Example sentences of "[pers pn] should be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it sought to make schools accessible , it also held that attendance at them should be voluntary , that pupils should pay for the instruction they received , that public education should be developed gradually rather than immediately , and that , although schools would still be run by different agencies , societies and private individuals , they should teach the same things and be managed identically . |
| 2 | All games ’ pitches and ornamental areas are out of bounds , even though the areas adjoining them should be okay . |
| 3 | The administrative effort involved in collecting them should be devoted instead to improving enforcement of other taxes , ’ argued a recent International Monetary Fund study . |
| 4 | For some languages of expressions it will be possible in general to decide these facts ( though perhaps not very efficiently ) , and in any reasonable language thee should be wide classes of pairs of expressions whose equivalence is decidable . |
| 5 | I know , I should be eight foot six , but , I 'm working on it |
| 6 | They were , fortunately , not identical , though why I should be pleased they were unidentical I do n't know , as identical twins are conceived of the same coupling ; unidentical very often of two separate couplings , and so far as I was concerned the less sexual congress Hugo and his Stephanie had the better . |
| 7 | If the hon. Member for Harrow , West ( Mr. Hughes ) would like to intervene , I should be pleased to give way , but if he listens he may learn something . |
| 8 | I 've just had two great jockeys John Francombe and Jonjo O'Neill phone me and they both agree it 's time I got out and I should be pleased they tell me |
| 9 | I feel I should be all philosophical and start spouting ! ! |
| 10 | He says I should be thankful , " she says , and all the players laugh . |
| 11 | One very urgent and necessary reason for our absence is that next Friday my opera is being performed again and it is most essential that I should be present . |
| 12 | When I expressed my appreciation of the honour he had done me by inviting me to his coronation , he replied that as the eldest son of his trusted friend , to whom he owed so much , it was proper that I should be present . |
| 13 | I have nothing in common with those people , I should be bored and cross . ’ |
| 14 | If I myself joined your community , I should be obliged to adapt myself to your code , even if my spontaneous approvals and disapprovals did not change . |
| 15 | As with all our industrial estates land is made available for businesses who are seeking to create jobs and , in the event that you are interested in pursuing the allocation of a site I should be obliged to receive more details of your business activities and history ; the proposed use and development of any site ; the reasons behind your interest in a move ; and an indication of the prospects for the generation of employment . |
| 16 | I should be grateful if you could answer a few technical queries for me . |
| 17 | I should be grateful if you would amend the small advertisement for the B.A.E.C. at the next time of insertion so that the last part reads : ‘ For details , write to the Secretary , . |
| 18 | I suppose I should be grateful to be a white man . |
| 19 | I have a query that seems to straddle tax and company law and I should be grateful if you could help me . |
| 20 | I should be grateful if you would consider whether exceptions of this kind for categories of pupils can be justified in the case of English . |
| 21 | ‘ But remember , far from you being beholden to me , it is the other way around , I should be grateful to you . ’ |
| 22 | I should be grateful if you would advise your counsel of the Crown Prosecution Service 's position so that he might appraise the court if necessary … |
| 23 | ‘ I should be grateful for the Financial Secretary 's guidance on these two points . |
| 24 | So you used to say in business letters things like I should be grateful if . |
| 25 | I mean I got that with my interview at I should be grateful if you would |
| 26 | I suppose I should be grateful he told me about the call at all , but he had to really , did n't he ? |
| 27 | " Mr Herriot I should be grateful if you would come and see my dog . " |
| 28 | ‘ Sir John , ’ Mandeville called , ‘ I should be grateful if you could stay in the hall . |
| 29 | ‘ I will leave this chamber when I have finished and , Lady Prioress , I should be grateful if you would wait for me in your own chamber . |
| 30 | I should be grateful to have comments on these two points . |