Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Many restrict NHS treatment to children only , but it 's vital that children should be registered with an NHS dentist so they can receive free orthodontic treatment , if necessary . |
2 | To be eligible an enterprise should be registered in an EC member country and have a product or process aimed at a transnational market . |
3 | The following elements should be balanced in a wine : |
4 | There are relatively few circumstances when examination of a book by a librarian can make any significant difference to whether or not the book should be selected for a library — especially so since the biggest consumers of approval collections are public libraries , who do not claim to be experts in any particular field . |
5 | The concern of the six states of the Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC ) stemmed from several considerations : regret that two neighbouring Muslim states should be spilling one another 's blood ; anxiety lest the conflict provoke the intervention of one or both superpowers , with dangerous consequences ; fear lest member states be attacked by one of the belligerents if they were suspected of sympathizing with the other ; a feeling that a conflict of this sort diverted Arab and outside world attention and resources from the paramount issue of palestine ; a desire not to see either belligerent emerge from the conflict so strengthened by the spoils of victory as to become the most powerful entity in the Gulf ; and , finally , anxiety lest their internal security should be threatened as a by-product either of the war or of Iran 's revolution . |
6 | Public transport policies were required ; there should be a comprehensive parking policy ; and urban traffic flows should be regulated in a scheme of total traffic management . |
7 | The request serial number should be noted in a control log book . |
8 | We have decided that from now on , as at present , all members of the board of management should be employed on a staff basis . ’ |
9 | ‘ Well , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ we should be looking for a man or woman with no background , someone who has suddenly appeared on the scene , but everyone we have talked to has their own little niche . ’ |
10 | You should be looking for a machine capable of being upgraded to 16Mb , preferably to 32Mb . |
11 | If you do n't have at least two acres for the first horse and at least one per subsequent animal sharing the land , you have n't got enough for satisfactory winter keep and should be looking for an alternative . |
12 | As a precaution , Alexandra took her fork round to the far side of the wain , in case her mother should be looking from a window , and plunged and twisted it in most expertly in order to bring out a huge wedge of tawny grasses , cut last summer in these very meadows . |
13 | A good deal of heat is lost through the roof of a house , a bungalow , or a top flat in a block , so this should be insulated by a layer of not less than three inches of insulating material . |
14 | Other Expenses BMus students should be prepared for a cost of approximately £200 per annum per instrument for private tuition in the instrumental performance or singing studies which they are required to continue during their degree course . |
15 | SCOTTISH cereal farmers should be prepared for an increase in their growing costs , particularly for chemicals and to a lesser extent for fertilisers , as a result of successive devaluations of sterling since the United Kingdom 's departure from the exchange rate mechanism . |
16 | State and civil society should be separated with a diversity of power centres ; state institutions becoming effective , accessible and accountable . |
17 | Data items in the list should be separated by a comma . |
18 | The 2 parameters should be separated by a comma or a hyphen . |
19 | The minimum energy path for such growth incorporates at each step the maximum number of pentagons consistent with a rule that each pair of pentagons should be separated by a pair of hexagons . |
20 | We have agreed with the phalanx of councillors and canvassers who guide him through life and Durham North West that his education should be completed with a visit to the Cow Tail , a pub near Crook of great and deserved renown . |
21 | Generally , the harvesting of essential oil plants should be completed within a matter of days ; any delay , and the essential oils will be lost . |
22 | Aziz repeated his government 's view that the problems of the Middle East should be treated as a whole , and confirmed that , in the event of war , Iraq would attack Israel . |
23 | It is doubtful whether a mere counterparty should be treated as a customer . |
24 | I propose that it should be treated as a case of criminal kidnap until we have evidence to the contrary . ’ |
25 | As was pointed out in the judgment , ‘ In some contractual relationships , for example life assurance and pensions schemes — some aspects of the law regulating conditions of employment , and … various state-run schemes such as national insurance ’ , 35 it is ultimately a matter for the parties concerned whether the individual should be treated as a man or a woman . |
26 | While it recommended that the British should not enjoy even the hint of a veto in any form of consultative machinery , it did not think that Britain should be treated as a satellite . |
27 | Similarly Emperor Marcus answered by rescript that the words in which a testator had provided that ‘ he did not doubt that whatever his wife had received she would restore to his children ’ should be treated as a trust . |
28 | The rescript is of great utility in ensuring that the honour of a happily concluded marriage and indeed the faith of common children should not deceive a father who had thought better of the mother : therefore the emperor , most provident and most devoted to the cause of law , when he observed that the words of a trust were lacking , ruled by rescript that this expression should be treated as a trust . |
29 | They should be treated as a guide only and not as a complete or detailed study of the law . |
30 | They should be treated as a guide only and not as a complete or detailed study of the law . |