Example sentences of "and [modal v] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 61 | 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 . |
| 62 | Had he not done so I could not have gone to Eton , and should have been deprived of one of the most formative influences in my life . |
| 63 | By now your heater will have brought the water to temperature and should have been adjusted to ensure that it 's spot on . |
| 64 | Martin needed a bit of time to settle down and should have been given a couple of throws in his usual position in the middle before going to the front and staying there . |
| 65 | ‘ And I said Mark Robins is a local lad who cost nothing and should have been given more of a chance . |
| 66 | The second is that this form was not served on him , although it was undoubtedly served on the governor of the prison where he was detained on 3 July and should have been given to Mr. Butler . |
| 67 | This matter , involving the liberty of the subject , was , of course , urgent and should have been listed as a matter of urgency . |
| 68 | I do nt know much about the second half , except that Hodges tried to maim dorigo with an elbow , and should have been sent off . |
| 69 | Both sides could make out a case that they deserved to win and should have been awarded penalties . |
| 70 | Cars , of course , could and should have been excluded but that would have spoiled the fun . |
| 71 | Mr Beloff argued that a prima facie case of professional misconduct had been made out and should have been put before the barristers ' disciplinary tribunal . |
| 72 | The matter could and should have been dealt with as set out above . |
| 73 | Entrenched positions may be established easily between the two with the result that claims are prepared and argued merely to prevent loss of face when in reality the matter could and should have been settled by discussion on site when the problems arose . |
| 74 | The same can not be said for the Labour party which fought the previous two elections on a programme that the hon. Member for Walsall , South ( Mr. George ) said was disastrous and should have been consigned to the rubbish heap . |
| 75 | Jones v Sherwood was about the sale of a business and should have been reported in one of the principal general series . |
| 76 | ‘ They show that a major capital investment , amounting to £160 million in current prices , did not produce much physics and should have been closed long before it was in 1977 . ’ |
| 77 | She Caught The Katy meanders along while Messin' With The Kid and Texas Flood are too bluesy and should have been left off the tape . |
| 78 | The classification of decelerations as early , late , and variable , as used in the Dublin trial , seems best ; the terms ‘ type I ’ and ‘ II dips ’ are archaic and should have been abandoned long ago . |
| 79 | The other big mistake could and should have been avoided . |
| 80 | Any one of a very large number of ways of throwing rocks together would be labelled a mountain , and might have been named Mont Blanc . |
| 81 | In his Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex , therefore , Darwin concluded that for distasteful species ‘ the most gaudy colours would be serviceable , and might have been gained by variation and the survival of the most-easily recognised individuals ’ . |
| 82 | She shone in the lamplight like the black wood from Punt , and might have been carved from it . |
| 83 | Bloomsbury was five years old in 1991 , and might have been expected to have outgrown the cash-hungry habits of the start-up . |
| 84 | Damages only follow when the loss arises naturally from the breach and might have been anticipated by the parties . |
| 85 | Zhu was reportedly dismissed because of his links with liberal policies , and might have been held responsible for the participation of union members in the pro-democracy protests of May and June . |
| 86 | Almost all the work was done by manual labour alone and the order which Wade sent to Edinburgh Castle in 1726 for ‘ 94 shovells , 82 pickaxes , 42 spades , 3 iron crows ’ is typical and could have been repeated many times over . |
| 87 | The agreement was clearly intended to be of short duration and could have been secured by a lease for a fixed term , say five or ten years with power for the landlord to determine before the expiry of that period for the purposes of the road widening . |
| 88 | It also dates 1st century and could have been intended as either a key or a knife handle ( although the fact that it has a circular socket favours its use as a key handle ) . |
| 89 | The table is believed to date from the 1930s and could have been given to the club by a local building firm , whose managing director was on the Quakers board . |
| 90 | The book is firmly rooted in the olden , and golden days of classical physical chemistry and could have been written circa 1960 — perhaps it was . |