Example sentences of "[modal v] be at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 No , I agree with your John I mean it should be at the researcher 's discretion to dump it if necessary .
2 The statement went on to give full support to APEX 's decision to limit the number of pickets ; the TUC wished to stress to all trade unionists that any action by them should be at the union 's official request .
3 It should be at the beginning of September .
4 Like the reader who finds that the chapters of his detective novel have been printed in the wrong order , we may only now be beginning to understand why from the point of view of ego- and superego-development the crime which should be at the beginning ( that of Oedipus ) comes at the end , and why what comes at the beginning ( the oral period ) leads unintelligibly into what should otherwise have been the conclusion of the story ( anal stage , latency ) !
5 Your readers are not at once asking that onwards-dragging question which should be at the back of their minds all the time .
6 However , it hardly seems satisfactory to say that it is conscience which tells us that conscience should be at the controls , for presumably self love would say the same of itself if given its head .
7 It was entirely feasible , of course , that it should be at the controls of an interplanetary vehicle of some sort .
8 The Trap somehow appeared at the easiest end of the HVS graded list ; it should be at the top !
9 Course outline I think we 're all agreed , should be at the top er , that is important we 've now agreed a heading and comment we 've got a e enough agreement that says that , it will be just called comment , but guidelines will need to be produced to go to staff erm
10 He did not believe that council reform should be at the top of the list of problems to be dealt with in Scotland .
11 She said that she would travel by the next one and should be at the hotel about eight clock .
12 I am pleased to confirm in writing that Christian Aid 's Executive Committee have agreed to Christian Aid supporting the proposed course , and that it should be at the University of Edinburgh .
13 If you are fitting a new brace , the top should be at the latch side of the gate .
14 The big question all politicians were debating was … the Common Market and whether Britain should be at the heart of Europe or not .
15 The report emphasises that the parish ministry should be at the heart of the Church of Scotland in remote rural areas as elsewhere but it also expresses concern that this is dependent on adequate financial resources .
16 That 'll sort of give you erm , where we should be at the minute .
17 They are certainly very useful for an engineer because they relate practical requirements ( e.g. how large the voltage should be at the secondary ) to design parameters ( what the turns ratio should be ) .
18 " The exhibits should be at the Lab by nine or thereabouts .
19 This should be at the centre of the designer 's attention throughout the development of the unit — indeed , starting with preliminary ideas of what options the program should present to the user and then refining and extending them , the program will develop in tune with the feedback received from the classroom .
20 None of the defendants cleared on appeal have managed to find new jobs in the City , and Mr Reed , who at 45 should be at the height of his career , says he has not tried .
21 Brian Cowie said : ‘ It was the Ipswich branch of CAMRA which mounted a publicity campaign to save the brewery and so it seemed appropriate that the launch of Pride should be at the festival . ’
22 11 KEYBOARD SOCKETS : For true ease of use , these should be at the front of the machine , or close to the front at the side .
23 And I believe that the Labour Party should be at the front to save er our Health Service including the holidays er not the holidays , including the hospitals , including er keeping hospitals within the Health Service .
24 As part of a belief that primary nurses should be at the bedside , nurses do not attend doctors ' rounds , instead they collect medical objectives afterwards .
25 We should be at the château just in time for breakfast . ’
26 In his Budget speech in April , 1950 , the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that ‘ for the three years 1950–2 we have decided that the programme for Great Britain should be at the completion rate of 200,000 houses a year ’ .
27 In an ideal world , your pump should be able to cope happily with normal pond detritus , without the need for a strainer of any kind , and any de-sludging should be at the filter , where back washing makes it less of a chore .
28 The Boy does not have that rather hoarse sound that Falla wanted , but sounds merely like a well-trained choirboy. master peter sounds neither servile , which he is at the start , nor terrified , which he should be at the end .
29 Trade unions have been slow to develop their own approach , is coming , and the G M B should be at the forefront .
30 MAX : She should be at the dentist 's all day tomorrow .
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