Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the Lord Chancellor 's Advisory Committee accepted the majority of the Society 's application last year , negotiations have focused since then on the position of employed solicitors , whom the Society maintains should be granted wider rights alongside their private practice colleagues . |
| 2 | It 's nice just to see it once , that er really that nine should be written smaller and then that two should be even smaller still , and that three should almost be unreadable because those things are smaller and smaller are n't they , as you go along there , these are getting tinier and tinier . |
| 3 | I would enter a plea that I have often made that the street officer 's authority … and discretion should be given better recognition . |
| 4 | The size of the weighting factor can be chosen to reflect the importance we attach to an objective , but the use of this linear form implicitly assumes that the weights should be independent of the solution and does not permit one to model , for example , the proposal that profits should be given higher priority relative to exports when profits are low than when they are high . |
| 5 | Sincerely though I respect the wish of hon. Members on both sides of the House to ensure that their constituents can benefit from access to the channel tunnel — I have no desire to stand in the way of their efforts to make that wish come true — I urge that the interests of my constituents , who will have to put up with untold misery for an extended eight-year period , should be given closer consideration than BR has given them hitherto . |
| 6 | Mr Delors said that in the short run MEPs should be given greater powers to hold the EC executive responsible when national governments transferred powers to Brussels — under a new European treaty for economic and monetary union . |
| 7 | Of course it is admirable that expectations are high and that women should be given greater autonomy ( and hope for more in the sexual area than their Victorian forebears ) . |
| 8 | For such pupils oral work should be given greater emphasis initially , though the skills of reading and writing must not be neglected . |
| 9 | They argue that the barriers to participation which exist in society should be given greater recognition . |
| 10 | The European Parliament should be given further additional powers : powers to initiate proposals for legislation , which would be considered by the Commission and the Council of Ministers ; powers of second reading on social and environmental decisions by the Council of Ministers . |
| 11 | The WHO strategy is based on the belief that hospitals are often overloaded by patients with minor complaints who should be using cheaper and more basic services . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , this searcher may well be interested in titles like " The ecology of the smaller rodents " , but these should be ranked lower than the first two . |
| 13 | The circulars also recommended that those respectable aged who , for reasons of infirmity or lack of friends or family to care for them , required institutional care , should be allowed greater comforts in the workhouse . |
| 14 | The omniscient and all powerful Archbishop Laud sent for him and decided that ‘ it was for the advantage of the world that such mighty parts should be afforded better opportunities of study and improvement than a course of constant preaching would allow of ’ . |
| 15 | The seeds are very small , and should be drilled shallower than mangolds ( about one inch ) , either on the flat or on the ridge , in a well-worked , humus-rich seed-bed . |
| 16 | Should the crowded platform hypothesis hold , firms from Category C should prove to be less prosperous than those in A. Similarly , companies in the sample of assisted firms should be performing better than their non-assisted counterparts . |
| 17 | Your body will be showing a significant improvement in posture and you should be feeling healthier . |
| 18 | You should be feeling slimmer this morning , and it should encourage you to carry on for another day . |
| 19 | You should be feeling slimmer and healthier than when you began . |
| 20 | Individuals must be given greater rights to belong the union of their choice . |
| 21 | Times must be getting better . ’ |
| 22 | I think you must be getting better , myself . |
| 23 | Must be getting better . |
| 24 | And some fiction ; women must be writing better books than they seem to be publishing . ’ |
| 25 | Such hard decisions must be made easier by the better outlook elsewhere in the group . |
| 26 | The old bonds must be forged stronger than ever , the tree of State made firm against the storm to come , from root to branch . ’ |
| 27 | For example , under the broad aim of fostering a love of reading , an objective might be to encourage greater use of the school library . |
| 28 | this season we 'll be cheering louder than ever for our three teams … in the new first division we 've got Oxford United … they 've new owners and new heart after escaping relegation … we 've first division football at the County ground as well … where style and skill have always been swindon town 's hallmarks … this time around they 're hoping for strength too … in division three Hereford United have been rebuilding … they 're going continental with a player-coach instead of a manager … so for the best season ticket sit down for Central South … . |
| 29 | Oh Jamaica you know it 'll be cost dearer to get there wo n't it ? |
| 30 | I 'm just glad to get this game out of the way and hopefully I 'll be feeling better for my next match . ’ |