Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] should be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think , as I said before , the pro The idea of Europe , the profile of Europe is important , and although i do n't think I should be campaign , if I win tonight , on things that interest me and do n't interest others , I 'm not afraid to say that I do want to make it , to a degree at least , a genuine European campaign . |
| 2 | But do n't be bullied by precise , conventional height-to-weight charts that say you should be 9st 6lb . |
| 3 | Alan Furniss , Midland 's manager of sponsorship and donations , said : ‘ The people who look after our sponsorship policy have decided we should be spending money on community-based acti-vities . ’ |
| 4 | An elderly parent living alone invariably has problems to cope with , though , in some area of life , and ideally the people to help them should be members of their own family ; people who know their character and understand their needs , those they do not have to make an effort to relate to and trust , and who can move around freely in their homes , to sort through the various ‘ pockets ’ of their anxiety more easily than any stranger can do . |
| 5 | I believe it should be director of public protection . |
| 6 | I reckon it should be Ossie Ardilles |
| 7 | Rose had decreed there should be music in her shops , and she had selected the repertoire herself . |
| 8 | Mr Pannick said those who had drafted the relevant EC directive in 1989 had ‘ in their wisdom thought there should be freedom of reception throughout the EC and one should rely upon the state from which the signal emanates to exercise appropriate controls ’ . |
| 9 | When a recording is ‘ live ’ , as this one is , it should say so on the cover , and if that 's too difficult or exhausting there should be mention of it at the beginning of the booklet . |
| 10 | FOR a thriller to really thrill there should be moments when you are gripping the edge of your seat wondering if the star is indeed going to go down in a hail of bullets — one more dead hero . |
| 11 | DID Bill & Ted ‘ s Excellent Adventure make you laugh enough to be Comedy Video or do you think it should be Blackadder 's Christmas Carol ? |
| 12 | If anyone is to go it should be Whyte and Fairclough , the two defenders who contributed so much to Leeds downfall in 1992–3 . |
| 13 | Himmler is a nonentity who thinks he should be Fuhrer in Hitler 's place and Himmler 's deputy is Reinhard Heydrich who is brilliant and daring and handsome and will kill Himmler first and then the Fuhrer , if they do n't pre-empt him . |
| 14 | You think it 's too much but you think there should be coverage nonetheless ? |
| 15 | Town centres er we think there should be growth of two hundred thousand , it 's not enough . |
| 16 | All but five of the players are from British Columbia which means they should be match hard and fit after a full domestic season . |
| 17 | I think it should be part of the selection procedure how to do shorthand . |
| 18 | you all start at exactly the same level whereas where Claire went I mean , it 's ridiculous to say you should be county standard sports ! |
| 19 | Crime can not be controlled without confronting the issue of what should be crime ; and to say what should be crime is to say what should be controlled . |
| 20 | I accept he believes he should be England 's fly-half . |
| 21 | ‘ I am very happy with the way I am playing but I accept that he believes he should be England 's fly-half . |
| 22 | Feeling it should be Michele who recovered it , Luce drew a long , steadying breath and turned to climb down . |
| 23 | When Robert Devereux , second Earl of Essex [ q.v. ] , suggested he should be attorney general the queen ‘ acknowledged his gifts , but said his speaking against her in such a manner as he had done should be a bar against any preferment at her hands ’ . |