Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knees should be pointing at the same angle as the toes . |
| 2 | A guitarist your age should be looking to the future . |
| 3 | You should be looking to the future with excitement and anticipation . |
| 4 | Rather than looking for deviations from pattern , perhaps one should be looking at the patterns produced by the modes of rationality which agents typically find it conventional to construct . |
| 5 | Perhaps we should be looking at the mental state not of individuals but of society as a whole . |
| 6 | Chairman you 've got to allow me because by the time I 've finished you wo n't be able to stop me , er , but I mean if there 's a lot of money floating about in this area then I think that er , some committee or other should be looking at the the refurbishment of the courts in Devizes which are a disgrace , and partly the fault of this council when th they were allowed to get into such a state , and I mean at some stage or other , something or else is gon na to have to happen to them and I would hope that the magistrates in their wisdom in some committee or other are , are deciding to take these courts back into use . |
| 7 | I do support this , which is Michael 's resolution because we should be looking at the financial costs and er going into the practical aspects of this and let's , let's face it er there are many aspects which are financially unviable and we should be aware of exactly where we stand on that . |
| 8 | They should be looking at the number of guns held illegally . ’ |
| 9 | And he wants to , at the very least I think it 's reasonable to say , he wants to influence the Communist Party that , that this is the way you should be looking at the world and it , it is different to the way you were looking at it . |
| 10 | The beginner should be looking at an initial purchase of one sail to allow them to learn in light winds of up to force two . |
| 11 | We should be looking for a market-based solution to our problems , not snooping in people 's backyards to check out what kind of barbecue they are using . ’ |
| 12 | It is impossible to judge on the basis of a single day , however , and you should be looking for a consistent improvement over a period of time . |
| 13 | You should be looking for a machine capable of being upgraded to 16Mb , preferably to 32Mb . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ we should be looking for a man or woman with no background , someone who has suddenly appeared on the scene , but everyone we have talked to has their own little niche . ’ |
| 15 | If you do n't have at least two acres for the first horse and at least one per subsequent animal sharing the land , you have n't got enough for satisfactory winter keep and should be looking for an alternative . |
| 16 | As a precaution , Alexandra took her fork round to the far side of the wain , in case her mother should be looking from a window , and plunged and twisted it in most expertly in order to bring out a huge wedge of tawny grasses , cut last summer in these very meadows . |
| 17 | The idea of the Big Chief Exec himself crashing in on the detail seems a poor use of resources itself and no more a guarantee of success when he should be looking after the whole business ( you have heard the litany : ‘ At first he came to every meeting , then occasionally he was called away , then he sent some deputy or other , and in the end we thought , what 's the point , if he does n't care , why should we ? ’ ) . |
| 18 | Their concern was that in September , when he should be moving into the second year infants with his age cohort , he would be far behind . |
| 19 | And that means you should be aiming for an outfit that suggests smartness and efficiency rather than one that screams ‘ sack me ’ . |
| 20 | Once carefree babyhood is over , you are going to start feeling that your child should be Learning with a capital L : acquiring skills , keeping up , getting on . |
| 21 | this action is impossible if you either a ) do not hold the latch tool correctly ( the handle of the tool should be resting in the palm of your hand with the thumb uppermost and on top of the latch area of the tool ) or b ) if you do not apply some downward pressure to the knitted fabric with your free hand . |
| 22 | She shut her bedroom door , knowing fate had decreed that the book she was reading should be resting in the sitting-room , leaving her with nothing to do but make her bed , sit on it , lie on it , unmake it , jump on it , push it round the floor — there were limits to what you could do with a bed , and it was the only piece of furniture in the room . |
| 23 | Pascoe is back on Wearside after a four-month loan spell with Swansea and Roker No 2 Ferguson said : ‘ He should be bashing on the door to get into this side . |
| 24 | TOP of your list of accessory priorities this season should be investing in a truly wonderful handbag . |
| 25 | In this respect , there were many at the meeting ( including me ) who felt the least we should be demanding of the industry and the regulators ( the DTI ) was that only the very highest environmental standards currently practised internationally ( the Norwegian oil field was given as a good example ) would be acceptable for operations in Cardigan Bay . |
| 26 | In this respect , there were many ( including me ) who felt the least we should be demanding of the industry and the regulators ( the DTI ) was that only the very highest environmental standards currently practised internationally ( the Norwegian oil field was given as a good example ) would be acceptable for operations in Cardigan Bay . |
| 27 | He should be acting with a view to protecting life or property as point 4 of this offence . |
| 28 | ‘ Execution of his duty ’ means that he should be acting in the protection of life and property . |
| 29 | She should be longing for that day to come — should be ticking off the seconds till she was free of him again . |
| 30 | Mr Power gives his stock reply : ‘ You should be dealing with a retailer you feel comfortable with . ’ |