Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But independent councillor Tony Moore said : ‘ We should be looking to private business to help bail out the museum . |
| 2 | However , after 3 months we should be looking for positive indications from the policyholder 's medical attendant with regard to a date for returning to work i.e. issue a PAC 8 . |
| 3 | ‘ It subtly reminds the client that they should be thinking about legal issues on a regular basis , ’ said . |
| 4 | Mr Howe says the targets for legislation should be hacking for personal gain , the gain of someone else , or to cause damage . |
| 5 | I do not understand why we should be dealing with local government finance in Scotland in a Bill that covers the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | absconders — absent from an address where they should be residing under various legal provisions ( foster/children 's home , hospital ) |
| 7 | The MPRP needs to improve itself and at the same time if new parties are formed for the interest of the people and the country , they should be competing on equal terms . " |
| 8 | Children 's needs change as they grow , so it 's important to know what milk they should be drinking at different stages . |
| 9 | Very soon I should be talking to English people again , people who were on my side after all . |
| 10 | Because if we ca n't generalize then I , perhaps I should be talking about British foreign policy or Iranian foreign policy or South African foreign policy are there generalizations we can make and say well it is similar for all governments ? |
| 11 | Erm , it 's certainly true that we reduced the total size of a particular team or unit dealing with international affairs , but only on the grounds that we actually felt that it was very important that all the teams should be working on international and European dimensions of their work , rather than seeing it as compartmentalised in one area . |
| 12 | because I believe we should be planning for long term er to repair the |
| 13 | They should be bursting with calorific deliciousness : butter , cream , eggs , dried fruits , nuts , sugar , jam , chocolate , treacle and other good things . |
| 14 | We should be concentrating on particular aspects of school life , not producing information which already exists and duplicating it . |
| 15 | The first reaction to ‘ if you want money , get lost ’ was that Steen must be referring to potential blackmailers , but then Charles realized how unlikely that was . |
| 16 | You must be looking at different patients |
| 17 | The regulations state that to work part time one must be looking after small children or caring for disabled relatives , but there are many more reasons why women would want to work part time . |
| 18 | Editor , — Vivienne van Someren does not state in her editorial ( 5 December ) the Department of Health criteria for part time senior registrar training , but Sunita Shrotria says that to work part time ‘ one must be looking after small children , or caring for a disabled relative . ’ |
| 19 | To me , northwest Africa is part of Europe and either the division is farther south or , if they must be sailing on different plates , then those plates were very close together long before the Alpine convulsions . |
| 20 | ( 4.6 ) if the damper torque is zero , the damper rotor and housing must be operating at equal speeds . |
| 21 | Given that they have ruled out of court the concept of demand deficient unemployment , the new classical writers have left themselves with no alternative explanation : if markets are clearing , they must be clearing at different measured unemployment rates . |
| 22 | It requires organisation and planning , as one group usually follows another and for the changeover to be smooth all departments must be working to maximum efficiency . |
| 23 | Thus factors other than the presence of intraluminal unhydrolysed triglycerides must be contributing to faecal bile acid loss in this group of patients . |
| 24 | ( " Is groundsel nice , mother ? " ) and Hazel , touched to think that he must be dreaming of old days , rolled over on his side to give him room to settle again . |
| 25 | she must be going to High Down Hill . |
| 26 | Beck goes on to stress that teachers must become more politically aware and involved , that they should adopt a thoroughly interactive role with those whom they teach and that they " must be growing in social , moral and spiritual characteristics " ( 1990:50 ) . |
| 27 | I thought to myself , ‘ Jimmy Dickinson does n't go abroad and certainly not to the States , so if I make a good job of it at Walton Heath I might be caddying for Sandy full-time in the future . ’ |
| 28 | No , I 'm just trying to work out how long I 'm gon na be practising for West Side Story tomorrow because you might have to take my money my pocket money tomorrow I might not be able to get like home , sort of cos er I I might be practising till bloody six o'clock for all I know so I 'll get some chips or something . |
| 29 | DANGER might be lurking in freshwater lakes as the country basked in sweltering temperatures , scientists warned yesterday . |
| 30 | If dietary deficiency seems to be a factor , the counsellor should be able to help the counsellee ascertain which factors in the diet might be contributing to poor health , perhaps in consultation with the books mentioned above , or with a nutritionist or dietitian . |