Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following elements should be balanced in a wine : |
| 2 | However , in patients with hyperglobulinaemia and low optical readings ( signal:control cut off ratio <2 ) a positive result should be confirmed by a second generation recombinant immunoblot assay , which uses four antigens ( 5–1–1 , c-100–3 , c33c , and c22–3 ) . |
| 3 | There are relatively few circumstances when examination of a book by a librarian can make any significant difference to whether or not the book should be selected for a library — especially so since the biggest consumers of approval collections are public libraries , who do not claim to be experts in any particular field . |
| 4 | The belief that men should be trained for a narrow role in life came to be challenged ; it was argued that they should have some knowledge of the liberal arts , the ‘ finer ’ things in life . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Public transport policies were required ; there should be a comprehensive parking policy ; and urban traffic flows should be regulated in a scheme of total traffic management . |
| 7 | As a corollary to the undifferentiated nuclear deterrent , the British became increasingly insistent from 1954 that Nato 's forces in Central Europe should be limited to a trip-wire role . |
| 8 | There are various other points which should be noted about a reverse takeover offer : ( 1 ) Because it involves a change of control in the smaller company it will be necessary for the transaction to be sanctioned by a vote of the independent shareholders in that company and the " Whitewash " procedure followed ( see para 8.5 below ) . |
| 9 | The request serial number should be noted in a control log book . |
| 10 | Indeed , they see incineration as a solution to toxic waste whose usefulness should be employed on a greater range of materials . |
| 11 | The manager calculates what proportion and for what periods staff should be employed on a part-time basis . |
| 12 | We have decided that from now on , as at present , all members of the board of management should be employed on a staff basis . ’ |
| 13 | There should be served with a pleading a copy of any document referred to in it ( with certified translation in English if required ) ( Ord 7 , rr 10 and 13 ( as amended ) ) . |
| 14 | It has been suggested that in such cases , the offender 's benefit should be channelled to a general victim compensation fund . |
| 15 | The roof space should be insulated with a glass-fibre quilt at least 100mm ( 4in ) thick and preferably 150mm ( 6in ) thick . |
| 16 | A good deal of heat is lost through the roof of a house , a bungalow , or a top flat in a block , so this should be insulated by a layer of not less than three inches of insulating material . |
| 17 | Well , people who stake their opposition to factory-farming on this kind of consideration should be prepared for a long , heated debate , with one set of ‘ experts ’ declaring that thus-and-so is true , while another declares that it is not . |
| 18 | Other Expenses BMus students should be prepared for a cost of approximately £200 per annum per instrument for private tuition in the instrumental performance or singing studies which they are required to continue during their degree course . |
| 19 | State and civil society should be separated with a diversity of power centres ; state institutions becoming effective , accessible and accountable . |
| 20 | The minimum energy path for such growth incorporates at each step the maximum number of pentagons consistent with a rule that each pair of pentagons should be separated by a pair of hexagons . |
| 21 | Data items in the list should be separated by a comma . |
| 22 | The 2 parameters should be separated by a comma or a hyphen . |
| 23 | Any post office receipts for registered mail should be gummed into a special book kept for that purpose . |
| 24 | We have agreed with the phalanx of councillors and canvassers who guide him through life and Durham North West that his education should be completed with a visit to the Cow Tail , a pub near Crook of great and deserved renown . |
| 25 | There is an item about this joint staffing watch at item ten , which suggests that the government are also finding that it 's got limited use , and are suggesting that these returns should be completed on a different basis , and rather than quarterly , annually . |
| 26 | Generally , the harvesting of essential oil plants should be completed within a matter of days ; any delay , and the essential oils will be lost . |
| 27 | I 'm not saying that negotiations should be completed by a certain date , but that the matter should come back to court by a certain date so that there is therefore er er is a time , an incentive for the |
| 28 | The rectum was most compliant at low pressures and declined with increasing distension pressure until no further progress in compliance between the pressures of 30 to 40 cm H 2 O. Because non-linearity it is doubtful if rectal compliance should be characterised by a single value . |
| 29 | Severe icing seems rare , but even slight jamming of the controls should be treated as a serious warning to leave the cloud immediately before all control is lost . |
| 30 | The Court of Appeal dismissed an Inland Revenue challenge to a High Court ruling that £75,000 paid to England and Derby County goalkeeper Peter Shilton by Nottingham Forest when they sold him to Southampton in 1982 should be treated as a ‘ golden handshake ’ . |