Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] been more [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The fact that Scottish-sourced network TV accounted for just 1.5 per cent of the national output and 0.8 per cent of the radio programming suggested to the task force it seems , that there should have been more money available for commissioning north of the border .
2 I felt there should have been more self-control .
3 It has not been a characteristic of the Department of Education and Science in the past few years — The Minister seems not to accept that , but if he talked to teachers about one or two recent arbitrary changes in education provision , he might well hear the view that there could have been more consultation .
4 In recent years there may have been more wealth and consumer goods around but people have seemed cynical , weary , amoral …
5 Elsewhere , there may have been more support .
6 " Hindsight is always easy , but I do n't think it would have worked , There would have been more bloodshed , more killing , but of the people in the streets , not of the people responsible , My husband did n't want bloodshed . "
7 It has survived so long because abolishing it would have been more trouble than it was worth , but that does not make it any better in itself .
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