Example sentences of "[adj] should have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many programmers realized that they had been programming things that should never have been taught at all , or that should have been taught by some other method or combination of methods . |
| 2 | That should have been arranged before . |
| 3 | Of course that should have been altered when inflation became serious , but it was n't . |
| 4 | It is sad , and somewhat ominous , that so little of that should have been reflected in the sombre statement which Mr Parkinson made in the House yesterday .. |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Thus , when in 1010 the English should have been engaging the enemy , ferde seo fyrde ham — the army went home . |
| 7 | If , however , they were too pessimistic this should have been belied in the subsequent years since the Nigerian Indigenization Decree of 1972 , implemented from February 1974 , which reserved twenty-six activities in large-scale industry exclusively for Nigerian ownership ; foreign companies operating in these businesses had to sell out . |
| 8 | The first point to make is that this is the same book as originally published in 1974 and retrospectively numbered ‘ 36 ’ in the series — we feel this should have been made clear by titling it ‘ Revised Edition ’ in the style previously followed . |
| 9 | ‘ Aurigny ’ is the old French name for the island of Alderney , and it is fitting that this should have been chosen as the airline 's title , since in many ways that rocky islet is the heart of the organisation . |
| 10 | Orkney , like most of his breed , is not sure this should have been allowed . |
| 11 | Why this should have been thought evidence of scurrility was known only to Joyce ‘ s peculiar logic . |
| 12 | Alternatively , it may be suggested that the question was how much the French should have been asked to concede ; and even if the critical time , ( according to Edmund Gullion , ) was ‘ right after the Elysee agreements of March 1949 ’ and for all the complaint that ‘ South-East Asia 's policy has been junked ’ , and dismay at Acheson 's ‘ French captivity , a closer inspection suggests that there may not in fact have been all that much difference in the assumptions upon which different parts of the State Department were operating . |
| 13 | In a recent interview with The Spectator Lord Denning , former Master of the Rolls — one of the highest judicial positions in England — commented that he felt the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six should have been hung because everyone would then have forgotten about them . |
| 14 | The court considered that the accused should have been convicted of obtaining property by deception . |
| 15 | Underneath this she wore black cotton trousers — ideally these should have been made of silk , but she felt sure no one would notice . |
| 16 | By a notice of appeal dated 1 June 1992 W. appealed on the grounds that ( 1 ) the High Court had no jurisdiction , or alternatively no jurisdiction should be exercised , to overrule the refusal of a competent minor aged 16 to undergo medical treatment ; ( 2 ) section 8 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 should have been applied ; ( 3 ) the judge had erred in applying observations of Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. in In re R. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Consent to Treatment ) [ 1992 ] Fam. 11 which were erroneous ; ( 4 ) the judge had wrongly found that in respect of the Children Act 1989 the minor 's right of refusal was limited to the stage of assessment ; and ( 5 ) the judge had failed to have sufficient regard to the medical evidence against transferring W. , to the advantages of not moving her and to her wishes and his decision was plainly wrong . |
| 17 | He was dropped by Prabhakar in the gully when 73 , and at 89 should have been run out by yards , but Srikkanth 's throw from close range missed the stumps and went for four overthrows . |
| 18 | Many should have been laid off from work as a consequence of the government 's deflationary policies . |
| 19 | you know so erm so some er a lot more should 've been done about actually getting , even if it was just well I 'm in that area , I 'm in the area on such and such a day anyway so I can call in to see you . |
| 20 | Neighbours , who reported the man as missing to the local council , say more should have been done to see if he was in need of help . |
| 21 | It believes more should have been done to ease the severity of the jobless situation . |
| 22 | Celtic should have been awarded a penalty in the 87th minute when Slater was tripped in the box but the referee waved away the appeals . |
| 23 | In this case the patient should have called , and Lach. 0/2 should have been prescribed . |
| 24 | 16 Your answer to question 15 should have been worked out by subtracting 300° from a full turn of 360° Do the following in a similar way . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | By a respondent 's notice dated 20 February 1991 the plaintiffs gave notice of their intention to contend that the judgment should be affirmed on the additional grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) leave to appeal from the order of 4 November 1988 should have been refused ; ( 2 ) there was no ground for interfering with the judge 's finding that the first defendant was not the agent of the plaintiffs ; ( 3 ) there was no evidence that the second defendant was at any material time under the influence of or dominated by the first defendant so as to be prevented from exercising independent judgment ; ( 4 ) in so far as the first defendant repeated his over-optimistic expectations to the second defendant it was not a misrepresentation , fraudulent or otherwise ; and ( 5 ) as to whether there was manifest disadvantage , the charge was required as a condition of further increased overdraft facility to Heathrow Fabrications Ltd. , without which that company , whose success would have been of benefit to the second defendant , would have been in financial difficulties . |