Example sentences of "have [been] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These salt concentrations may have been increased due to air pollution and ‘ salty ’ mortar used during earlier restoration work . |
| 2 | Perhaps they should have been using better cutlery , thought Robert , or calling Hasan ‘ sir ’ and making sure he had the best chair . |
| 3 | Opioid use is the top category , and individuals in this group may also have been using any of the drugs in the other five categories . |
| 4 | Barbiturates are the second hierarchical category , and individuals in this group may have been using any of the drugs in the four categories below , but not opioids . |
| 5 | By this stage Labour should have been riding high . |
| 6 | Although intended to further curtail local government expenditure — by requiring authorities to meet any unforeseen expenditure from existing budgets — the effect may well have been to persuade local authorities to set high initial rates ( to provide adequate balances to meet unexpected contingencies or loss of income ) . |
| 7 | What a delight it must have been to watch express trains thundering up the bank at Arkwright bridge . |
| 8 | A dwelling in Scotland that is placed in band D will have been assigned that band because its value at 1 April 1991 is over £45,000 but does not exceed £58,000 . |
| 9 | The western marches of Offa 's kingdom may have been experiencing renewed British harassment . |
| 10 | Some of the beautifully carved crosses could originally have been re-shaped pagan monuments . |
| 11 | Thus what looks like a perfect example of a ‘ horns of a dilemma ’ structure , turns out not to be so — it was a game that could have been played two or three lessons or ten lessons later . |
| 12 | The only criticism is that it could have been made available earlier to complement the often impractical tomes which emerged from other quarters . |
| 13 | This money should have been made available anyway . |
| 14 | If we had not given investors the chance to bid for Ballylumford and taken steps towards privatisation , that vital option would not have been made available to us . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , he did feel that Coastal had a strong claim to the latest 3cm version which could well have been made available to assist with the war at sea if large resources had not been diverted to equip the Main Farce of Bomber Command . |
| 16 | But Tory councillor Peter Jones claimed last night that funds should have been made available . |
| 17 | The gift will not have been made subject to a reservation . |
| 18 | Implicitly , many decisions may have been made that disadvantage older people . |
| 19 | I am certain that the transition could only have been made possible through the dedication ( If those Mr Chips at Halton , who gave their entire working life to the charges of all their students , Men like A.C.K. Kermode , Whittaker , Latimer Needham , Pillars , B.A. Smith and last but not least my dear friend the maths master . |
| 20 | The implicit monarchical themes may also have their own republican counterparts , which could have been made explicit in further contexts . |
| 21 | Some of these workers may have just entered the labour market from school , some may have been made redundant from their previous jobs , some may have been sacked for one reason or another and many will have quit their previous jobs in order to create time to search for more satisfactory ones . |
| 22 | When the product selection has been made some options for managing records may have been made impossible by the operating environment or application software . |
| 23 | A court official admitted : ‘ The records should not have been made public and it is understandable people get upset . ’ |
| 24 | The seller was liable even though by a simple process of warming , the bulk could have been made soft . |
| 25 | The girls would have fears on the island , especially at night , and these may or may not have been made manifest in a tangible object such as the beast . |
| 26 | Is there some development that I should have been made aware of ? ’ |
| 27 | The people of England should have been made aware of the significance of the match . |
| 28 | If he showed them the latest Washington telegram which he had seen before his departure [ KPs 66 and 85 ] , they would have been made aware that although they had to exercise the utmost restraint for the time being , a new and firmer policy might soon be adopted . |
| 29 | By this stage each party contacted should have been made aware of the firm 's professional relationship with the client and the confidentiality and sensitivity of any client information discussed . |
| 30 | Churning is not good for buyers though : endowments are meant to be long-term investments , and it should have been made clear to you when you bought the policy that you would lose out if you cashed in before the end of the agreed term , which is typically , 25 years . |