Examples of using Could and should have in English and their translations into Finnish
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In truth, I could and should have done more.
This is just an example of an aspect that the report could and should have taken much further.
For example, we could and should have discussed the Western Sahara.
There are many ways in which this can be rectified and I personally feel the Convention could and should have gone further in this area.
We could and should have looked at issues like‘on call time' in relation to home carers.
This new body, which came into being so as tokeep down inflation within the 15 Member States, could and should have another important aim, namely to keep unemployment under control.
It could and should have done a lot more to replace enormously powerful greenhouse gases with environmentally less harmful alternatives.
President Obama has yet to deliver on his promise and to close Guantánamo- an area where EU Member States could and should have assisted him more.
However, from consumers' point of view, the Commission could and should have placed more emphasis on prioritizing consumer- friendly initiatives, as previously underlined in an EESC opinion7.
Because it was not advertised widely- it was only advertised in marine magazines- many of the people who could and should have qualified were not allowed into the scheme.
Where the report could and should have gone further is in what it calls'external factors', which'can radically reduce the margin for manoeuvre of states(…) and can have a profound effect on the health of their populations.
As for the 10% being ridiculous and shameful,I would suggest that whilst the Commission could and should have done more, that is not a result of any lack of motivation or effort.
Nor should we forget a certain insensitivity on the part of the Commission which then failedto agree to amend its proposal, although, in my opinion, it could and should have done so.
Nevertheless, we believe the report could and should have gone further on each of these points, especially in advocating consistency between the goals stated in the area of development cooperation policy and the EU's various sectoral policies.
My point is not that such occasions are not worthwhile: on the contrary,such is the need for greater action at European level that the Union could and should have four formal summits every year, as foreseen in the Treaty of Nice.
The European Union could and should have a role to play, both in promoting cooperation networks and in training professionals, making them aware of the medium and long-term advantages for the sector itself of a sustainable type of tourism which respects nature and heritage.
The Committee regrets that the new multiannual action programme has not yet been finalized, as it could and should have given further directions to the allocation of funds for the proposed actions and activities in the near future.
Secondly, I am convinced that the war against Yugoslavia could and should have been avoided with a consistent, preventive, long-term policy, especially as events over the last few days have again shown dramatically that its alleged or actual aim of safeguarding human and minority rights failed disastrously.
In this respect, once a Directive has been published in theOfficial Journal of the European Union, Member States should speed up their transposition processes by entrusting national implementation authorities- which could and should have an updated database established for this purpose- to cooperate with the authorities of other Member States via a network where they could exchange experiencesand explain their difficulties in transposing particular provisions.
These new arrangements can and should have additional impact, insofar as a clearer comparison can be made of the expected quality of a product, and the processes involved in making that product.
The EEA can and should have an important role in compiling objective, trustworthyand comparable information on the environment in Europe, and in making it available in an accessible and thorough way.
Europe could have and should have prevented the Prestige disaster.
This payment could have and should have been deferred.