Example sentences of "[modal v] have had more " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Allegri sounded a bit under-nourished against Mr Campbell 's easy delivery , particularly in the second movement , which should have had more force , though if one expects a bracing scherzo-like piece at this point , Bliss surely over-wrote it , producing instead the effect of a finale . |
| 2 | This appalled Mrs Browning , who said at once that it was God using her as an instrument and that Wilson should have had more faith . |
| 3 | ‘ He should have had more sense . ’ |
| 4 | I should have had more sense . |
| 5 | Should have had more sang froid e -bluesy pass-at-her-at-a-party-but . |
| 6 | In addition to all the rationally established facts I formulate in the indicative mood , there is the imperative to respect them , expressed in injunctions of varying generality imposing varying degrees of obligation , ‘ You ought to know that ’ , ‘ You should have had more sense ’ , ‘ You had better check that ’ , ‘ You were wrong to overlook that ’ , and sometimes directly in the imperative mood , ‘ Face facts ’ ‘ Know thyself ’ , ‘ Think what you 're doing ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ The supporters here should have had more success . |
| 8 | The Executive Committee discussed the case at several further meetings and decided to re-examine it when Black 's solicitor should have had more time to ascertain the prospects of money compensation from the government for the injuries . |
| 9 | They were certainly too much for a dismal Everton outfit and Chelsea should have had more goals as they eased on to the heels of the leading Premier League pack . |
| 10 | But by the same token , the girl should have had more sense than to walk along a road like that in the dark . |
| 11 | ‘ God knows I should have had more sense . |
| 12 | I should have had more faith in you . ’ |
| 13 | It may well be the case that we should have had more staff but I willingly accept that the tenfold increase in the number arriving has overwhelmed our resources . |
| 14 | They should have had more definite targets , because it was a bit , everyone , at one point everyone was doing the same thing , , through the words which |
| 15 | Why is it that they should have had more faith ? |
| 16 | There is one for every school , of course , and this psychologist should have had more training in perceptual handicaps than an ordinary classroom teacher , and should be available to help assess the child and give advice to teachers and parents about how to help them . |
| 17 | James and Martha Lamb had had nine , including the small George of the King 's silver bowl ; their descendants must have had more but the last of the line , Augustus Lamb , was a celibate clergyman . |
| 18 | The marriage lasted only a few years , cut short by the death of Eliza ; when Robert returned to the same altar at St Leonard 's in January of 1837 as a widower , he must have had more than a flash of déjà vu . |
| 19 | ‘ I suppose we must have had more help than I remember , ’ he said after a while . |
| 20 | I suppose he must have had more orthodox items in his wardrobe but I never saw them . |
| 21 | It seems they must have had more than just a message . |
| 22 | They would have provided the basis for greater parliamentary co-operation between labour representatives and liberal politicians , and a framework in which the appeal to nationalism and the efforts of Church , school and middle-class reformers might have had more effect in moderating working-class attitudes . |
| 23 | Sixty two only , you know , not that long after the War had ended and to the lament that nobody got killed you know you might have had more chances e of success if they had all got killed . |
| 24 | First , birds performing the appropriate actions could have had more surviving offspring than those making less good nests ; consequently , in the course of time , genes necessary for the expression of the appropriate actions spread through the long-tailed tit population . |
| 25 | I wonder , however , whether we could have had more discussion of the worth of these compositions . |
| 26 | You 'd have thought he 'd have had more sense . ’ |
| 27 | I would have done better if I 'd have had more time . |
| 28 | East Germany 's environmental plight may have had more publicity than that of any other East European country , but its neighbours Poland and Czechoslovakia are almost equally high in the pollution league . |
| 29 | Those one step up the housing ladder may have had more equity in their home to absorb falling values , but they can not move either , unless those former first-time buyers can trade up . |
| 30 | There certainly were opportunities , therefore , for children and young people to contribute both directly and indirectly to the household economy even before they entered the labour market , and on balance the evidence suggests that girls were likely to be more substantial contributors than boys , especially in the provision and exchange of domestic services , although boys may have had more opportunities to earn money . |