Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] been [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pursuers then concluded a contract for the purchase of the house but subsequently raised an action of damages against the defenders , based on negligence , in which they averred that there were many patent defects in the house which should have been apparent to surveyors of ordinary competence exercising reasonable care . |
| 2 | She held the sleeping baby in her arms but the scene , which should have been one of contentment , was marred by her appearance . |
| 3 | Secondly , if the objective of the study of Giaffer et al was to ascertain whether a particular form of nitrogen source ( amino acid v whole protein ) had a primary beneficial effect , both formula diets should have been equivalent in carbohydrate and fat composition , and in fact the amount of fat administered was 15 times higher in the polymeric than in the elemental diet . |
| 4 | The growth of the comprehensives brought with it a significant expansion in the curriculum content of secondary schooling , which should have been helpful to girls , except that in many schools expansion meant typing or shorthand or child-care for girls , and quite different subjects for boys . |
| 5 | Life should have been good for Pamela Wray . |
| 6 | Yet this inflexibility spoiled a day that should have been special for Dr Schofield . |
| 7 | ( h ) Excepted defects There is no condition as to merchantability where defects have been drawn to the buyer 's attention before the contract is made , or if the defects should have been obvious from examination . |
| 8 | Immediately , instinctively , he knew something was wrong ; the kitchen staff should have been busy with preparations for dinner . |
| 9 | It must have been heartbreaking for people who had been through sensational experiences to have to recount them to politely tepid audiences and to discover that their stories conformed to an orthodox pattern . |
| 10 | But just as Geertz 's textually absent wife must have been present in reality , contributing to Geertz encounter with the Balinese , so women are also present in Balinese society though they may be absent from cockfighting . |
| 11 | Second , the growing belief that two people must have been involved in things , quite certainly in the murder . |
| 12 | Texans expecting something equally outré must have been disappointed by Desert of Roses : a treatment of the Beauty and the Beast legend set in Texas just after the American Civil War , the piece is essentially a rather sugary Broadway musical with minimalist frosting on the score . |
| 13 | He must have been radical in religion and he favoured English support for the cause of the Netherlands , possibly being used by Sir Francis Walsingham [ q.v. ] and Robert Dudley , Earl of Leicester [ q.v. ] , to urge this policy on Burghley . |
| 14 | He must have been asleep for hours . |
| 15 | Certainly , numerous repetitions must have been essential in order to accommodate all the action described in the livret . |
| 16 | This recipe must have been one of Boulestin 's favourites . |
| 17 | And all that in one week , it must have been one of Madame 's special amateur talent weeks I suppose . |
| 18 | It would be possible , Roland thought , to identify the breakfast party , which must have been one of Crabb Robinson 's later efforts to provide stimulating conversation for the students of the new London University . |
| 19 | It must have been odd for Ralph , I thought , to feel like an intruder in his own library . |
| 20 | Much of what Patsy told her on that important morning , must have been therapeutic to Patsy , baffling to Shanti , and much of it unknown to me . |
| 21 | Leopold must have been overcome with emotion . |
| 22 | Another prominent member was Edward Augustus Freeman who , as a regular contributor to The Saturday Review , must have been familiar with Hope 's aims . |
| 23 | It must have been awful for Mme Wyatt . |
| 24 | ‘ Having him for a brother-in-law must have been embarrassing at times . ’ |
| 25 | The first person must have been guilty of conduct which either was an offence under the Act or would have been but for a defence in sections 24 or 25 , Coupe v. Guyett ( 1973 D.C. ) . |
| 26 | Below The horned dinosaurs had much more bend in each joint , and must have been rhino-like in gait . |
| 27 | Indeed it can not have done if he can lay his hands on enough fossils just in a single surface exposure erm to be able to erm measure the properties of populations , it 's clear there must have been millions of specimens of these beasts present at any one time in the lake . |
| 28 | In the past it must have been necessary for spectators to keep well clear or be vigilant . |
| 29 | The present ground floor ( the medieval first floor ) must have been similar in construction . |
| 30 | I must have been unconscious for hours . |