Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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31 Generally , the harvesting of essential oil plants should be completed within a matter of days ; any delay , and the essential oils will be lost .
32 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
33 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 .
34 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 .
35 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 ’ .
36 When the next Rushdie has his book put to the torch , incitement to violence over a book , whether for or against it , should be treated as a criminal offence .
37 As was pointed out in the judgment , ‘ In some contractual relationships , for example life assurance and pensions schemes — some aspects of the law regulating conditions of employment , and … various state-run schemes such as national insurance ’ , 35 it is ultimately a matter for the parties concerned whether the individual should be treated as a man or a woman .
38 Similarly Emperor Marcus answered by rescript that the words in which a testator had provided that ‘ he did not doubt that whatever his wife had received she would restore to his children ’ should be treated as a trust .
39 The rescript is of great utility in ensuring that the honour of a happily concluded marriage and indeed the faith of common children should not deceive a father who had thought better of the mother : therefore the emperor , most provident and most devoted to the cause of law , when he observed that the words of a trust were lacking , ruled by rescript that this expression should be treated as a trust .
40 But even where the additional word lego is used , there is no suggestion that Scaevola thinks the disposition should be treated as a legacy .
41 But it is arguable that the fishing licence money should be treated as a one-off bonanza , since there is no guarantee that it will continue .
42 The discount on issue should be treated as a finance cost and apportioned to accounting periods so that the total finance cost on the debt will have a constant relationship to the outstanding obligation .
43 They should be treated as a guide only and not as a complete or detailed study of the law .
44 They should be treated as a guide only and not as a complete or detailed study of the law .
45 I propose that it should be treated as a case of criminal kidnap until we have evidence to the contrary . ’
46 A relatively short route but one which climbs to a height of 2,654ft to the summit of Meall a'Bhuachaille and so should be treated as a serious hill walk .
47 Against the thinking of these philosophers , I propose to defend the view that the individual should be treated as a rational , autonomous being in perhaps the most private of all domains — that of love-making .
48 West Belfast should be treated as a special case and a uniform grant at the Premium 3 level given for all trainees ; alternative solutions must be found where it is simply not possible to find employers to take second year trainees ; cover should be given to management committees to protect them from personal liability in the event of insolvency .
49 40% of the women interviewed considered pregnancy should be treated as a disease and 87% that the perinatal period was a " highly dangerous " time for them .
50 A crucial amendment by the 1982 Act was the removal of section 29(4) , which provided that a dispute to which a trade union was party should be treated as a dispute to which workers were parties .
51 We agree that the coast should be treated as a special resource where development is only allowed under special circumstances .
52 It said that terrorism had too often been treated as a law-enforcement problem when it should be treated as a matter of national security and an act of aggression against the USA .
53 Aziz repeated his government 's view that the problems of the Middle East should be treated as a whole , and confirmed that , in the event of war , Iraq would attack Israel .
54 While it recommended that the British should not enjoy even the hint of a veto in any form of consultative machinery , it did not think that Britain should be treated as a satellite .
55 It is doubtful whether a mere counterparty should be treated as a customer .
56 The facilitated interview may be appropriate in certain circumstances but should be treated as a second stage .
57 My fourth point is probably the single most important reason why Cornwall should be treated as a special case and it 's not an emotional reason .
58 ‘ It is important for the saving of the pool to be at the forefront of everyone 's minds it should be treated as a number one priority . ’
59 ‘ Unemployment is rising faster in Darlington than in many development areas , ’ he said , ‘ It is absurd Darlington should be treated as a second-class area when its unemployment is rising faster . ’
60 He added : ‘ The Chancellor has also accepted the union 's recommendation that job-related accommodation provided by a farmer , free of rent and Council Tax , should be treated as a free benefit for income tax purposes . ’
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