Example sentences of "[noun] that should have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet this inflexibility spoiled a day that should have been special for Dr Schofield . |
| 2 | A HUMBLE £28-a-day flagman bears the main responsibility for the shambles that should have been this year 's Aintree Grand National , according to the official inquiry into ‘ The race that never was . ’ |
| 3 | Then he gaped as Bower-bird flutter the wings that should have been useless , and sprang into the air in a perfect take-off . |
| 4 | Disturbed that the English were at odds with a nation that should have been one of its natural religious allies , Cromwell brought about a rapid end to the Dutch War , and during the peace negotiations he even proposed that in the interests of their common religion the English and Dutch republics should merge to form one united Protestant state . |
| 5 | Money and effort that should have been devoted to supporting the ordinary people in Highfields has been wasted on power politics and I agree that it 's time surely to put an end to that disgrace now there is a certain logic in Mr amendment , it basically says let us put the implementation of council policy in the hands of the director of education , let him take executive control and let us take politics out of it and if I thought that that would do what both Mr and myself want to happen I would support . |
| 6 | A very handsome man on a horse came one day to enquire about a bridle that should have been ready , but was n't . |