Example sentences of "[noun] should have been [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not even follow that the research base should have been developed in any institution of higher education . |
| 2 | Shadow health secretary David Blunkett protested that the ‘ record ’ 50p rise should have been announced in an oral statement to the House , giving members the chance to question it . |
| 3 | Others had their cattle seized by Neville 's men until they paid extortionate fines , although their cases should have been heard before the king 's judges . |
| 4 | Sir Rhodes Boyson , the MP for Brent North , who has led the Tory backbench campaign to wring more funds from the Treasury , argued that more money should have been provided for next year . |
| 5 | Indeed , it is not surprising that a member of this particular grammatical category should have been brought into play here . |
| 6 | She was an extraordinary human being , and it was a damn shame that her personality and talents should have been encased in that little dumpy body of hers . |
| 7 | It is realised now that your permission should have been obtained before disclosing such information and if any teacher does not wish this to happen in the future please notify the NDO — — without delay — hopefully with alternative suggestion for publicising your class . |
| 8 | Everything she had thrown in Luke 's direction should have been transferred to Rob , really . |
| 9 | ‘ I think Alison should have been delivered by Caesarian section much earlier in labour , ’ said Mr Edwards . |
| 10 | However , why his ghost should have been attracted to the station and the area around the mess room has never been explained satisfactorily . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Veblen took pleasure in representing that in a society as dedicated to practical efficiency as the United States emulation should have been directed to the pursuit of objectives as conspicuously useless and therefore wasteful as gold or precious stones . |
| 14 | With no trouble in selling their products , Champagne houses should have been heartened by such healthy expansion , but theirs was a labour-intensive business , where every bottle produced was taken through each stage of a complex operation by hand . |
| 15 | A brick should have been wrapped in that paper and then inserted well up Chamberlain 's fundamental orifice . |
| 16 | To meet the conditions , solicitors should have been qualified for at least three years , have been given suitable training and have a record of advocacy in the lower courts . |
| 17 | The budget should have been introduced by Chandra Shekhar 's government in February , but had been postponed due to Congress ( I ) pressure [ for details of Rao 's reform measures and the budget see p. 38337 ; for 1990 budget presented by the Singh government in March 1990 see pp. 37315-16 ] . |
| 18 | The improvements to estates should have been completed in five years when the HATs will be wound up and the houses disposed of to new landlords who could be the local council , a private individual or company , a housing association or a co-operative . |
| 19 | It comes as no surprise that such a verdict should have been arrived at . |
| 20 | She gave him a weary , large-eyed , shires-bred glance , a glance whose horizons should have been bounded by acres of plough and grazing . |
| 21 | Large medical expenses accounts should have been checked by Europ Assistance but these should still be examined as it is not unknown for such accounts to include TVs and even bar charges . |
| 22 | We can well understand and sympathise with the judge 's concern that where serious injuries had been inflicted on Mr. Gilbert , who gave credible evidence implicating the appellant , the prosecution case should have been prejudiced by inappropriately calling a witness who should have been tendered to the defence . |
| 23 | Finally , no financial support should have been provided by a pharmaceutical company . |
| 24 | But where the defect or fault should have been detected during normal maintenance , this would not constitute a defence and there would probably be an offence under the appropriate Construction and Use Regulations . |
| 25 | The Class 321 units ( of which the first was delivered in September 1988 ) , were an immediate success , but the same can not be said of the Class 442 ‘ Wessex Electrics ’ of which twenty-four five-car units should have been delivered in time for the May 1988 timetable . |
| 26 | Yet all their study should have been directed to this end , so that they might be consumed with the love of God as well . |
| 27 | The question revolves around whether revenue should have been recognised in the first place , i.e. had a sale taken place at all . |
| 28 | Verse 16 : the people 's sin-offering should have been eaten by the priests in the holy place as a sign that God accepted the offering — Aaron 's excuse is not clear , but Moses accepts it . |
| 29 | It is unsurprising that the lawyers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries should have been attracted by a contractual analysis of the company . |
| 30 | Mujtaba should have been caught at slip by Gooch when only 17 , Munton the suffering bowler , and the skipper , now into double figures with international catching errors this year , surely about to relaunch as a mid-off . |