Example sentences of "this [modal v] have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may have been a reasonable starting assumption for the initial round of forecasts made in 1985 , but it is not adequate now . |
| 2 | This may have been due to a reluctance to suck more money out of a generous population , or to the usual delays in carrying out orders from Moscow . |
| 3 | This may have been a conservative blue colour with an elegant stripe down the middle of it , but it was all skew-whiff . |
| 4 | Some of this may have been channelled into Pathe , where Mr Fiorini is still co-chairman . |
| 5 | This may have been as much due to tradition as to limited supplies or tin . |
| 6 | This may have been a popular superstition , but it was by no means confined to uneducated people . |
| 7 | This may have been true of strict Evangelicals , particularly the Calvinists , the dissenting groups such as the Plymouth Brethren , but in the population of the cities where churchgoing had fallen steeply , fire and brimstone were losing their power to terrify . |
| 8 | This may have been due partly to prudence . |
| 9 | At one time , this may have been a mill chase with a waterwheel turning . |
| 10 | This may have been a difficult question for some to answer as it was an assessment of their own abilities . |
| 11 | This may have been for meals during the day while living elsewhere , or perhaps it was to make existing accommodation there more adequate for his use . |
| 12 | This may have been because my hopes were raised when mention was made of the need to consider ‘ the environmental effect of each stage leading to an alternative energy system ’ . |
| 13 | It is strange , however , that Garrick did not subscribe for Leapor 's volumes , since at almost the same time he subscribed for the Irish bricklayer poet , Henry Jones , though this may have been done to please Chesterfield . |
| 14 | This may have been in connection with duties at his Gloucester Docks warehouse or possibly in the Stroud area . |
| 15 | This may have been their experience in a particular historical era . |
| 16 | In part this may have been because the trend towards larger-scale workplaces meant children were less likely to see them working ; but there is also evidence of the now growing pressure to retire . |
| 17 | This may have been so . |
| 18 | However gratifying this may have been for Stirling , one distinct step was taken to clip his wings and stop his independent lobby of senior officers . |
| 19 | This may have been a just compromise , but it was clearly illogical . |
| 20 | This may have been an eruption similar to that which built Surtsey , but it came to nothing , and no island succeeded in raising its head above water . |
| 21 | He is one of the two architects ever to have held this position twice , but this may have been more in recognition of his wealth and status as an MP , and for his interest in the organization of the profession , than for his abilities as an architect . |
| 22 | But it would be a superficial reading of club ideology to view the movement simply in terms of its ‘ rescue ’ work , for though this may have been so in the early days , it was never the sole aim which would imply a passivity hardly reconcilable with the ambitions of the founders of clubs , or with that of the missions and settlement houses . |
| 23 | This may have been caused by the heating and lighting used at that time , or perhaps modern communications plus far better fire fighting methods available today ensure that incidents are tackled much more quickly . |
| 24 | ‘ This may have been largely absent from their own lives , but it was the prevailing view of human nature . |
| 25 | This may have been done by the surveyor to protect the building society or bank . |
| 26 | This may have been because he was ignorant or stupid but , reading between the lines of Heinz 's file , it is more likely that the foreman had taken against his young charge who was ‘ very intelligent and conceited ’ . |
| 27 | This may have been Painswick near Stroud , which has a long-standing tradition of clipping , as he was in Gloucestershire at one time . |
| 28 | Its lateral line should enable it to survive and eat , but even this may have been affected if it is bumping into things . |
| 29 | This may have been for a local production company producing a video for one of their corporate clients ; at the other end of the scale , you may have written some pieces for the broadcasters ( BBC , ITV , etc . ) . |
| 30 | This may have been due to an accident , but two Ju88s of 5/LG 1 were badly damaged over Malta , presumably hit by A.A. fire and force-landed at Catania on their return . |