Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 If a conventionalist thinks that the Court should have disregarded Plessy in Brown because racial segregation is especially immoral , he will insist that the Court should have made plain to the public the exceptional nature of its decision , that it should have admitted it was changing the law for nonlegal reasons .
2 In response to a petition by Knesset member Avraham Poraz , the court found that Sharon should have sought approval for the construction programme from the Knesset .
3 Stone 's form in this year 's championship reinforces his claim that he should have represented England in the recent Olympic qualifying tournament in Milan .
4 ‘ I suppose I should have followed Clem into the trade union movement .
5 It is difficult , however , to see why the directors should have to take account of the interests of the as yet unidentifiable persons who might acquire shares in the company at some future date .
6 In a report to councillors , he says that the trustees should have served notice on the county council last December if they wanted to exercise the option to continue for another 21 years at the nominal £1 a year rent for the village hall .
7 ‘ She should have ridden Felicia in the parade , ’ said Sukey disapprovingly .
8 The WRU could have been diplomatic and should have consulted officials from the clubs concerned after the last 16 matches to see what they wanted instead .
9 It is ironic both that the new architecture of the masses should eventually have ended the dominance of great houses , and that more ordinary men and women should have become protagonists in the novel , for these were not the developments , either in life or in art , that Disraeli had in mind .
10 That was all that he had in mind , as Prior Robert , bewildered and displeased by what seemed to him very grudging acceptance of a duty that should have conveyed honour upon the recipient , waved Jerome imperiously to the altar .
11 The respect the government accorded them was correspondingly limited : it was significant that among the great civil reforms of the reign that of urban government should have been left until last , and that when enacted it should have concentrated power in the hands of a very narrow élite .
12 The OpenVMS environment , along with NAS software , OSF/1 and Microsoft Windows NT , are to form the basis of DEC 's strategy over the coming decade and beyond , though as DEC UK chairman , Geoff Shingles reflected , ‘ we should have put VMS into the open domain in the eighties . ’
13 I should have had scenes like the ones you shot with Curtis and Ireland .
14 They argued that the principles he adopted had been politically motivated and should have had regard to the spending needs of each authority .
15 ‘ I should have thrown convention to the winds .
16 He appealed , submitting that ( 1 ) the judge should have excluded evidence of the oral admissions ; ( 2 ) the judge should not have permitted the Crown 's application to re-elect and amend the indictment .
17 Both Stalin and Hitler should have taken note of the aesthetics .
18 You must have lost count of the number of men who have seen your charms . ’
19 Furthermore there is no qualifying period during which the applicant must have received maintenance from the deceased .
20 She does n't , of course , mention it , but as a researcher living among the Masai she must have become part of the total social fact herself .
21 When numbers of priestesses dressed in this way and danced themselves to a pitch of religious ecstasy , the sight must have inspired awe among the beholders .
22 Even if , as Mancini thought , not all the details of these ‘ plots ’ commanded belief , the Woodvilles ' background of aggressive opportunism must have given credibility to the claim that they intended to dominate the young king .
23 Even if , as Mancini thought , not all the details of these ‘ plots ’ commanded belief , the Woodvilles ' background of aggressive opportunism must have given credibility to the claim that they intended to dominate the young king .
24 The locks were still not completed so that whatever traffic moved between then and the opening of the Foxton Flight on 1 October 1813 must have involved portage up the tramway .
25 Obviously , one can not add the two figures of 0.67 per cent and 0.58 per cent to arrive at the total contribution of education , since there is an overlap between the two , i.e. advances in knowledge must have affected advances in the education of the labour force and vice versa .
26 I think I must have expressed dissatisfaction with the ‘ Poetry and Propaganda ’ article , because , like others that I had submitted to him up to that point , it was never to appear .
27 The brick built and slated roof mill was built around 1840–41 , in what must have formed part of the garden , and was obviously steam-powered from that date .
28 The Indians , it is surmised , must have had help from the Chinese .
29 Blanche understood the people who must have put pressure on the commander to take her off the case : MI5 and Urquhart 's boss , Capron .
30 The combination of the Carrian collapse with the emergence of the B.M.F.L. irregularities presented the investigating and prosecuting authorities of Hong Kong with massive tasks , which must have stretched resources to the limit .
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