could have been achieved between them had not Mrs Webb become convinced that the division was irreconcilable and determined to make every effort to bring her proposals to fruition . |
| 5 | The emergence of a new pro-capitalist party in the South from the end of 1985 , the Progressive Democratic Party , might show the extent to which political divisions based on the treaty and within the nationalist component of hegemony may have become problematic , to be partially replaced by an even more explicit concern with increasing the popular wealth and prosperity . |
| 6 | As E. R. Dodds has remarked , ‘ where men can build their systems only out of used pieces the notion of progress can have no meaning — the future is devalued in advance ’ . |
| 7 | Likewise , the agent of change might have been better devised to give more confidence in the outcome . |
| 8 | None of this showed on her face , but a certain rigidity of jaw would have betrayed to the careful watcher that perhaps she was n't quite as calm and in control as she wished to appear . |
| 9 | A sharp drop in population coupled with forest regeneration in the Basin of Pátzcuaro may have significantly reduced erosion . |
| 10 | In other cases , the previous reign of horror may have more recently ended and the name — or rather the nickname — will still be easily recalled by readers . |
| 11 | If you have a monastery or convent nearby it is worth enquiring there too , for those who have spent years in a ministry of prayer can have much to offer . |
| 12 | THE heady air of freedom must have gone to the PM 's head on her jaunt to Czechoslovakia and Hungary . |
| 13 | The figures suggest that some 1200 excess cases of leukaemia may have been caused in Britain by the Windscale accident , since leukaemia deaths account for some 15 per cent of cancers attributable to nuclear accidents , the total toll of cancer deaths suggested is 8000 . |
| 14 | They also fully deserved the three sets they earned in the first three rubbers and with a little bit of luck would have had a least three more . |
| 15 | It was a contrast to performances in recent Asian tournaments ( Hong Kong in 1988 and Sri Lanka in 1990 ) when the territory finished third , behind South Korea and Japan , and showed that with a bit of luck could have entered the finals . |
| 16 | That the Director of Public Prosecutions did not press for prosecution suggests that this line of defence might have been effective , or might have resulted in the prosecution net catching even larger , embarrassed fish . |
| 17 | The various roles of agriculture will have to be seen as integral aspects of the broader rural , national and international economy . |
| 18 | For my part I simply can not predict what effect , for good or ill , this kind of centralization would have on the education service . |
| 19 | Of course , there is no real hard-and-fast barrier between these sciences : an advance in our understanding of physics can have profound effects on our understanding of biology , and so on . |
| 20 | Artificial insemination by donor ( AID ) , i.e. by a man other than the husband , can be used to achieve fertility where the husband lacks spermatozoa , or is otherwise infertile , or if the husband is a carrier of a genetic disease with a high chance of its being transmitted to a child ; alternatively the husband and wife may both be carriers of the same recessive gene , so that each act of fertilization would have a 25 per cent chance of giving rise to a diseased child . |
| 21 | To carry out even that form of monitoring would have required the full-time work of two clerks . |
| 22 | It is ironic that Holmes 's acceptance of the meritocratic possibilities of democratisation should have led to an Act which allowed for the creation of the comprehensive school — but in fact the ideology he shared with other administrators was one that could embrace the comprehensive , which was , at times , argued in the context of a more successful way of providing a selective education . |
| 23 | But the dominant problem for Margaret Thatcher 's heirs was a profound political one , which no amount of spin-doctoring could have magicked away . |
| 24 | If you had anticipated returning to clinical nursing without undertaking a re-entry programme first , then this kind of worry will have to be ironed out during your period of reorientation to the ward or district . |
| 25 | Like Braid , the name of Vardon would have stirred local followers of the game . |
| 26 | The experience of reading major works of literature can have an overpowering effect on the responsive reader ( usually , but by no means invariably , the young reader ) . |
| 27 | This , of course would have to be seen . |
| 28 | Those of course would have to qualify according to the rules of technical assistance and British aid , but in principle the study seminars are certainly open and we normally have people from countries other than the Third World ones . |
| 29 | Yes thank you Chairman erm I think important question very similar question I think we 're we 're all wondering whether the changed landscape of West Sussex , the changed use of West Sussex has had any influence on the flooding and as the County Council has pointed out worst amount of rain we 've had for about seventy years or so I think it 's very useful and important er to ask questions an and when this crisis is over we reflect on what we can learn from it , but I must bear in mind that it is first and foremost extraordinary climatic conditions which have caused these problems and that in itself of course might have implications erm the whole of global warming does tend to come to mind when you see what 's happening in Australia as well as what 's happening here erm that 's certainly not anything that agencies great or small can have any control over . |
| 30 | But , Tufnell of course must have precedence there at the moment . |