Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That day , in the padre 's little room , she accepted it was best she should be leaving Fenton Bishop , best she should be away from the sight of the uniform Rob had worn and the constant sound of aircraft . |
| 2 | What has happened to your firm and the rest of the Big Six , that they should be training accountants and then turning them away ? |
| 3 | He feels that the church should be helping people overcome problems rather than making money through showing the church to tourists or buying paintings . |
| 4 | ‘ Or is it not Farquhar who should be seeking absolution ? |
| 5 | Thus the peaks and troughs of the two curves match , illustrating the obvious conclusion that military policy-makers should be seeking ways of increasing the deterrent capabilities of their armed forces in the lower-intensity bands at the right-hand half of the spectrum rather than in the higher-intensity bands at the left-hand end . |
| 6 | There is a feeling that they need to develop educational approaches that are based on indigenous conceptions of social service rather than Western urban industrial models and that they should be seeking ways of maximizing the contribution of front-line personnel , either through the direct provision of training or by teaching their graduates how to train and make optimum use of front-line workers ( University Grants Commission , 1980 ; Siddiqui , 1984 ) . |
| 7 | Two art students wonder if they should be writing diaries too . |
| 8 | ‘ You should be writing novels . |
| 9 | The ‘ rehabilitation ’ or ‘ long-term support ’ team , as well as caring for a group of people with long-term problems , should also be responsible for maintaining a register of all people who should be receiving help in order to assist with monitoring their progress , ensuring that they receive the right care and treatment and that they do not get lost to the service . |
| 10 | That is why we should be receiving apologies tonight from Conservative Members . |
| 11 | there is a serious side to community education and it is highly political in nature , that it should be directed towards equalising political power at local level , that communities should be learning skills to enable them to work with , and if necessary to confront local bureaucracy . |
| 12 | FOOD that should be feeding Somalia is barricaded in the port of Mogadishu . |
| 13 | Instead of giving priority to private enterprise , as it has done until now , the government should be channelling funds to the Soprintendenze , so that they can act effectively , working together with the universities , the regions , the church authorities , and research institutes active in this field . |
| 14 | Not just because she was the same age , but because she had such a dreadful illness , just when she should be enjoying life . |
| 15 | Back at the products , version 6.2 should be entering beta test by the end of the year and , for the first time , Pick should become properly aware of networks and usable across distributed systems . |
| 16 | ‘ I am beginning to think we should be using kayaks after all . ’ |
| 17 | Now if you use T H E I R when you should be using T H E R E , |
| 18 | We should be using e-mail for internal communications much more widely than we do at present , in order to reduce the amount of paper we currently distribute , and to send specific messages to individuals and groups . |
| 19 | It has very much the same facilities as Delta Five , but is single-user rather than allowing several people to work on the same data , and also has a lower limit on the number of records , transaction files , and so on ; nothing that would really present a problem , unless you were trying to use the system for a fairly large system , in which case you should be using Delta Five . |
| 20 | He used to be 100% sure of what was needed … but not only the defensive problems … things so obvious as using Deane and Whelan when he should be using Deane/Wallace . |
| 21 | U Aung Shwe , leader of the NLD 's 15-member delegation to the " co-ordination committee " , came under increasing pressure from within the NLD to adopt a tougher line , and to press for the release of all " persons who should be taking part in these talks " . |
| 22 | They expect us as a matter of course to advise them if they should be taking advantage of their inheritance and capital gains tax exemptions and to ensure that the share capital structure of their companies is maintained to ensure they are not in control for any tax-related purpose , but can still ensure young Harry is kept in his place . |
| 23 | We feel ‘ responsible ’ ( which really means that they are not or should not be responsible ) , and believe that they should be taking matters more easily , accepting their situation and peacefully ‘ enjoying ’ their last years of life . |
| 24 | Employers should be taking note . |
| 25 | The Minister should be taking note of those services . |
| 26 | It was ironic that the union should be taking place on a day when Christian Democrats had tabled a Strasbourg motion condemning Mr Major 's refusal to sign the Social Chapter of the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 27 | The Queen thought it strange that such an event should be taking place ; the Emperor , ever tactful , made no comment . |
| 28 | Whether the tour ( which overrides a ban on loans in Barnes 's will and was shepherded through the courts by the National Gallery 's director emeritus , J. Carter Brown , and the wealthy collector Walter Annenberg ; see The Art Newspaper No. 15 , February 1992 , p.1 ) should be taking place at all remains a matter of debate . |
| 29 | It 's actually about where the squeeze should be taking place . |
| 30 | But apart from the grumbling in the sky and the hissing of rain , there was no lightning ; no reason why this peculiar shadow show should be taking place . |