Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [been] [verb] by [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I think it must 've been hit by a car , ’ he said .
2 She argued that the history of " scum " should have alerted the IBA to its controversial nature , and that any decision to screen it should have been made by the appointed members of the Authority , and not by their executive staff .
3 A great mystery is why Eliot , who was more of a relativist than Pound , should have been accepted by the academic establishment whereas Pound was not .
4 In the case of a restricted licence , the LA must revoke it if , twice within a five-year period , the holder is found guilty of carrying goods which should have been covered by a standard or standard international licence .
5 On behalf of the applicant , Mr. Fitzgerald submitted that a death due to ‘ natural causes ’ in the sense that it was caused by some naturally occurring disease , nevertheless becomes ‘ an unnatural death ’ within the meaning of section 8(1) ( a ) when it could and should have been prevented by the performance by some other person or authority of a duty owed by them to the deceased .
6 contractor obtained judgement as defects complained of should have been recognised by the F architect .
7 It is natural that the third test question of Holy Week should have been asked by the Sadducees .
8 Playful biting is usual in young puppies , but this trait should have been lost by the time they are about four-and-a-half months old .
9 If the act should have been foreseen by a reasonable man as likely , it would not break the chain of causation .
10 Verse 16 : the people 's sin-offering should have been eaten by the priests in the holy place as a sign that God accepted the offering — Aaron 's excuse is not clear , but Moses accepts it .
11 In line with the peace treaty , however , both should have been replaced by a new national civil police force , and the FMLN claimed that the government had deliberately withheld the necessary resources for this to be accomplished .
12 But whatever the motives , the Government 's twin aims of handing back the control of unions to the individual members , and ensuring that trade unions act within bounds set by a democratic state , are ones that should have been promoted by the left .
13 The appeal turns on whether evidence obtained by the operation should have been admitted by the trial judge .
14 Nor is it easy to see on what basis a stricter protection for the wife should have been demanded by the facts in Shears and Sons Ltd. v. Jones than was demanded by the facts in Howes v. Bishop [ 1909 ] 2 K.B .
15 It was also one which , in all the circumstances , should have been taken by the hospital authorities themselves on the Monday .
16 If , however , the growing number of jobs within the service industries is viewed as a consequence of rising productivity levels within manufacturing , then the labour released should have been reabsorbed by the service sector .
17 It was therefore timely that the RIBA should have been approached by a number of parties interested in publishing the Journal and eventually a deal with The Builder Group was struck by the Institute .
18 The appellant appealed on the ground that the co-defendant 's plea of guilty should have been excluded by the trial judge in the exercise of his discretion under section 78(1) of the 1984 Act .
19 It is unsurprising that the lawyers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries should have been attracted by a contractual analysis of the company .
20 That North should have been caught by a memorandum , one of the common plants of the swamp , was especially ironic .
21 He had n't yet said who ‘ they ’ were , but Robert had a fairly good idea that some of them might well be unemployed young men pretending to be Muslims in order to worm their way into jobs that should have been occupied by the Faithful .
22 He confirmed that 150 beds should have been opened by the end of March .
23 Since the book went to press there has been Smith v. Schofield , in which it was said that seventeen pages of algebra used to show the consequences of one construction of a tax Act should have been proved by an expert witness and not merely put before the judge ; this does raise sharply the difference between argument and evidence .
24 Alan Beith , Treasury spokesman for the Liberal Democrats , said he was perturbed that ‘ so little acceptance should have been shown by the bank of the scale of failing which is brought out in the report ’ .
25 If Kujau is telling the truth and has found the location , the treasure should have been recovered by the time you read this .
26 The ratings competition being what it is , Blitz put Morrissey in the cover of the magazine when , of course , it should have been graced by the familiar features of Elsie Tanner .
27 Finally , no financial support should have been provided by a pharmaceutical company .
28 Must have been caused by the explosion that brought down the plane or by the impact of striking the water . ’
29 Before being able to close off an SPR , it must have been accepted by a LIFESPAN user ( to prevent it being passed on indefinitely if no one is willing to take responsibility for the work ) .
30 Before being able to close off an SPR , it must have been accepted by a LIFESPAN user ( to prevent it being passed on indefinitely if no one is willing to take responsibility for the work ) .
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