Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [be] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 then certainly children should not be receiving communion .
2 I shall play no further part in this debate which should not be taking place .
3 We are very concerned that in in making provision for housing through to the year two thousand and six , we should not be making provision for that level of vacancy rate , which seems to us to be artificially high when compared with the the national figures .
4 CAFOD , on behalf of the church in this country , are asking people to write to their MP to stress that this country should not be cutting aid , but rather seeing how we can increase it .
5 Counting pensioners and children , 14m savers should not be paying tax , but have to under current legislation .
6 ‘ Ben and I were sure that you must still be feeling jet lagged .
7 To do this you should always be looking upwind to spot the give-away dark furry patches on the water that mark their approach .
8 Either other people must simultaneously be gathering information , or the shareholder will have to collect enough information to convince others .
9 The logical conclusion of all this is that there can no longer be a justification for the massive nuclear arsenals held by both sides , that only the absolute minimum of nuclear defence is required and that , because President Yeltsin , too , now has his finger on the nuclear button , we should now be doing business with him on this issue as on so many others .
10 However , the Lancaster Diocesan Catholic Voice should really be carrying news about the Catholic Church in our own diocese .
11 I mean why there should n't be cooking oil in in in landfill .
12 SEVE Ballesteros may not be taking part in golf 's World Cup in Madrid this week , but there is a player who bears an amazing resemblance to him .
13 But on the hill , crouched against a stone wall which may or may not be providing protection against wind-swept rain , such a dainty arrangement fast loses all its attraction .
14 Some of them are reluctant to ask visiting relatives , who may already be doing shopping for them , to run extra errands , such as taking prescriptions to the chemist or clothes to the launderette or dry cleaners , changing their library books and collecting their pension ; so it is always as well to check to make sure that you are meeting these needs , or arranging for someone else to do so .
15 However , with more than 25% of all district councillors returned in 1990 being women , we may just be seeing evidence of a ‘ bottom up ’ trend in female participation in electoral politics in Britain .
16 The consequence of this might eventually be rising unemployment and social unrest .
17 If not for it , he might not be playing golf now
18 But , honestly , I think we 'll just be wasting time if I go on like this . ’
19 When he hangs up his gloves he says he 'll just be doing alot more gardening instead .
20 It might just be saving money ?
21 Er because of the problems the stock piles of coal at various pits , I think there is about forty five million tons stocked at various pits , they 'll still be using coal from Bywater and so that there 's no necessity to mine coal in such er vast amount .
22 He said that after 3 ½ years of competition between British Telecom and the Cable and Wireless subsidiary , Mercury Communications , it was time to survey customers ' experience and , if necessary , ‘ identify practices which might still be inhibiting competition ’ .
23 While the people of one region might still be using stone tools , those in another were already using bronze for all their tools and weapons and sometimes iron as well .
24 If you 're converting your loft , or want a fitted bedroom or bathroom , you 'll probably be making use of fibreboards in one shape or another .
25 Er , we need to now have some to er cover the cost of proposed adaptations to bring support staff together , which I 'll , which we 've got in hand , and we 'll also be miring money , I think from the salary budget to help with the cost of er the total quality training .
26 She would certainly lose her job and might even be putting other of her colleagues at risk .
27 He might well be creating havoc with her pulse-rate , but he was only doing it to comfort her after a bad day ; it did n't mean there was anything personal in the action .
28 We 'll certainly be offering business administration , and may offer the care award , too , in conjunction with the College of Nautical Studies .
29 ‘ I 'll definitely be taking care this time , ’ said Martin , who was allowed out of hospital on Christmas Eve .
30 The inhibitors might therefore be causing amnesia not because they prevent protein synthesis but because of their effect on increasing amino acid levels .
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