Example sentences of "should [vb infin] [been] used " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , SI units should have been used rather than cgs . |
| 2 | Purists will long dispute whether it was obviously a mashie-shot , or whether the niblick should have been used . |
| 3 | Never again , because those resources , now being consumed at vast speed in the Gulf , should have been used to stave off world recession , build new infrastructure , encourage better education and training — at least that 's where the UK 's £3 billion or more share of the total cost could have gone . |
| 4 | Flaws are unacceptable , and only the very finest materials should have been used . |
| 5 | It was his misfortune to envisage every such encounter as a matter of life and death , though by now he should have been used to anticlimax , and to the survival and tenacity of both parties to fight another day . |
| 6 | Now here are two cases where we think " the " should have been used ( __ indicates where we would put " the " ) : |