Example sentences of "[noun] should be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His or her ambition should be to become a recognised professional in the field , to handle more and more prestigious assignments rather than to acquire the powers of a line executive . |
| 2 | Bar-coding of Garden labels should be given a high priority , allied to systems for on-site data collection . |
| 3 | The long-term aim of this research should be to obtain a reasonable representation of the various errors that exist , although practical considerations would limit the scope and complexity of the representations used . |
| 4 | Secondly , along with the development of the training and enterprise councils , Britain 's sectors should be given a key strategic role . |
| 5 | Similarly , the use of time-sheets , hourly cost rates and profitability forecasts for each work type should be considered a vital part of every surveyor 's armoury . |
| 6 | But , perhaps the intention is that er , they do n't fund it , that it 's funded by the county council , but certainly I do n't think this committee should be approving a supplementary estimate . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , as ministers ' eyes glaze over at the thousand ‘ what ifs ’ thrown up by war , they would do well to remember Lord Salisbury 's deflatingly modest dictum from more than a century ago : ‘ The first object of a treaty of peace should be to make a future war improbable . ’ |
| 8 | The local borough has proposed that the wood should be declared a local nature reserve . |
| 9 | The aim should be to equip a wide cross-section of staff with the skills , confidence and tools to take this work on . |
| 10 | Although a clash with the USSR was not considered a serious possibility until the late 1950s at the earliest , the British defence chiefs were arguing from April 1946 that the West 's ultimate aim should be to make a successful stand against a Soviet offensive as far to the east in Europe as practicable . |
| 11 | If it is inappropriate for the child to attend or he does not wish to do so , the conference should be given a clear and up-to-date statement of his views by one of the professionals working with him . |
| 12 | Mrs Ibbotson said the dogs should be found a suitable home by the end of next week . |
| 13 | Hostility to the talks had led to divisions within the military itself , between those who supported moves towards national reconciliation and those who believed that the URNG should be denied a political platform . |
| 14 | Design teams should be allocated a total budget within which they agree to provide a design to the appropriate quality . |
| 15 | ‘ Clearly it is right the bench should be given a balanced view representative of all sections of the community . ’ |
| 16 | Every patient admitted as a psychiatric inpatient should be given a clear explanation beforehand of the purposes of the admission . |
| 17 | The object should be to achieve a thorough and reliable audit , he said . |
| 18 | I still reckon Wilko 's top priority should be signing a top class centre-half — unless SuperJon continues his amazing surge of form . |
| 19 | Cast iron systems should be regularly painted ( gloss paint outside , bitumastic paint inside ) to prevent corrosion , and all gutters should be given a good clean out every autumn to get rid of leaves , dirt , moss and tennis balls . |
| 20 | And Neil Kinnock and Kevin McNamara should be making a special effort to affiliate their own union , the TGWU , to the SDLP . |
| 21 | The Directive also provides that contracts must be drafted in " plain intelligible language , the consumer should be given a proper opportunity to examine all the terms " , and any ambiguities in drafting should be interpreted in favour of the consumer . |
| 22 | One such move of an incoming radical government should be to initiate a new Domesday Book , so that the true extent of the vast disparities of wealth is brought home to the voters . |
| 23 | Perhaps well-meaning legislators and , indeed , contrite lawyers should be taught a little game theory . |
| 24 | Assuming that the system is based on a common 8-bit Z80 microprocessor , the ADC should be allocated a unique I/O address ( chosen so as to avoid conflict with other I/O devices which may be present ) . |
| 25 | It is possible to see that they had never been lived in , could never be lived in , though front door and portico are present and their ranks of windows , the spaces where the glass should be painted a dull blue . |
| 26 | There is probably no finer praise than to say that those who listen to Robson 's programme and then read his book should be guaranteed a sleepless night . |
| 27 | The Council of the Law Society 's unfavourable reaction to critical reports was predictable but it is more interesting to note the strong sense of resentment that the profession should be considered a proper subject for such investigations . |
| 28 | He suggests that children should be given a comprehensive range of civil and legal rights including the right to vote , to manage their own financial affairs , to direct and manage their own education and to control their own sex lives and |
| 29 | A man who could decree that the waiters should be given a disgusting breakfast prior to serving their masters with cold ham , kedgeree , scrambled eggs with smoked salmon , grilled wild mushrooms , devilled kidneys and much , much more , was a man who deserved to have his teapot emptied over his scrofulous head . |
| 30 | Earthworms obtained in this way should be given a good rinse immediately — but use of the dilute permanganate solution does not damage the lawn and the well rinsed earthworms are perfectly safe to feed to fish . |