Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been duped into believing the gag ( nothing may be published without sanction from Lord 's ) protected them . |
| 2 | It does make a sort of sense : everyone must be born and die , but how many general directors nowadays last even a respectable fraction of 20 years ? |
| 3 | Everyone must be made to remember that this is one country , the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan . ’ |
| 4 | With the obvious exception of Clement Freud [ Note : that 's Sir Clement Freud who said on our 150th anniversary , ‘ I would do nothing for Punch except cheer for its demise . ’ ] , everyone must be saddened by this week 's news . |
| 5 | In 1666 a law was passed that everyone must be buried in wool . |
| 6 | EVERYONE must be wondering what is happening on the Mid-Hants Railway , the ‘ Watercress Line ’ , having received the startling news from the pages of a contemporary magazine that volunteers have been resigning from the work force in substantial numbers . |
| 7 | I think it is right that everyone should be given the freedom to choose whether or not they want to work in a smoking or non-smoking office and separate areas created to cater for both factions . |
| 8 | But everyone should be involved . |
| 9 | In other words , everyone should be aiming to meet the requirements first time , every time and without errors . |
| 10 | But everyone should be fighting for first team places , especially as we are going to Wembley . |
| 11 | According to the Association of Metropolitan Authorities there was a massive 37.5 per cent increase in rent arrears in the six months immediately following the benefit changes in April 1988.37 Other benefit changes may have contributed to this increase in arrears : the change from supplementary benefit to income support ; the insistence that everyone should be required to pay at least 20 per cent of their rates ( community charge ) and all of their water rates ; and the replacement of urgent needs payments by social fund loans . |
| 12 | We agree that everyone should be told if they have a mortal disease . |
| 13 | I see no more reason why everyone should read the ‘ classic ’ English novels than why everyone should be acquainted with ‘ classic ’ English paintings or music . |
| 14 | No-one should be tempted to make causal connections between these outrages and the SNP 's recent demonstration at the Warrington office or Andrew Welsh 's ill-guarded remarks about direct action . |
| 15 | ‘ No-one should be fooled by the small fluctuation in this month 's unemployment figures as they are being claimed by the Government themselves as possibly erratic . |
| 16 | The Council guidelines on bioethics in health care cover considerations such as confidentiality and data protection and insist that no-one should be compelled to undergo testing for social benefits , employment or education . |
| 17 | Nothing should be missed out and nothing should be assumed or taken for granted . |
| 18 | For many years it was supposed that nothing should be revealed about the bargainer 's intentions . |
| 19 | It is essential that the Security Service should be kept absolutely free from political bias or influence and nothing should be done that might lend colour to any suggestion that it is concerned with the interests of any particular section of the community , or with any other matter than the Defence of the Realm as a whole . |
| 20 | But this only confirmed the importance of AFHQ 's view , reflecting that of Churchill , that nothing should be done to provoke the Yugoslavs or exacerbate the tense situation until all military preparations had been made for full-scale action if necessary . |
| 21 | Clearly this would mean that nothing should be done with respect to the EEC which was legally irrevocable . |
| 22 | Nothing should be done to further trade with the Iranian Government until that fatwa is lifted from the shoulders of Salman Rushdie . |
| 23 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 24 | Nothing should be missed out and nothing should be assumed or taken for granted . |
| 25 | The principle always that nothing should be hidden : There is only this . |
| 26 | This was not so , said the Minister : the president 's speeches were being broadcast in instalments , on different days , so that nothing should be lost . |
| 27 | Of course there would be some non-contentious business , perhaps quite a lot ; but even then , there must also be the reservation that nothing should be disclosed by the one group to the other which might prejudice its case when the business was contentious . |
| 28 | Jane knew from bitter experience that love is a rare thing , so she felt very strongly that nothing should be allowed to come in its way , that nobody should be condemned to endure the rest of life with those two small , sad words : ‘ if only … . ’ |
| 29 | Nothing should be allowed to disturb the emotional flow , nor should the interest be given the chance to lapse . |
| 30 | The Scots will not now name their squad until today but nothing should be read into the delay . |