Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adj] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be easy to spray polyoxyethylene smoke into local snowstorms , or to dust the surface of a ski slope with it by standard aerial crop spraying methods . |
| 2 | Facilities should be available to demonstrate equipment to customers , and staff trained to give correct and safe demonstrations . |
| 3 | if a member of staff is continually late for work , a disciplinary code of practice should be available to give guidance to the employee 's supervisor about what steps to take ; or |
| 4 | The current screen mode is displayed in the centre of the information bar so it should be simple to keep track of what 's going on but dropping into Attribute mode and spraying colour across pixel boundaries can be very frustrating . |
| 5 | It was argued that , using the right data-collection techniques , it should be possible to assemble information about the social world that is free of bias , and that could be analysed using the statistical techniques that had been developed . |
| 6 | It might be thought that it should be possible to characterise hyponymy in terms of contextual normality . |
| 7 | This means that it should be possible to design training modules that will be equally useful in the training of end-users and intermediaries . |
| 8 | In this way , it should be possible to evaluate policy options more carefully than hitherto by identifying the sorts of factors which are likely to intervene between a national-level change and its actual effects ‘ on the ground ’ in different areas . |
| 9 | Four officers had pay stopped , and London 's chief fire officer said it should be possible to create group spirit without ‘ the denigration and ridicule of individuals . ’ |
| 10 | The taking of broad-spectrum antibiotics , pregnancy , and the oral contraceptive are the commonest causes of difficulty ; however the first two are not , or should not be , permanent , and it should be possible to eliminate thrush even if the pill is continued , by giving a prolonged course of treatment . |
| 11 | He said it should be possible to provide delegation of responsibility to regional staff , without prejudicing overall control . |
| 12 | Even if there are significant gaps in your knowledge it should be possible to get help with these in advance of being given clinical responsibility . |
| 13 | Thus it should be possible to measure growth rate by this method . |
| 14 | Grain size should be small to allow digging . |
| 15 | Flory and Fox suggested that as the viscosity of a polymer solution will depend on the volume occupied by the polymer chain , it should be feasible to relate coil size and [ η ] . |
| 16 | Its stretchability should be low to assist hook penetration when striking over the great distance , but a certain amount of stretch is needed as a safety margin to assist the cushioning effect of the rod . |
| 17 | If the hon. Member for Harrow , West ( Mr. Hughes ) would like to intervene , I should be pleased to give way , but if he listens he may learn something . |
| 18 | The meeting decided that the missionaries should move to Upper Burma , for at that time we fully believed the government 's assurance that we should be able to hold part of Burma at any rate . |
| 19 | He should be able to leave hospital in one month . |
| 20 | should be able to teach English 99 . ’ |
| 21 | And he is optimistic that Customer Systems , and the wholesale finance arm in particular , will benefit from this penetration overseas — it should be able to generate business on the back of existing contracts , he reckons . |
| 22 | The roof drainage should be able to take water away quickly and cleanly without obstruction , and therefore eaves tiles should discharge neatly into gutters without water being blown back on to the wall or woodwork . |
| 23 | The insecurity that the interviewer experiences may cause them to smile manically ; to talk too much , when he or she should be able to take responsibility for pauses ; to do a really hard sell on behalf of the company ; to over-react with approval to the interviewee , giving them , unfairly , the impression that they 've got the job . |
| 24 | He should be able to take care of himself — and yet she wo n't even let him out of the house without demanding to know where he 's going , who he 'll be with and what time he 'll be back . " |
| 25 | My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves , even if they 're rich and important . ’ |
| 26 | As I said , the industrial tribunal accepted that employees should be able to take time off with their families . |
| 27 | Having lost some of the true Christian Scientist 's sanguinity about money and the faith that good Scientists should be able to demonstrate prosperity , she suggested faintly that Harriet had better take a secretarial course and equip herself to earn what she called a hat allowance , by which she meant a living . |
| 28 | Children should be able to use junk materials freely . |
| 29 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the essence of this matter is that , if one makes a claim , one should be able to give evidence in support of it ? |
| 30 | What I 'm trying to say is , when you 're in the state of consciousness triggered by sexual stimulation , you should be able to breach time and space . |