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The phrase "although this should have" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a contrast or exception regarding an expectation or assumption that something was supposed to happen.
Example: "Although this should have been completed by now, we are still waiting for the final report."
Alternatives: "even though this ought to have" or "despite this being expected to have".
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Although this should have been good news, the exemption arrived at the same time as LHA was dropped to cover, in theory, 30% of accommodation in the area, rather than 50%, so she was only entitled to £290 a week from January 2012 – less than the previous one-bedroom rate she had received and resulting in a rent shortfall of £150.
Although this should have favoured the development of EPIC markers conserved in different phyla, only half a dozen EPIC loci were proposed by [ 10] and by [ 11].
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The BMA executive expressed pleasure that the social audit sought views of doctors and other health workers, although they said this should have happened before beginning the HPSP.
It was his 11th goal of the season, although that should have come a minute earlier when he had a goal harshly cancelled out.
(HRC rightly slammed him, although that should have been done months ago).
Although this patient should have been considered a clinical failure, the authors have chosen to be conservative in this report and maintain the original assessment.
Although I should have known this, I only became aware of it the other day when my friend, the distinguished science writer Carl Zimmer, sent me a note about my column, but added a link from a recent study:* I liked your piece on disease.
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The goats, too, were missing, although she should have brought them in by this time.
Although cephalohematoma should have been identified as a risk factor, this does not affect the validity of the nomogram.
Although we should have expected to see an increase in deaths during this period, the downward trend in deaths was sustained.
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