Example sentences of "[modal v] [conj] [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important to note , however , that although firms may or may have to obtain authorisation from a body other than the Law Society , the latter 's Practice Rules ( in particular , r1 ( obtaining instructions ) , r2 ( publicity ) , r3 ( introductions and referrals ) , r5 ( offering services other than as a solicitor ) , and r10 ( receipt of commission from third parties ) ) must continue to be observed notwithstanding that the requirements of the authorising body may be less demanding . |
| 2 | and , you know , once you start into , into that er scenario yo yo yo you , you , you ca n't very very little erm opportunity for anything because all you can do is , is to say what do we do now , never mind what we could , should or might have done then , what do we do now because the future is that way and the past is |
| 3 | The that condition should or would have been drawn to his attention , that is the major factor in this dispute which goes . |
| 4 | Exclamatory sentences such as these express a critical judgement of the occurrence of the happening which the infinitive denotes , and so present it as something which should or could have been avoided . |
| 5 | Before he does so , however , he has a vision of what his life should and would have been had he not voluntarily submitted himself to his final sacrifice . |
| 6 | The rise in long-term unemployment and the increase in child poverty since the mid 1970s is likely to mean that the health of the lower social classes is improving more slowly than it should and would have done , rather than that it is getting worse . |
| 7 | It seems reasonable , however , to distinguish between two different types of thing which might or would have happened if the agent had not done an action . |
| 8 | First , there are things which might or would have happened as consequences of some other action which he might have done instead . |
| 9 | It had not occurred to me that alternative arrangements could or would have been made , but , the more I thought about it , the more leaving the school seemed like the most sensible thing to do . |
| 10 | The case turns on whether he could or should have seen the case in the back of the lorry when he was lacing it up . |
| 11 | The courts have made clear on several occasions that section 76 lays down a ‘ general principle ’ of parental choice which is only one of a number of factors to which an LEA could or should have regard when exercising their functions . |
| 12 | Also exempt would be a contract which could or should have been governed by one of the systems of law in the UK , where s 27(2) ( b ) does not apply , and the parties have chosen a foreign proper law for a genuine reason other than evasion of the UCTA ( eg because the other party was a foreigner who insisted on using the law of his own jurisdiction as the governing law of the contract ) . |
| 13 | As would have been expected , the construction with the bare infinitive expresses direct perception of an event — to be more precise , the possibility of direct perception ( because of could and might have ) . |
| 14 | 4.35 When calculating future loss of earnings and the incidence of tax upon them , it is proper to take into account steps which the plaintiff could and would have taken to minimise his tax liability ( Beach v Reed Corrugated Cases Ltd [ 1956 ] 1 WLR 807 at p814 ) . |
| 15 | At two and a quarter hours it will test the bladder control of the average child , and some scenes could and should have been shorter . |
| 16 | The government could and should have required FGD on all its old power stations but it did n't . |
| 17 | It could and should have led him to great opportunities . |
| 18 | The most annoying fact was that it could and should have been a masterpiece . |
| 19 | The other big mistake could and should have been avoided . |
| 20 | Thus a false belief that a man is about to set off a bomb might well be reprehensible in a soldier , who therefore shoots him , when the soldier could and should have known that the man was not about to do any such thing . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The matter could and should have been dealt with as set out above . |
| 23 | She did not consider , though she could and should have done , that Bill 's very real affection for herself might temper any onslaught . |
| 24 | It is worth mentioning , however , that one of the emerging conclusions of the Welsh Affairs Committee inquiry ( though it is still early days ) is that CPRW could and should have done more to alert the Welsh Office to departures from planning policy and should have created more of a public stink over such abuses . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Cars , of course , could and should have been excluded but that would have spoiled the fun . |
| 27 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 28 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 29 | United 's search for their first away win of the season ended at Leicester : 3-2 it could and should have been more . |
| 30 | Against Tipperary , Galway showed superb resilience and determination , quenching the fire and verve of Babs ' Keating 's side to such an extent that they could and should have won by a much greater margin . |