Example sentences of "[vb mod] be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think there should be a more stringent system of entry into the drama schools so that there is a higher standard of work achieved by the time they come to join the profession . |
| 2 | This is the start of the heavy banqueting season , leading up to Christmas , which should be a busy period for a lot of hotel restaurants . |
| 3 | The wall should be a load-bearing wall preferably an outside wall . |
| 4 | The Staff College should be a place where serving officers have the opportunity to contemplate society as a whole and in particular to study and consider those liberal and humane values which are central to our society . |
| 5 | Once it was mooted that there should be a study-period after school , but this was vetoed by the parents ' meeting which protested that it would interfere with after-school sports . |
| 6 | Maybe there should be a rule if Irish and English people had children they should be brought up Irish — the way the Catholic Church used to insist on the children of Catholics and Protestants being brought up Catholic . |
| 7 | Apart from re-iterating his belief , which is gaining support , that there probably should be a completely new major circuit of not more than a dozen tournaments , based round the Grand Slams and culminating in one end-of-season event , Becker said ‘ We 're not machines . |
| 8 | ‘ A good example of the sort of player who should be a great beneficiary of this scheme is James Lenton — a tremendously hard worker who has struggled financially and once even had to quit to resort to coaching , ’ Lewis added . |
| 9 | A player should be a man or a woman , make decisions , think . |
| 10 | The body of the tool being black , the ground areas , the bevels , and gouge channels should be a light straw colour in this case . |
| 11 | The result should be a perfect octagon . |
| 12 | The ideal should be a circular seat but I felt it would take a considerable amount of timber with a lot of waster so I opted for an hexagonal shape . |
| 13 | The bore of the bush should be a snug fit over the moving slide . |
| 14 | Personal recommendation is still the safest method of selection , but members of the Glass and Glazing Federation ( GGF ) have to abide by the federation 's code of practice and so should be a safe bet . |
| 15 | These should be a minimum of 12-bit , or 16-bit if possible with sampling rates of at least 100kHz . |
| 16 | ‘ There should be a much higher threshold at which solicitors would need to consult the board . |
| 17 | Discussions will be held with the TUC to see if there should be a threshold of union membership after which recognition by employers would be automatic . |
| 18 | The key phrase used by Mr Meacher is that there should be a ‘ genuine interest ’ involved before industrial action was within the law . |
| 19 | Essex Metropolitan versus Bedfordshire should be a very close match — Essex were runners-up to Birmingham last year and have a strong , experienced side . |
| 20 | But the main area of controversy is whether simply obtaining unauthorised access to a computer should be a crime . |
| 21 | It should be a situation perfectly suited to Mr Morton 's Rottweiler style of management . |
| 22 | The experience of Los Angeles , which is the largest developed city in the world without any form of rail transport , should be a terrible warning to politicians who ignore or dismiss the crying need for improvements to our own public transport networks . |
| 23 | One suggestion put forward is that there should be a programme of starter homes , perhaps provided through housing associations . |
| 24 | It is , however , a puzzle to me why this should be a surprise to anyone , or should even require exhaustive research . |
| 25 | Mr Hart believes there should be a more structured approach to problem-solving as there is at the Halewood plant . |
| 26 | I 've nothing against aeroplanes landing on stage , but there should be a place for personal musicals , and frankly they 're all I know how to write . |
| 27 | Ian Scott , co-ordinator of its rural adult education project , said that at times the enthusiasm of the groups being taught had to be dampened : ‘ At the opening class of a course being run in Co Durham , the students frightened the tutor by demanding that there should be a march on County Hall . |
| 28 | The idiom should be middle-of-the-road , artfully diguised with mod cons ( clusters , glissandi , electronics ) : there should be a strong pop-music element , plenty of repetition a la Philip Glass . |
| 29 | MANANA should be a Dutch word . |
| 30 | The Brigadier appeared and , after much foot stamping and saluting , everyone got lined up and ready to move off , but not before the Brigadier insisted that there should be a bodyguard of four Commandos to protect the Piper . |