Example sentences of "[noun] should have [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shearer 's former strike partner Matt Le Tissier should have carried the match ball home last night as the hero who sunk Dalglish 's expensive assembly of stars . |
| 2 | Significantly , the package features a novel ‘ tutorial ’ : when it is completed , the user should have computerised the financial side of the business , and hopefully , learned to deal with all ‘ financial ’ events that happen in business from opening balances , through stopped or bounced cheques to journals . |
| 3 | It appears from the case decisions on this point that if the court feels that the driver should have seen the signal then the offence will be committed ; |
| 4 | The first 10–15 minutes should have seen a few goals in the net for Leeds . |
| 5 | So it was not surprising that Col. Savill should have had an attentive and appreciative audience on 1 December 1989 , when he spoke on this subject . |
| 6 | The market price for these purposes is the price which in normal business dealings those goods would have fetched on the date when the buyer should have accepted the goods . |
| 7 | Seaman should have saved the first goal , but did make a two world class saves against Berkamp and Rikaard . |
| 8 | We regard it as almost unthinkable that Parliament should have authorised the Serious Fraud Office to continue the exercise of inquisitorial powers against the accused not merely after he had been charged but also ( as Mr. Pleming accepts and asserts ) throughout his trial . |
| 9 | It is no surprise that parliament should have approved a conservative plan . |
| 10 | The truth is that Chelsea should have had the game sewn up long before Beasant 's blunder . |
| 11 | But to be really effective the mailing should have had a good deal more planning than this . |
| 12 | Although surprisingly few of our colleagues have died ‘ in the field ’ , it is nonetheless fitting that field-work should have assumed the character of a tribal ordeal or initiation rite the performance of which , under appropriate conditions , is virtually indispensable if one is to gain professional status . |
| 13 | It is ironic that office building should have become the latest indirect victims of IRA terrorism through increased insurance premiums because , historically , the record of claims made by landlords or tenants has been extremely good . |
| 14 | Some archaeologists , irrespective of their scepticism over Ivan Koltsov 's announcement , have expressed concern that Pravda should have shown a map of the underground areas , and that Koltsov publicly described seeing local boys playing with ancient gold goblets which they had supposedly found in the underground passages . |
| 15 | It was alleged that the accounts should have shown a turnover of £2.19m and not £23.69m and that bills of exchange for £2.39m ( referred to as the ‘ Gimco ’ bills ) , included as ‘ bills receivable ’ , should have been treated as irrecoverable . |
| 16 | We can see no reason why the court in the Leighton case should have regarded the equities as being any different , as between the mother and the chargees , merely because the land happened to be registered land . |
| 17 | It was not , perhaps , as improbable as it sounds that McCarthy should have made a target of the Army . |
| 18 | ANYONE who thinks the 44-game season is worth preserving should have heard the Thistle assistant manager , Gerry Collins , describe this disappointing match as ‘ an end-of-season-game ’ . |
| 19 | By every law of the genre , the death of the tall weed should have vindicated the life of the other , as the death of the grasshopper vindicates the ants , but the story somehow did not end that way . |
| 20 | The confusion over Anglo-American relations has been compounded by some influential Americans , including Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger , who subsequently argued that the United States should have backed the British over Suez in 1956 . |
| 21 | Fresden Manor should have become a centre for local children to study Roman history . |
| 22 | Rather than agreeing to a daytime race , the hare should have countered the tortoise 's challenge by proposing a sprint at twilight . |
| 23 | The court gave effect to this clause , stating that the parties should have considered the potential difficulties of using what the court called " a single alternative dispute resolution process " for all disputes under the contract before making their contract . |
| 24 | Larne should have taken the lead two minutes later when a right wing cross from Fay sailed over Beck but McCourt , running in at the back post , somehow managed to steer his header wide . |
| 25 | But the best chances were at the other end , and John Durnin who 's enjoying a new lease of life on the south coast should have set the ball rolling before half-time . |
| 26 | The legislative programme should have included a criminal justice Bill to prohibit conviction on confession evidence alone , to bring some consistency into a chaotic sentencing policy and to give statutory rights to the victims of crime . |
| 27 | By the time amber had reached the head of the Adriatic it was readily accessible by sea and it is hardly surprising that Kakovatos on the west coast of the Peloponnese should have yielded the richest find of amber from this period in Greece . |
| 28 | The arch-conservative , Senator Jesse Helms ( North Carolina ) , complained that the administration should have mobilised the US troops , based less than a mile from the Panamanian Defence Force headquarters , to help the rebels . |
| 29 | Gregory should have added a second but he headed tamely over after Gary Thompson had stormed down the right . |
| 30 | It still seemed quite amazing the old traders should have chosen a route as totally inhospitable as this to make their crossing of the Himalayan barrier . |