Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [verb] [prep] [num] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The existing two-tier system , it recommended , should be replaced by fifty-eight unitary authorities which would cover most of the country , but in three metropolitan areas there was to be a two-tier arrangement with responsibilities divided between a metropolitan county council and large district authorities ( along lines similar to those then operating in Greater London ) . |
| 2 | The interior and garden should be seen as one great theatrical whole . |
| 3 | It should be seen as seven functional stages of the budgetary process which take place in a political or rational context . |
| 4 | ‘ There is ’ , he writes ‘ even a laughable suggestion that the county programme should be cut to 16 four-day games ’ . |
| 5 | This is , for instance , why sensible Czech politicians support the idea which came from the Slovak National Council that the federation should be based on two strong national republics which will delegate some powers up to the federal government and not vice-versa . |
| 6 | Therefore it was natural that the ploughing should be done in one extended visit to the field : it was convenient that this should fall in the forepart of the day while the afternoon was spent , by the oxen in resting , and by their driver and ploughman in feeding them and seeing to their wants . |
| 7 | It is important that the entire pulling and resisting movement should be done in one smooth and controlled movement . |
| 8 | Within this task , we suggest that pupils should be asked for three contrasting pieces of writing , for example a short narrative based on a personal experience , a poem , a list of some kind ( eg for a recipe ) , or a factual account based on observation . |
| 9 | These collections should be displayed in 20 medium-sized cities and rotated among them , say , annually . |
| 10 | He brushed up my biochemistry , informing me that the long chain fences of fat molecules are antipodean in scale set beside the dry stone walls of mere proteins , and that he himself had it as an ambition to contrive that his entire body should be sheathed in one enormous fat molecule . |
| 11 | It was the BP non-executive directors who last year decided that there should be fundamental changes in the very top level of management , and that the jobs of chairman and group chief executive should be vested in two different individuals . |
| 12 | It also recommended that new entrants to the industry should be encouraged to attend short induction courses providing practically oriented instruction and information on opportunities in industry ; and that craft education should be founded on two interrelated phases , normally completed within two or three years depending on whether or not full-time study is included , leading to a national craft qualification . |
| 13 | To cater for pupils of different ability , however , and to ensure that everyone could gain a certificate , Dunning endorsed Munn 's proposal for three syllabuses of different levels of difficulty , and recommended that certificates should be awarded at three corresponding levels , covering the entire ability range . |
| 14 | COMPUTER hacking should be outlawed by three new criminal offences to curb the use of computers for serious crimes and maintain confidence in computer systems , the Law Commission recommended yesterday . |
| 15 | But anything over that size should be divided into two equal slabs with a dividing board between . |
| 16 | One local radio contractor said it seemed unreasonable that the Home Office should be deciding between two competing claims on the spectrum when it was responsible for running one of them . |
| 17 | But I have yet to be convinced of the need that these should be taken at two particular times in a student 's school career . |
| 18 | ‘ The commission took into consideration the fact that the Wimbledon manager , Bobby Gould , was recommending to his board of directors that action should be taken against one particular player for his part at Upton Park , ’ said Kelly . |
| 19 | Rule 2.2 stipulates that an announcement must be made in six separate situations : |
| 20 | But this must be qualified in two crucial ways . |
| 21 | Mention might be made of four other special rules relating to the involvement of vulnerable persons in sexual activity . |
| 22 | Rothenbuhler thought that hygienic behaviour might be controlled by two recessive genes . |
| 23 | Indirect evidence for the methods of manufacture might be drawn from two failed castings from the upper Thames valley ( Dickinson 1982 , n. 4 ) , a pendant from Woodeaton ( Oxfordshire ) ( Vierck 1967 , pp. 111–13 ) and a saucer brooch , now lost , from Cassington ( Oxfordshire ) ( Arthur and Jope 1963 , p. 3 ) . |
| 24 | They find out that they 'll be competing against three local councillors from Kent , one from each of the main political parties — everyone crosses their fingers that they wo n't be able to agree on an answer . |
| 25 | Two or three cameras , mounted on tripods , could be placed in three select committee rooms and in two used by standing committees , and some upgrading of the lights was required in those rooms when the cameras were in use , but the aim was to make as few changes as possible during the experimental period . |
| 26 | Then , as now , each year could be defined by one king-hell slice of perfect pop that said it all . |
| 27 | Notice that the Provisional Banding Lists are publicly available could be given in 3 main ways : |
| 28 | It will be seen that , if the maintenance of such longitudinal vortices is possible , the presence of cloud streets ( long lines of shallow cumulus clouds ) , which have also been clearly shown by satellite photographs , and seif dunes could be explained by one single hypothesis . |
| 29 | The prosecution 's case could be summarised in four short sentences , Mr Goldring told the jury . |
| 30 | With reference to old photographs it was decided that the bridge could be replaced with one similar to the original pre-1930 structure . |