Example sentences of "should seek [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably our recruiters will try to convey this , but written adverts , brochures and other media should seek to emphasise the benefits of which the following is a sample : |
| 2 | The standard formulation of the proper objective of management in the economics literature is that managers should seek to maximise the value of the firm , that is , the value of the residual after all fixed claims , such as those of the providers of loan finance and of employees , have been met . |
| 3 | Where ill-health is concerned , the counsellor should seek to defend the interests of the individual , and not be subservient to the wishes and dictates of any other authority . |
| 4 | The ideological demand that communists should seek to improve the accommodation of the people was subordinate to the aspiration to house them in such a way as to make it easier to supervise them and mould them as the Party saw fit . |
| 5 | But he was not able to give any more specific guidance to the jury on how they should seek to compare the harm suffered by Donovan as a result of the libel with that suffered by those claiming damages in personal injury cases . |
| 6 | This introduced important changes : it removed the requirement that the Court should seek to return the parties to the financial position which they would have been in had their marriage not broken down ; it required the Court to give ‘ first consideration ’ to the welfare of any child of the family ; and it contained a number of provisions designed , in appropriate cases , to emphasise the importance of the parties seeking to become self-sufficient after divorce . |
| 7 | There was broad agreement that the NAM should seek to represent the interests of countries of the South , especially within the UN . |
| 8 | On the other hand , the vendor should seek to restrict the number of exemptions . |
| 9 | The tenant 's adviser should seek to restrict the power to the making of reasonable regulations . |
| 10 | The distinction between the two concepts , the commission of a crime and the production of a literary work , is a vital one , for although it is clearly desirable to deter crimes , it is not transparently obvious that we should seek to deter the production of literary works , whatever we may think of their intrinsic merits . |
| 11 | Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone , LC , said that the question was whether a parental veto came within the band of possible reasonable decisions and not whether it was right or mistaken and that there was a band of decisions within which the court should seek to replace the individual 's judgment with his own . |
| 12 | Environmentally-conscious consumers should seek to boycott the use of plastics . |
| 13 | The master expected his servant to increase his own personal wealth , a situation that is exactly analogous with the generally accepted microeconomic concept that management should seek to maximize the wealth of their ordinary ( equity ) shareholders . |
| 14 | The counsellor should seek to question the assumptions made about elderly withdrawal by both the older individuals and their carers . |
| 15 | If it seems clear that the insured is in breach of the full value declaration we should seek to avoid the policy and return the premium . |
| 16 | 6.3 In general terms , training should seek to remove the notion of fault from the victim of violence . |
| 17 | The churches should seek to discover the community trends and local authority plans for the coming years . |
| 18 | Well , where I currently am is is saying that we should seek to revue the Commission 's overall boundaries with a view to us taking on some extra work , and that meanwhile we should suspend further recruitment . |
| 19 | If it is unnecessarily bureaucratic the engineer should seek to have the systems modified so that they contribute more cost effectively to improved quality . |
| 20 | It should be a product of dialogue and partnership with the school and should seek to develop the service as a whole . |