Example sentences of "[modal v] have [been] [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why two such important Russian spies should have been placed in the same cell block so that they could freely meet and talk together is a mystery . |
| 2 | ‘ They said I should have been killed in a crash ’ |
| 3 | Baffled , he scratched his greasy white hair and wondered what it could be and why it should have been stored in a beer keg . |
| 4 | Once the contractor is satisfied that a sub-contractor holds a valid certificate no further inspection is necessary unless : ( a ) The date of expiry , which should have been noted in the builder 's records , has passed . |
| 5 | She should have been treated in the same way that an older man would be dealt with for corrupting a young girl . |
| 6 | Davies arrived home at the time he should have been competing in the Olympics . |
| 7 | If , however , they were too pessimistic this should have been belied in the subsequent years since the Nigerian Indigenization Decree of 1972 , implemented from February 1974 , which reserved twenty-six activities in large-scale industry exclusively for Nigerian ownership ; foreign companies operating in these businesses had to sell out . |
| 8 | Perhaps a government subsidy , sourced from entertainment tax , should have been applied in the interests of mass circulation . |
| 9 | While I am happy that our efforts to keep more heavy traffic off the roads should achieve front page prominence , I am not so keen that so much journalistic ‘ topspin ’ should have been applied in the process . |
| 10 | There is surely a certain irony in the fact that such a conservative movement should have been enlisted in the service of an essentially liberal aspiration . |
| 11 | The question revolves around whether revenue should have been recognised in the first place , i.e. had a sale taken place at all . |
| 12 | This is a known problem with CorelDRAW 2 and Windows 3.1 which should have been fixed in the version you have . |
| 13 | It is perhaps unsurprising that the matter should have been challenged in the courts , given that it was an affront to the requirements of even the most basic conception of the rule of law . |
| 14 | The abolition of car tax was a bold move but it should have been done in the Budget last March , as the motor industry had asked . |
| 15 | The answer is that the advice that should have been given in the circumstances that prevailed on that date was , that if the plaintiffs wished to ignore the contract then they were entitled to serve a completion notice which because the vendor was unable to obtain that would have meant that the vendor would be unable to comply with the completion notice and accordingly the contract would have come to an end . |
| 16 | Again , the arrangement most suitable to the organisation should have been determined in the business analysis stage . |
| 17 | Shadow health secretary David Blunkett protested that the ‘ record ’ 50p rise should have been announced in an oral statement to the House , giving members the chance to question it . |
| 18 | Prop Grant Wilson will be seeking to emulate the deeds of his Boroughmuir colleague , Peter Wright , who was also third choice in the eyes of the selectors for the French game in Paris , but who then went on to prove he should have been selected in the first place . |
| 19 | Prop Grant Wilson will be seeking to emulate the deeds of his Boroughmuir colleague , Peter Wright , who was also third choice in the eyes of the selectors for the French game in Paris , but who then went on to prove he should have been selected in the first place . |
| 20 | HMS Reading should have been coming in the other direction . |
| 21 | ‘ we should have been minded in the absence of later authority to hold that the power of the Serious Fraud Office to require answers from a person in relation to a suspected offence came to an end when he was charged with that offence . |
| 22 | The trial judge in proceedings which were commenced in the High Court and subsequently transferred to the county court is entitled to express the opinion referred to in s 51(8) ( b ) that the proceedings he is trying should have been commenced in the county court . |
| 23 | Q : Apart from Rottweilers , do you think that any other breeds should have been included in the Dangerous Dog Act ? |
| 24 | This is prepared by the pursuer 's agents and is a statement of the pursuer 's case and the defender 's response , now including any alterations known as adjustments , made in course of the Adjustment Period , thus for example , if one has obtained a Medical Report which suggests that the pursuer is exaggerating his injuries and that he should have returned to work earlier than he did , appropriate statement to that effect should have been included in the Adjustment Period and will now be incorporated in the Closed Record . |
| 25 | The disclosure letter had been drawn up by the defendant on this belief and by its actions the plaintiff was estopped from complaining that the fact should have been included in the disclosure letter . |
| 26 | As we become more successful in delivering health care in the community , we discover things that we should have been doing in the past but have not done . |
| 27 | Saddam Hussein 's decision , in compliance with UN Resolutions 664 , 667 and 674 [ see pp. 37639 ; 37759 ] , was cautiously welcomed by US President Bush , who emphasized , however , that " no single hostage should have been taken in the first place " . |
| 28 | On his return Geoffrey should have been waiting in the wings to assist him into his pirate coat — the hook attached to the sleeve rendered it cumbersome . |
| 29 | Theories that attempt to unite Nature 's forces within one framework suggest that monopoles should have been produced in the early stages of the Universe : and just over a year ago Blas Cabrera , a researcher at Stanford University , thought he might have found one ( New Scientist . |
| 30 | It is sad , and somewhat ominous , that so little of that should have been reflected in the sombre statement which Mr Parkinson made in the House yesterday .. |