Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [verb] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Although the chosen noise should initially be loud enough to gain the baby 's attention , it should be turned down to background level after 30 seconds .
2 Network stations should be upgraded only to DOS 5 .
3 Government agencies , local communities and conservation groups have agreed that 24 square kilometres of the former swamp should be given over to conservation and tourism .
4 Because there is a preferred grain orientation in most sediments , the particles lying with long and intermediate axes parallel to the depositional surface , thin sections for size analysis of such sediments should be cut parallel to bedding or cross-bedding surfaces .
5 Teachers should not seek to be involved in every aspect of the school — administrative/clerical , catering and many aspects of the pastoral function should be contracted out to specialist providers .
6 Filing should be kept up to date .
7 Were talking about whether we should be going out to work or not ?
8 I think it 's very patchy , but I think that there is some evidence that , certainly younger men , younger people and younger men are much more willing to erm accept that there is division of labour within the home and that women equally should be going out to work as men .
9 Could we not be told that after Wellesley 's magnificent Arabian charger , Diomed , left him by a brother officer killed in a squalid duel , was piked at Assaye he insisted he should be nursed back to fitness and not put down like the other wounded horses ?
10 It could now be argued that the unity of wartime should be carried on to deal with peacemaking , demobilization and economic reconstruction .
11 Above all , the evening 's success should be put down to music which never ceases to delight by the sophistication of its continuity , by its sheer inspiration .
12 Within days he was back in London , reporting to his Executive that the strike was hopeless and that the members should be got back to work .
13 That , er , Chairman , if I could say the thing that bothers me here is that , it always has done about food , is that we should be keeping up to date with information , all these decisions and all this advice .
14 This should be brought up to date for next year .
15 As the President of a leading textile firm put it ‘ When the ship is about to be wrecked heavier cargoes should be thrown off to sea ’ ( quoted in Tsuda 1980 p.2 ) .
16 Mr Rifkind is keen to explain why the railways should be opened up to competition and dampen all that dreadful speculation in the papers that there is a split between himself and the Cabinet over exactly how they 'll do it .
17 The Woolf Inquiry Report proposed that prisoners should be allowed more family visits and should be held closer to home in community prisons .
18 Candidates who exceed the quota are considered to have " too many " votes and must be cut down to size by having their surplus taken away .
19 Must be getting back to Brigade H.Q , Sarge , ’ I remarked as I picked up my rifle and prepared to leave .
20 But where the pre-existing obligation is a contractual duty owed to a third party , some other ground of public policy must be relied on to invalidate the consideration ( if otherwise legal ) …
21 All CAB advice workers must be kept up to date in information and skills .
22 The very nature of the service dictates that every advice worker must be kept up to date both with changing legislation and with skills .
23 The room history cards are filed in room number order and must be kept up to date at all times as constant reference is made to them .
24 In World of 1001 Mysteries ( Faber , £9.99 ) , Phusis , rather like Scheherazade , tells six stories to the Appeal Judge in a desperate attempt to save the Universe from destruction because it contravenes the Federations Rule that ‘ Universes must be kept up to date ’ .
25 Nuclear weapons must be kept up to date , and they must be serviced at intervals ; if that is not done , they become ineffective .
26 Copies of the book will be required by all those connected with the survey and all copies must be kept up to date by the incorporation of any coding additions , new conventions and unresolved problems .
27 It demands the identification of a coordinator who should ensure that consultation with staff is genuine and that they feel involved ; explain processes clearly from the outset ; help teachers draw up a realistic timetable and ensure that deadlines are met ; provide advice and keep a check on what is happening at each stage ; contact people outside the school who might be brought in to help ; try to ensure that the review and the development are rigorous and systematic ; and make some evaluation of the effectiveness of the GRIDS method after about twelve months .
28 I 'll be pushing off to bed I think , ’ he said , glancing at the clock and his watch .
29 The magistrates have now called a pre-sentence report -- and he 'll be summoned back to court for sentencing on November the Ninth .
30 Erm so maybe they 'll be going on to university , college university .
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