Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No way , I 'm standing in a nice and warm place I do n't think I should be copying a tree anyway a trees a tree . |
| 2 | In a recently published report , a Common Land Forum ( set up by the Countryside Commission ) has recommended that the general public should be granted a right of legal access to all areas of common land . |
| 3 | In addition , the tenant should be granted a right to park in a delineated area , subject to the availability of space from time to time . |
| 4 | Even so , as Arnold Freeman argued in Boy Life and Labour ( 1914 ) if it were not for the admittedly frail system of compulsory schooling , ‘ we should be manufacturing a race of hooligans who would make our existing civilisation an impossibility ’ . |
| 5 | Each screw should be adjusted a quarter of a turn at a time , to maintain the correct height relationship and prevent undue force on the V-slots and knife edges . |
| 6 | The aim of an engineer should be to manage a project in such a way as to minimize the incidence and effect of claims and , more importantly , to prevent disputed claims . |
| 7 | In the autumn of 1751 , for example , Alexander Hume Campbell , the brother of the Earl of Marchmont , and member of parliament for Berwickshire , wrote to Lord Anson , the First Lord of the Admiralty , telling him how important it was to his interest that Lieutenant James Home should be made a post-captain , and reminding Lord Anson that this favour had already been promised to Lord Marchmont during a conversation in the House of Lords . |
| 8 | Additionally , assuming we are interested in social welfare , the manager 's pay should be made a function of that , if possible . |
| 9 | The demands made by the rebels provide the clearest guide to their grievances , and according to the Anonimalle Chronicle those put forward by the Essex men at Mile End on 14 June were that they should be allowed to seize and punish traitors , and that no man should be made a serf nor do homage or any type of service to a lord in return for land ; instead they should hold it at a rent of 4d. an acre . |
| 10 | With the introduction of the new conveyancing scheme the legal process of acquiring a home should be made a lot easier . |
| 11 | A trustee to a bankrupt mortgagor may be in possession actually or constructively and should be made a party . |
| 12 | If it has not already come , First Interstate should be expecting a telephone call soon . |
| 13 | The Party leader , Mr Jacques Chirac , said he regretted that reaction in France to events in East Germany were often cool because of the fear of difficult consequences for France , but the priority should be to support a victory of democracy over communism . |
| 14 | According to a survey conducted for the BBC in April 1974 by Professor Richard Rose , sixty-nine per cent of the people of Northern Ireland thought that the executive should be given a chance to govern but this finding was contradicted by the results of a general election two months earlier and may reflect the general tendency of survey respondents to make statements in response to poll questions which are more moderate than their real views . |
| 15 | you should be given a chance to state your case |
| 16 | Tobacco is a drug and addicts should be given a chance to ease off gradually . |
| 17 | People should be given a chance to read a proper newspaper — one that was decent , honourable and humane . |
| 18 | No matter then that Courtney Walsh , with experience in 50 Tests , should gain selection over Cummins and that Kenneth Benjamin , an impressive ‘ A ’ team spearhead , should be given a chance ? |
| 19 | Ok I agree that Speed should be given a chance in the middle of the park now I 'll be controversial and say leave Batty out let Speed do the tackling with Mc Allister also in the middle . |
| 20 | Nurses in training should be given a guarantee of employment following qualification . |
| 21 | The college believes nurses should be given a pay rise because one in four members are the sole breadwinner in their household and most nurses no longer believe that nursing will provide them with a secure job . |
| 22 | The letter was from Her Grace 's private secretary and gladly agreed that Lord John Rossendale should be given a ticket for the ball . |
| 23 | VAT and PAYE ) , where the company acts as a tax collector rather than a taxpayer , the Cork Committee considered that the Crown should be given a preference as other creditors had no legitimate expectation of payment from this source . |
| 24 | In 1790 , when the county of Cromarty was being contested , one of the freeholders serving in the army demanded , as the price of his support for the candidate favoured by Henry Dundas , that he should be given a company in a regiment stationed in Britain . |
| 25 | Hartlepool Council officials are to be given one last chance to persuade the government that they should be given a slice of its City Challenge cash . |
| 26 | Talent should be given a stage on which it can perform . |
| 27 | He may , however , begin to think that , being judged capable of running his own show , he should be given a department of his own . |
| 28 | Proposals should have to be advertised locally , the manifesto says , and customers should be given a right of audience before the licensing authorities to oppose unwelcome changes . |
| 29 | A startling illustration of another educator 's naive understanding of the work of drama teachers occurs in a recent publication by David Hargreaves ( 1982 ) who recommends that the arts and drama in particular should be given a place at the centre of the curriculum . |
| 30 | It is right that they should be given a place of honour in the history of ancient art . |