Example sentences of "[modal v] be open to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the United States had no state airline , and believed that airways should be open to free market capitalism : ‘ In general , the Chicago conference can be described … as an attempt by the United States to capitalise on its overwhelmingly strong bargaining position in international aviation by securing for itself a near monopoly of long-haul air transport . ' |
| 2 | The principle that education was to be open to all , irrespective of means ; public galleries and museums should be open to all , the National Health Service likewise . |
| 3 | On this basis education committee business and that of its sub-committees should be open to the public except when dealing with individual pupils . |
| 4 | He reminded the Treasury that in 1856 he had made it a policy that all public buildings in London should be open to competition and not given as a matter of course to one of his officers , and if their Lordships did not want to hold another competition , they could well appoint the winner of the Foreign Office design , as the judges had selected the prize-winning schemes ‘ not only in regard to their external appearance , but more especially on account of the excellence of their internal arrangements ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Emotions , ’ says Seth , ‘ flow through you like storm clouds or blue skies , and you should be open to them and react to them . |
| 6 | Other areas should be open to free competition . |
| 7 | Both antecedents and consequences should be open to systematic change . |
| 8 | One very telling line among many runs , ‘ … in case the enemy 's main fleet is berthed at Pearl Harbor , the idea should be open to hostilities by surprise attacks from the air ’ . |
| 9 | The Christian belief that a house of God should be open to everyone precludes the Church from cashing in on some of its most beautiful assets . |
| 10 | Erm , I think that it 's a right that should be open to all women . |
| 11 | We do n't always have to agree ; we should be open to both receive and give positive comment and challenges . |
| 12 | Personal convictions should be open to testing by the guidance of other Christians . |
| 13 | If the actor intends to provoke a breach of the peace ( which will often be independently criminal , by virtue of sections 4 and 5 in any event ) , it should be open to the policeman in the last resort to require him to desist . |
| 14 | I would go further and suggest these meetings should be open to ‘ all-comers ’ and should highlight a topic of local interest to attract potential recruits . |
| 15 | To begin with , it was suggested , they should allocate a quarter of their places to this scheme , but eventually all their places should be open to pupils with state grants . |
| 16 | What opportunity should be open to full-tome students in terms of work placement or experience ? |
| 17 | As the House knows , we have long believed that the Community should be open to European countries who want to join and can take on the responsibilities of membership . |
| 18 | The Johannesburg city council on Jan. 30 , 1990 , approved a recommendation that trading areas in the city should be open to all races , thereby enabling blacks to own business property and to operate businesses anywhere in Johannesburg . |
| 19 | The monitoring should be open to internal criticism and external assessment from time to time if this is agreed on . |
| 20 | Future prospective studies should now evaluate the clinical relevance of this method , which , through its analytical simplicity and limited patient efforts , should be open to wide use . |
| 21 | If the process is informative we should be open to act on what it teaches . |
| 22 | The firm 's accounting practices should be open to inspection by the local professional body . |
| 23 | These are also to be reported to colleagues under the provisional code of conduct , and any relationship which is not agreed to should be open to a sexual harassment complaint . |
| 24 | That tariffs should be open to negotiation is the idea that originally inspired GATT . |
| 25 | Third , although Alan Ladd , the highly respected chief executive of MGM-Pathe , thinks he can release 13 films this year , costing an average of $8m-10m each , their prospects must be open to question . |
| 26 | Whether he avoids his own pitfalls must be open to doubt . |
| 27 | It should be noted before going any further that for a sample survey to be of any value at all the sampling procedure must be open to scrutiny and stand up to criticism . |
| 28 | Between 1948 and 1961 des Forges and Harber gave eight records involving about nine birds , and there were 15 more records involving 17 birds up to 1976 , besides a number of reports which have been considered to relate to escapes from collections ; in fact , some of the records included here must be open to this suspicion . |
| 29 | Mrs. Laventure highlights the ambiguity of the situation : ‘ For any scheme to be partially exempt from tax the programme must be open to all employees and suggestions implemented — although a £25 encouragement award can be given for a suggestion with intrinsic value or meritorious effort . |
| 30 | Although Ice Cube 's role as an agent provocateur is unequivocal , his future as a bankable revolutionary must be open to doubt , despite his assertion on the liner notes of ‘ Predator ’ : ‘ I will become an African-American when America gives up the oppression of my people . ’ |