Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [vb pp] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I possibly should have kept hold of Edward Sheringham . ’ |
| 2 | By notice of appeal dated 22 April 1992 the father appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the judge was wrong in law to reject the submission that any consideration of the children 's welfare in the context of a judicial discretion under article 13 ( a ) of the Convention was relevant only as a material factor if it met the test of placing the children in an ‘ intolerable situation ’ under article 13 ( b ) ; ( 2 ) the judge should have limited considerations of welfare to the criteria for welfare laid down by the Convention itself ; ( 3 ) the judge was wrong in law to reject the submission that in the context of the exercise of the discretion permitted by article 13 ( a ) the court was limited to a consideration of the nature and quality of the father 's acquiescence ( as found by the Court of Appeal ) ; ( 4 ) in the premises , despite her acknowledgment that the exercise of her discretion had to be seen in the context of the Convention , the judge exercised a discretion based on a welfare test appropriate to wardship proceedings ; ( 5 ) the judge was further in error as a matter of law in not perceiving as the starting point for the exercise of her discretion the proposition that under the Convention the future of the children should be decided in the courts of the state from which they had been wrongfully removed ; ( 6 ) the judge , having found that on the ability to determine the issue between the parents there was little to choose between the Family Court of Australia and the High Court of England , was wrong not to conclude that as a consequence the mother had failed to displace the fundamental premise of the Convention that the future of the children should be decided in the courts of the country from which they had been wrongfully removed ; ( 7 ) the judge also misdirected herself when considering which court should decide the future of the children ( a ) by applying considerations more appropriate to the doctrine of forum conveniens and ( b ) by having regard to the likely outcome of the hearing in that court contrary to the principles set out in In re F. ( A Minor ) ( Abduction : Custody Rights ) [ 1991 ] Fam. 25 ; ( 8 ) in the alternative , if the judge was right to apply the forum conveniens approach , she failed to have regard to the following facts and matters : ( a ) that the parties were married in Australia ; ( b ) that the parties had spent the majority of their married life in Australia ; ( c ) that the children were born in Australia and were Australian citizens ; ( d ) that the children had spent the majority of their lives in Australia ; ( e ) the matters referred to in ground ( 9 ) ; ( 9 ) in any event on the facts the judge was wrong to find that there was little to choose between the Family Court of Australia and the High Court of England as fora for deciding the children 's future ; ( 11 ) the judge was wrong on the facts to find that there had been a change in the circumstances to which the mother would be returning in Australia given the findings made by Thorpe J. that ( a ) the former matrimonial home was to be sold ; ( b ) it would be unavailable for occupation by the mother and the children after 7 February 1992 ; and ( c ) there would be no financial support for the mother other than state benefits : matters which neither Thorpe J. nor the Court of Appeal found amounted to ‘ an intolerable situation . ’ |
| 3 | Accordingly the judge should have limited considerations of welfare to the criteria for ‘ welfare ’ laid down by the Convention itself . |
| 4 | They should have flown north in March , but perhaps they were n't paying attention when the others left , maybe deep in conversation or looking the other way . |
| 5 | By that time , the rest of the army landed at Leven should have reached Tayside by foot and joined with them . |
| 6 | QPR , who should have played Forest on Saturday , entertain Everton , who give a late fitness test to defender Martin Keown . |
| 7 | That the semi-official history of the party should have eschewed discussion of Conservatism as an ideology is not surprising , but a prominent British Marxist scholar has conceded that ‘ the Tory tradition is not best understood as a tradition of ideas ’ and the introduction to a recent collection of essays on Edwardian Conservatism also accepts that ‘ Conservatism is not an ideology , but a frame of mind , an outlook , a general approach ’ . |
| 8 | Frain should have joined Sunderland for £350,000 but the move collapsed when Birmingham chairman Samesh Kumar demanded a clause be inserted in the deal that would give Birmingham 25 per cent of any sell-on fee . |
| 9 | Properly speaking , Aunt Tossie should have presented Nicandra at Court , which she would have greatly enjoyed doing . |
| 10 | You you should have done counties of England . |
| 11 | I did n't go till about half ten ah no cos I had a few letters and stuff to write first and I thought right I 'll just take me time and , cos I wanted to I did n't wan na go faster than you know than I should , I should have done sort of thing cos I wanted to time it properly . |
| 12 | Any report which demands more than a full day of your time , or of your subordinates ' , should have written terms of reference . |
| 13 | Surely the Lord Chancellor should have issued guidance to justices on the tariff for sentencing in such cases . |
| 14 | I guess I should have paid attention in Sunday school . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If I were trying to keep things straight , I should have told Stuart about Oliver 's appearance at the door and what I did with his flowers . |
| 17 | Above her , the vault seemed so high it should have had rag-clouds like Mars , but it was unearthly white . |
| 18 | Tormented by notion that should have spent holiday with Jack and Kate from next door but seven . |
| 19 | The author suggests Churchill should have negotiated peace with Hitler in 1940 and states that his famous trumpet-call of resistance — we shall fight on the beaches , etc — was ‘ sublime nonsense ’ . ’ |
| 20 | Wrights ' Canadian Ropes Limited complained that the Minister should have allowed claims for expenses to be set off against tax . |
| 21 | NCLE has argued for some time that schools should have coordinated policies on language as a medium for learning and languages as subjects . |
| 22 | This I 'm pleased to say is being done , a meeting has been arranged with British Aerospace , it should have taken place on Monday er Mike was deputizing me at that meeting and I 'm waiting to see what the outcome of that meeting is . |
| 23 | Firminus , comes of the Auvergne , tried to prevent his name going forward , but Avitus reached the court of king Sigibert , and was consecrated in Metz , although according to the canons the ceremony should have taken place in Clermont . |
| 24 | Prize/medallion winners must have gained marks of 80% or above . |
| 25 | Medallion winners must have gained marks of 80% or above . |
| 26 | Miller must have sent word to Bartram that Figures of Plants would be coming , as , in April 1755 , only one month after initial publication , John Bartram wrote to express grateful anticipation . |
| 27 | She had been dismayed to find that he must have made enquiries in Helmsley and tracked her down , but she 'd become a much more confident and secure woman since the early days of her marriage . |
| 28 | Secondly , that transfer must have given rise to rights in the individual who makes it . |
| 29 | But the fact that the attempt had been made at all must have given credibility to Gloucester 's claim that the Woodvilles were prepared to use force in pursuit of their ends . |
| 30 | But the fact that the attempt had been made at all must have given credibility to Gloucester 's claim that the Woodvilles were prepared to use force in pursuit of their ends . |