Example sentences of "[noun pl] should be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employers should be taking note . |
| 2 | ‘ The courts should be signalling , by the sentence , the gravity of the offence . ’ |
| 3 | If he also asks for a large deposit , the alarm bells should be ringing . |
| 4 | Er Madam Speaker I I entirely agree with the sentiments which have been expressed by Black and Decker and I have to say to members opposite that when companies like Mercedes are starting to source outside of Germany , with companies like Volkswagen are starting to look er outside Europe and Peugeot and others , alarm bells should be ringing for those members who are genuinely concerned about jobs because there is no doubt that the social chapter is driving people out of work and the longer that members opposite adhere to it er then the the greater will be the er the possibility o of er people er in Europe er embracing policies which will make those countries in Europe less competitive and less able to provide employment . |
| 5 | Alarm bells should be ringing all over the country , as there would not be enough beds either in hospital or in the community for people with severe mental illness in the future , he said . |
| 6 | But if a child is still excessively aggressive and antisocial at six or seven one 's mental alarm bells should be sounding ; it is time to seek professional help . |
| 7 | In other words not see science in isolation from economics , anthropology , politics — all these disciplines should be working together . ’ |
| 8 | Our argument was that British Telecom and the other operators should be negotiating with the regulator to make sure that the necessary infrastructure commitments are met . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I believe that local authorities should have a strong housing function that we as local authorities should be providing good , well managed social housing in which our tenants have a say , where we have good tenant participation , where we have tenants taking a part in the sorts of repairs that they want to see , where every year they are er consulted and asked about where they want us to go next in terms of modernisation and repair . |
| 11 | And that 's the way the authorities should be moving forward with their planning for the county . |
| 12 | ‘ And the relevant authorities should be looking into this before there is a further outbreak . ’ |
| 13 | Those who have 2 Arse defenders should be laughing . |
| 14 | And that 's what solicitors should be doing . |
| 15 | Schools should be implementing courses to teach young people about mental handicap as these will be tomorrow 's parents and neighbours . |
| 16 | It was not direct preparation for production that the schools should be providing but image building . |
| 17 | Given the emphasis currently being placed on the role that schools should be playing , by providing a more socially relevant curriculum , more student-centred learning and a less alienating environment so as to prevent truancy , it is clearly important that education becomes the focus of any intervention . |
| 18 | By now your legs should be dropping hints about their preferences and if tiredness really has set in , the last top , Sgurr na Moraich , can be avoided by descending to the glen from the final col . |
| 19 | The knees should be pointing at the same angle as the toes . |
| 20 | Rave kids should be throwing petrol bombs at the Houses Of Parliament over the way their right to party has been thrown in the proverbial dumper , but they are n't . |
| 21 | The thing is , I ca n't do the environment , well it 's not that I ca n't do it when I was talking to er to the tuto the form tutors yesterday er they 're biggest keen I think Catherine had happened to notice some work that Sandra had done that she found er , interesting enough and where the kids should be knowing about , it was about banking how to sign a cheque , how to look after finances erm you know , do I have to buy a pair of trainers because it 's got Reebok on them , this sort of thing . |
| 22 | Labour supporters should be sighing with relief . |
| 23 | This claim very much fitted with Henry 's own ideas about what the Scots should be wanting . |
| 24 | It is debatable how far young readers should be automatising the reading skill , or attempting to think about it as a conscious act . |
| 25 | Brothers are more readily excused than sisters , it would seem , although even here Lewis and Meredith report considerable bitterness on the part of carers who felt that their brothers should be playing a more prominent , if minor , role in the care of their parents . |
| 26 | Was their cause not also a pan-Arab cause , one for which all Arabs should be fighting ? |
| 27 | The initial reaction is to wonder why two sets of parents should be undertaking an identical ritual and yet , obviously , have such different approaches to it . |
| 28 | the fuller report and the contact with the parents should be happening prior to that stage . |
| 29 | By mid-1986 some 10 or 12 rigs should be operating in the South China Sea and by then expenditure on Chinese offshore oil could be running at around $1 billion per year . |
| 30 | At the very least , both communities should be thinking seriously about the possibility — and how they would react to it . |