Example sentences of "[modal v] have be [verb] by " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I think it must 've been hit by a car , ’ he said . |
| 2 | In fiction , he thought , Alice and I should have been tormented by our joint knowledge , distrustful , guilt-ridden , unable to live apart yet miserable together . |
| 3 | The appropriate comparison should have been made by following through a cohort who would have been exposed by the accident . |
| 4 | ‘ Today 's statement should have been made by Michael Heseltine , not a law officer . |
| 5 | She argued that the history of " scum " should have alerted the IBA to its controversial nature , and that any decision to screen it should have been made by the appointed members of the Authority , and not by their executive staff . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A great mystery is why Eliot , who was more of a relativist than Pound , should have been accepted by the academic establishment whereas Pound was not . |
| 8 | However such power and influence should have been balanced by checks built in to protect those falling foul of an individual BAT leader . |
| 9 | In the case of a restricted licence , the LA must revoke it if , twice within a five-year period , the holder is found guilty of carrying goods which should have been covered by a standard or standard international licence . |
| 10 | If there is a difference , ordinary managers should have been sacked by now . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It should have been played by some very good supporting character actress . ’ |
| 13 | All his memoranda had been circulated and should have been digested by now . |
| 14 | There is , of course , no reason why Baldwin should have been influenced by one motive to the exclusion of others . |
| 15 | contractor obtained judgement as defects complained of should have been recognised by the F architect . |
| 16 | It is natural that the third test question of Holy Week should have been asked by the Sadducees . |
| 17 | Is it not totally unacceptable that when only 13 questions were answered on Welsh matters , four of them should have been asked by Hon. Members with English constituencies and that most of the questions were answered by a Member representing an English constituency ? |
| 18 | A dispute with Telecom engineers is holding up the company 's first link in London , and Mercury 's first inter-city line — which should have been operating by now — will not open until next year . |
| 19 | As Mr Kinsley put it , they should have had another plank : ‘ A united Ireland through consent ’ should have been followed by ‘ cheaper air fares through the abolition of gravity ’ . |
| 20 | One-third also administered medicines to clients and 17 per cent said they carried out tasks which should have been done by nurses . |
| 21 | The exercise must be done and should have been done by now . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | Playful biting is usual in young puppies , but this trait should have been lost by the time they are about four-and-a-half months old . |
| 24 | Many programmers realized that they had been programming things that should never have been taught at all , or that should have been taught by some other method or combination of methods . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Should have been gone by now whe great thanks ever so much there you go . |
| 27 | If the act should have been foreseen by a reasonable man as likely , it would not break the chain of causation . |
| 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 | She gave him a weary , large-eyed , shires-bred glance , a glance whose horizons should have been bounded by acres of plough and grazing . |
| 30 | A report by the Local Government Ombudsman says that residents living near the Memorial Ground at Tuffley should have been warned by Gloucester City Council about the possible nuisance the glare might cause them . |