Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] been give " in BNC.

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1 He added : ‘ The operators should have been given at least another 12 months , rather than having to face a judge and jury overnight decision by someone on the Intervention Board . ’
2 ‘ The operators should have been given at least another 12 months , rather than having to face a judge and jury overnight decision by someone on the Intervention Board . ’
3 In addition , they should have been introduced to communication skills involving questioning , simulation and judgement and opportunities should have been given to prepare the pupils to cope with conflicting evidence in actual historical issues .
4 Not much enlightenment there ; the same reply could have been given at any time in the past four years .
5 There was also the Liverpool-Newcastle service , which in other countries would have been given ‘ InterCity ’ status , and which shared tracks north of Leeds with InterCity trains , but which ran here with older stock , Mark 1 or early Mark 2 , hauled by the heavy and increasingly unreliable 1Co-Col locomotives of Classes 40 or 46 .
6 Forty-eight hours from now , she thought , staring at her pale reflection in the mirror , Anne Hammond would have been given the miracle of the chance of a new lease of life , while her own future seemed to stretch emptily ahead with nothing but work to fill it .
7 The rationale behind the exposure draft is that the auditors may be improperly pressurised into adopting the opinion the outside firm has given , and that this opinion may have been given with inadequate knowledge of the circumstances .
8 With hindsight this final point should have been given more significance from the start .
9 Instead , it can be argued that more attention should have been given to services and small-scale manufacturing .
10 the Vendor shall be under no liability in respect of any of the Warranties unless the Vendor shall have been given written notice by the Purchaser of a specific breach of the Warranties prior to the second anniversary of Completion ;
11 Treaty a cross-undertaking as to damages should have been given .
12 Does the Secretary of State imagine that such figures could have been given to any other Parliament in the European Community — especially in a country that had enjoyed a North sea oil bonanza over the years ?
13 Dr Enid Starkie would have been given the chance to swat another Mistake in Literature .
14 Well I ca n't think why a free kick would have been given for anything else .
15 One obvious alternative to the appointment of the Commissioner would have been to give further jurisdiction to the Industrial Tribunals , instead of the High Court , to enforce such rights which now fall within the scope of the Commissioner 's work .
16 Conversely , it is possible for a dismissal which is technically in breach of contract ( ie a summary dismissal when notice should have been given ) to be fair .
17 I suggest that the Hon. Gentleman goes to Holyhead and explains that in his view the priority should have been given to the television studios and not to Holyhead .
18 I BELIEVE Dr Cox should have been given a long jail sentence .
19 BATTLE of the Atlantic veteran and Garston MP Eddie Loyden should have been given a greater role in the recent commemorations .
20 I can tell him that , if we had been involved in the process during the years in which this Government were involved , proper priority would have been given to the very stipulations that we laid down some time ago about convergence , the accountability of institutions and the need for a change in regional and structural funding — as well as several other considerations , some of which are now contained in article 2 of the treaty .
21 The following morning her child was delivered stillborn and her condition deteriorated to such an extent that , but for her expressed wishes , a blood transfusion would have been given .
22 This is probably why Blakemore would have been given a licence had one been needed under previous legislation .
23 Accordingly , a caution should have been given .
24 Eilish McDermott , QC , appearing for Doherty , submitted ‘ natural justice ’ required that — taking account of the time he spent in jail in the US — Doherty should have been given the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State .
25 I believe that the opposition should have insisted on having a vote on a motion in which the government could have asked for support , and we would have put down an amendment saying that we thought that sanctions should have been given longer .
26 It may seem strange that such an important and renowned healing centre should have been given up so easily and so early , and this may reflect the despoliation and depredations by members of the House of Constantine .
27 At this stage the actual response categories may not have been considered in detail , but if the questions themselves justify inclusion some thought should have been given to the response categories envisaged for analysis since it is the answers which will be analysed .
28 ‘ More thought should have been given to the announcement , ’ added Tom .
29 Whatever warning might have been given earlier , little arousal seemed to have resulted .
30 This categorisation could have been carried out in other ways , and other purposes seen here as secondary could have been given greater prominence .
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