Example sentences of "[modal v] be [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harrison felt that the solutions used were too strong and suggested that the containers of irrigating fluid should be no more than three feet above the patient 's pelvis , in contrast to the ten feet that had been the norm . |
| 2 | They could feel angry , embarrassed and even guilty because of the comments of over-anxious parents who keep hinting about their longing for grandchildren , or make it clear that they think there should be no more . |
| 3 | James Dewar argues that smoking cannabis should be no more criminal than watching TV |
| 4 | The obvious candidates for commercial breeding programmes in this country would be the Cleaner Shrimps , Stenopus hispidus and Lysmata amboinensis , which spawn freely in captivity with young that should be no more difficult to raise than brine shrimp . |
| 5 | From all the discussion so far , one would predict that BSL as a language should be no more difficult to learn than a foreign language , except , that is , for the fact that BSL is not a high status language and its users are often treated as failures . |
| 6 | For this election , he 's ready to say there should be no more nuclear weapons , that there is two billion pounds in oil revenue to ‘ give away ’ to build houses and make jobs . |
| 7 | Remember that it should be no more than eight weeks old , and should not have eaten grass . |
| 8 | Bentham ( 1970 : 179 ) himself propounded the principle of ‘ frugality ’ ( or ‘ parsimony ’ ) , which states that punishments should be no more severe than they need to be to produce a utilitarian quantity of deterrence . |
| 9 | The article itself should be no more than 1,100 words long and should be with me by December 31st , if not before . |
| 10 | The four key criteria on economic convergence were ( i ) that inflation should be no more than 1.5 per cent above the average of the three best-performing member countries ; ( ii ) that the government deficit should not exceed 3 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) and the public debt should not exceed 60 per cent of GDP ; ( iii ) that the currency should have remained within the 2.25 per cent fluctuation margins in the European Monetary System for at least two years ; and ( iv ) that interest rates should not be more than 2 percentage points above the three best-performing states over the previous 12 months . |
| 11 | Under Ord. 53 these procedures can only be used if the court so orders , although it is said that such an order should be no less readily made than in other types of proceedings ( by originating summons ) where such an order is needed . |
| 12 | Attention to the wording of any such power should be no less scrupulous than in regard to the power to expel itself . |
| 13 | Some amendments to the standard provision are advisable , however , and may be summarised as follows : ( 1 ) The period of grace before the forfeiture provision bites in respect of outstanding rents should be no less than 14 days and ideally 28 , though the usual compromise is 21 days . |
| 14 | Because the demand for money is fairly stable there should be a reasonably predictable effect in terms of increased demand for other assets , which may be real or financial . |
| 15 | This is all very well , but even a ‘ Little Bang ’ should be a pretty spectacular affair . |
| 16 | The actual monitor controls are never altered , the adjustments are made with the standard colour wheel control of the Macintosh , but the end result should be a pretty close approximation . |
| 17 | I mean , Sharp 's playing well wide left ; move Macca inside him ; and Rocky inside Strachan should be a pretty good mid-filed line up . |
| 18 | For example , it is suggested that : " The rooms should be grouped in a simple manner , easy for patients and visitors to find their way around ; the whole building should be on one level and should look as far as is possible both externally and internally like a house not a hospital : there should be a clearly defined main entry/exit point for patients , staff , visitors and supplies which should have a ramped approach and in which the main door should be lockable : WC and washing compartment should be shared between pairs of single bed rooms and should be readily accessible to the sitting and dining rooms ; the bathroom should be readily accessible to both day and night areas ; the WC and the bathroom should be equipped for wheelchairs and standing users : the sitting and dining rooms and the external enclosure should be accessible by wheelchair : rooms should be differentiated in colour and finish while remaining domestic in scale and character : an informal , welcoming and comfortable reception/waiting area is required at the entrance to provide shelter and waiting spaces for visitors : the area between main entrance and sub-section entrances is likely to be an extensive area of circulation and will be the hub of the building but it could also be , spaciously , rather than an enlarged corridor , a positive amenity and focus if designed as a conservatory , for example , to contain plants or even birds and fish providing a stimulus to patients ' visitors and staff , and , finally : the safe external enclosure ( to which I referred earlier , ) should take the form of a walled garden matching the materials of parent buildings , suitably softened with appropriate planting . |
| 19 | This should be a rather unusual outing . |
| 20 | ‘ It is a terrible wrench for any mother to give up seeing her sons on such an important and what should be a gloriously happy day . ’ |
| 21 | Mr Justice Kennedy ordered there should be a not guilty verdict to the attempted murder charge which Tapping , of Uvedale Road , South Bank , Middlesbrough , had denied . |
| 22 | In place of the audit , it says , the individual who prepares the accounts — who should be a professionally qualified accountant — should sign a certificate stating that the accounts had been prepared in accordance with relevant UK accounting principles . |
| 23 | WHEN THE originators of the Dart Valley Light Railway plc formed it in 1965 they always intended that it should be a commercially operated line rather than a ‘ preserved ’ railway , for having looked at the then contemporary scene they felt that there were enough preservationists at work already and that their nice for survival in an essentially holiday area should be revenue-earning profitability . |
| 24 | Apart from re-iterating his belief , which is gaining support , that there probably should be a completely new major circuit of not more than a dozen tournaments , based round the Grand Slams and culminating in one end-of-season event , Becker said ‘ We 're not machines . |
| 25 | And I fink the team should be a little more avant-Guardian , no ponceing about with this kick and rush nonsense . |
| 26 | The coding of letters into the three categories should be a little flexible for letters such as f , i , and z which can be written in different ways , so a coding of ‘ a ’ was included to represent any zone . |
| 27 | Place the pool in position , check the edges are level and make any necessary adjustments to the hole , which should be a little wider than the shape |
| 28 | The width of each side of the frame should be a little less than half the width of your plastic bag . |
| 29 | Well , maybe you should be a little more strict . |
| 30 | He was forced by the Leader of the Opposition to withdraw that threat , so he should be a little careful . |