Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appeal court decided that the case should be heard tomorrow by a single judge . |
| 2 | Thus , no one should be treated purely as a means anyway . |
| 3 | Phone bookings should be made up to a fortnight in advance on 0229 66063 . |
| 4 | The Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 required that the accounts of direct labour organizations should be made up of a balance sheet , a revenue account , and a statement of rate of return ; and that these accounts show a ‘ true and fair view ’ . |
| 5 | He also rejected the radical free market view , which proposed that each part of the electricity industry ( generation , transmission and distribution ) should be broken up into a large number of competing companies . |
| 6 | Once the soil has been dug , it should be broken up with a fork , hoe , back of a rake , by hand , with a hand fork , or whatever you find most convenient , until it reaches the stage at which raking it backwards and forwards , and then crossways , reduces it to the fine tilth described . |
| 7 | The panel is minded to agree that the application is for a project of immense scale and impact and should be determined only after a far-reaching public inquiry . |
| 8 | Any surface oil not absorbed after 10–15 minutes should be blotted off with a tissue . |
| 9 | All these ruffles should be smoothed out after a few days . |
| 10 | A popular modern interpretation of liberal ideas argues that private autonomy should be lost not through a special exercise of choice but rather through causing harm , or the risk of causing harm , to others . |
| 11 | This was when it was decided that the massive Slochteren field in Groningen province should be seen primarily as a reserve for the future . |
| 12 | The implication of the argument is that 1823–4 , so far as petitioning to gain mass support was concerned , should be seen primarily as a new start in many places . |
| 13 | More importantly , they show how , even in what is regarded as the most basic type of communication , the context that is relevant to the disambiguation of deixis should be seen not as a physical setting that is fixed and given once and for all , but rather as a cognitive space that is actively constructed by participants in the course of the interaction . |
| 14 | This is not to suggest that the Declaration of Rights should be seen purely as a vindication of Tory principles . |
| 15 | So they should be seen essentially as a unified development . |
| 16 | The legal definition of crime adopted here should be seen only as a starting point . |
| 17 | The aim should be to move away from a subsistence standard of income in social security towards one that allows older people to participate more fully in society . |
| 18 | It has even been suggested that the fate of trophy items should be decided openly by a referendum . |
| 19 | Less severe bruising on the arm should be covered only by a crêpe bandage . |
| 20 | It is essential , and research funding should be regarded both as a priority and as a necessary complement to the current expansion in primary teacher training . |
| 21 | Khafji was reported to have been retaken on Jan. 30 , and allied military briefings emphasised that this should be regarded principally as a victory for Saudi units in the coalition . |
| 22 | The fate map should be regarded rather like a train timetable — it tells you only what will normally happen . |
| 23 | But Living Wills should be regarded only as a general indication of our wishes . |
| 24 | Under British and West German pressure , however , ministers agreed that even this requirement should be regarded more as a ‘ political objective ’ than a legal obligation ( the non-respect of which would lead to prosecution in the EC Court of Justice ) . |
| 25 | Shampooing can be undertaken at home using a good quality wool detergent , with perhaps a cup of vinegar in a dilute solution , which should be applied gently with a sponge or cloth after the rug has been cleansed . |
| 26 | To be accurate , ‘ private press ’ should be applied only to a press where the owner 's or operator 's chief objective is to print a fine book , without being at the mercy of a publisher 's instructions and a first necessity to show a profit , even though he may sell his wares through commercial channels . |
| 27 | THE 43 police forces in England and Wales should be cut by about a half , one of the country 's most senior officers said yesterday . |
| 28 | Smith therefore felt that the manufacturers ' allocations should be cut back to a more realistic level than the BEA 's plant-ordering programme , while he allocated more steel for the foundation and building work on power station sites which was the bottleneck . |
| 29 | In the context of the Report as a whole , however , it should be understood instead as a call for a systematic strategy of cultural extension by extra-mural means addressed primarily to an adult population , rather than as an internal tactic for English as a discipline . |
| 30 | The tallest Turk has resigned and in a fit of unparalleled generosity the Commander has ruled that his uniform should be sent instantly to a fast dry cleaners . |