Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] been give " in BNC.
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| 1 | The IMF 's attempts to help Russia , says Mr Sachs , have been ‘ a disappointing performance of a task that it should not have been given . ’ |
| 2 | Mr Burke said it was Mrs Busuttil 's case that she should not have been given such high doses of the drug to induce labour . |
| 3 | The latest goal to Brann was given on a dubious penalty in overtime and there should probably have been given a free-kick for handling — for — Lyn just before the last Brann goal — the ref admitted this after seeing the whole situation on video-tape . |
| 4 | But this was surely one occasion that , for the good of the game , the benefit of the doubt must surely have been given to England , regardless of the word of the law . |
| 5 | But there is an action group of people opposed to it who say it should never have been given planning permission . |
| 6 | Details of the results of treatment of the elderly in clinical trials of the new drugs should therefore have been given to CSM . |
| 7 | Furthermore , gradation could equally lead to heavier sentences than might otherwise have been given for conduct which comes within the higher categories , although this could be regulated by appeal courts and sentencing guidelines . |
| 8 | Yet signs are not wanting that the mental effort of doing so is one which will become more and more difficult as the memory of the distinct courts of Law and Equity dies out ; and perhaps already the unified jurisdiction of the High Court , and the statutes which have codified certain branches of Common Law and Equity , have produced some results which could hardly have been given by any combination of proceedings in the separate courts , or by the development of the law solely by means of cases decided in them . |
| 9 | Pereira , 21 , was once world junior champion but is now world-ranked 154 and would not have been given much chance of defeating Borg when the Swede was in his prime . |
| 10 | Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke ordered the review , despite telling MPs yesterday : ‘ If officials had found out any information about Mr Clinton it would not have been given out . ’ |
| 11 | He could have asked for time off , she reflected , and would probably have been given it , but he was just not assertive enough . |
| 12 | If he was at the County ground a penalty probably would n't have been given , but there was no arguing about Andy Hinchcliffe 's finishing . |
| 13 | If I had had to justify my work in terms of clinical benefits before I started it , I would never have been given a licence . |
| 14 | As recently as 5 years ago , Leeds would never have been given the Makita tournament or chance to stage matches with a global profile . |
| 15 | The Leeds manager would never have been given air time on general football matters as he was always perceived as someone who was fronting an organisation that stood for the worst things in football . |
| 16 | Sadly for Mr Harford , the £11m would never have been given to the Labour county council by this Government . |
| 17 | Some thought will already have been given to this in deciding how many priorities will be tackled in the coming year . |
| 18 | In a rather larger number of situations the authorities will have quite explicit duties but will not have been given detailed guidance on how to carry them out . |
| 19 | You will probably have been giving your elderly parent emotional support all the way through the anxiety of her husband 's terminal illness , unless his death was sudden and unexpected . |