Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] at the outset " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be noted at the outset what is the nature of the problem with which we are concerned . |
| 2 | Whatever the purpose of the meeting , it should be stated at the outset and adhered to . |
| 3 | Decisions should be made at the outset on what is to be covered in the programme . |
| 4 | Three points should be made at the outset . |
| 5 | As much information about charging as is practicable should be given at the outset . |
| 6 | One more important aspect of using LIFESPAN which should be explained at the outset is that every module must have a charge code associated with it . |
| 7 | It should be emphasised at the outset that this is an assumption , not an empirically established or necessary truth : what theory dictates should happen in a state of perfect competition may not occur in real , imperfect markets . |
| 8 | It should be said at the outset that this is not the usual legal meaning of the word . |
| 9 | But it should be said at the outset that none of the terms ‘ check ’ , ‘ control ’ or ‘ render accountable ’ has a single clear meaning : there are several ways of checking and controlling and several types of accountability . |
| 10 | On the other hand , despite the tone of much of the political debate in the United Kingdom , it should be said at the outset that questions such as the transfer of powers ( or sovereignty ) to the Community , the direct application and direct effect of Community law , and the correlative theory of the primacy of such provisions of Community law when they conflict with provisions of national law , were all established aspects of Community law when we joined in 1973 , and are not new problems relating to Maastricht . |
| 11 | It should be said at the outset , however , that the terminological distinction is not always maintained : it is somewhat blurred in the context of citizenship of the Union , which is inserted into the Community Treaty in a new Article 8 and 8a to 8e . |
| 12 | These are the critical management questions that should be asked at the outset before decisions are taken in schools . |
| 13 | If we are able to provide a replacement then the Policyholder should be advised at the outset of our intentions , but the suggestion of replacement should not be used as a negotiating factor . |
| 14 | It should be stressed at the outset that maintaining that large companies are social enterprises involves no necessary finding that the root principle beneath the current rules of company law , that companies exist to make profits for the benefit of shareholders , is unsatisfactory . |
| 15 | Of course , the latter will relate and feed off the wider data base , but good systems development practice says that this should be identified at the outset . |
| 16 | It should be established at the outset that many large blue-chip companies do not actually use search at all . |
| 17 | The period over which the firm should have the right to draw down funds should be established at the outset and formally agreed with both the banker and the client . |
| 18 | This will be dealt with in greater detail in Chapter 8 , but it needs to be mentioned briefly here as something which should be agreed at the outset . |
| 19 | Terms and conditions of employment , including rates of pay , should be discussed at the outset , together with your qualifications , past nursing experience and level of expertise , and availability for work . |
| 20 | Since no firm of solicitors can ever afford to retain the services of any employee or partner whose conduct tends to reflect ill on the reputation of the practice , and since the circumstances may rarely be so clear cut as to secure withdrawal from the firm by consent , thorough consideration must be given at the outset to the conditions for expelling partners . |
| 21 | But it must be recognized at the outset that as soon as sampling is carried out the statements made about the cases involved become probability statements . |
| 22 | Eighteenth-century politics have long had an unsavoury reputation , and although in the case of Scotland much of that reputation can be traced to the persuasive , but not strictly accurate , writings of Henry Cockburn and other Whig reformers of the early nineteenth century , it must be conceded at the outset that there is something to be said for the received account . |
| 23 | The inevitability of partners leaving the firm for one reason or another is a matter which must be addressed at the outset when considering the terms of the partnership agreement . |
| 24 | If you want one , we can do it at the same time as the valuation , at a reduced fee , but we must be told at the outset . |
| 25 | If you require payments on account of costs or in advance of disbursements , or you reserve the right to raise hourly rates during the lifetime of the case , the client must be told at the outset of the case . |
| 26 | Whatever may be the position , the agreed capital shares must be agreed at the outset , for there is no presumption that capital entitlement is the precise reflection of capital contribution and , failing specific agreement , s24(1) of the Partnership Act imposes equal sharing . |
| 27 | It must be remarked at the outset that it is principally between the buyer and seller that rights and obligations exist . |
| 28 | Yet two facts must be stressed at the outset with relation to this problem in inter-war Britain . |
| 29 | However , it must be stressed at the outset that we can do no more here than to indicate the basic principles involved , and give illustrations of a few of the almost innumerable variants of basic methods that exist . |
| 30 | It must be stressed at the outset , lest the importance of this form of liability be exaggerated , that the plaintiffs lost their case because the predominant purpose of the embargo was to promote the interests of the union members rather than to injure the plaintiffs , but their Lordships made it clear that if the predominant purpose of a combination is to injure another in his trade or business or in his other legitimate interests then , if damage results , the tort of conspiracy exists . |