Example sentences of "should [be] [verb] at all " in BNC.

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1 They should be prevented at all costs from making records .
2 They should be prevented at all costs from making records .
3 Masters and men , although deeply divided over the substantive issue as to whether women should be employed at all , were therefore united in a male solidarity which expressed itself — in public at least — by a discourse disparaging women and the work they did .
4 Some believe that we should be looking at all ages to fulfilling activity which is not wholly employment based , but make more constructive use of leisure .
5 The bees in fact should be treated at all times , so is the belief , as if they were people ; and people who were very ready to take offence if not treated properly .
6 What the WEA 's voluntary membership really wants from its tutor-organisers remains a profitable subject for debate — as does the basic question of whether such appointments should be made at all .
7 The barrister at once said that he was ‘ less concerned about the amount that could be ordered as to whether any order should be made at all . ’
8 Where it is known that the debtor has more than one residential or business address , personal calls should be made at all addresses ; ( b ) should the creditor fail to effect service , a first class prepaid letter should be written to the debtor referring to the call(s) , the purpose of the same and the failure to meet with the debtor , adding that a further call will be made for the same purpose on the day of 19 at hours at ( place ) .
9 At one time the question was much debated whether meta-ethics can or ought to be neutral as between ethical theories , or indeed whether the two should be distinguished at all .
10 Radio Burkina said that delegates had agreed on the need to maintain " state capitalism " , but that this did not entail the rejection of private enterprise , which " should be supported at all costs " .
11 As for hats , your observation was correct that hair should be covered at all times .
12 A small group of professionals , myself included , selected those books which we believed should be saved at all costs but , although we did this as conscientiously as possible , our combined subject knowledge was at best partial and it is inevitable that some books worthy of preservation were overlooked …
13 Consequently , crew weight should be equalised at all times , whether the crew is to leeward or windward : that is why the halyards and the topping lift are usually controlled by the stoppers and winches at the base of the mast .
14 Caressing it , I absorbed the message about who should be beaten at all cost : the English .
15 Her misery blackened the evening and should be assuaged at all costs .
16 ‘ I believe this is something that should be done at all new courses and certainly at the true championship ones .
17 Over-dependence upon the United States should be avoided at all costs .
18 Although the lights of the pleasure cruisers sparkling from the water make the river look attractive , Baedeker 's advice is forthright : ‘ Bathing in the Rhine should be avoided at all costs . ’
19 Whilst most recognized the coffin as a means of transporting the dead to an authorized place of disposal , some viewed it as a receptacle for a precious relic — so precious that the very thought of earth or elements contributing to its destruction should be avoided at all cost .
20 Given that such an emergency admission should be avoided at all costs , how can a social worker plan an admission so that it offers the person concerned a positive choice ?
21 The final factor concerns the idea that ‘ being known ’ should be avoided at all costs .
22 A report in New Cyclist magazine revealed yesterday that York sits proudly at the top of a 150-city cycle league , but Newcastle should be avoided at all costs .
23 Basically , however , the difference between these and other areas lies in the attitude to new development , either whether it should be permitted at all ( it often is not ) or , if it is , of what it should be constructed — the materials used generally have to be traditional , for example , stone in the Lake District .
24 It is in fact open to question whether it should be allowed at all , at least in certain types of cases .
25 The section does not apply to contractual guarantees , as between a seller and a purchaser , as these are obviously caught under the appropriate sections of the UCTA relating to contracts , in so far as they should be caught at all ( see s 5(3) ) .
26 The possibility of increased virulence in these antibiotic resistant strains ( which may be related to the presence of plasmids encoding antibiotic resistance and virulence factors ) suggests that attempts to limit their selection by judicious use of narrow spectrum antibiotics should be considered at all times .
27 Tweezers are a crucial piece of equipment and should be used at all times to handle the pressed material .
28 The word ‘ sit ’ , for example , should be used at all times rather than simply saying ‘ food ’ in this instance , and hoping that the dog will respond accordingly .
29 The basic criteria of the reform programme were : firstly , the peasants should gain ownership of the land they worked ; secondly , they should be encouraged to become full and active citizens of the nation ; and thirdly , productivity should be improved at all levels of agriculture .
30 ' … [ The ] load of polluting matter discharged should be controlled at all times to exactly the level that a river would accept without hamming river uses or the environment' ( unpubl. agency document ) .
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