Example sentences of "it should [prep] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is no other system of air-conditioning , and the window can not be open all the time because of draughts or security , it should at least be opened once or twice a day for a spell . |
| 2 | Failing that , it should at least be standard practice to carry out the voters ' register check to show whether or not the information concerns a different person , if different-name information is passed : and we recognise that this alternative might be cheaper . |
| 3 | But like those marriages , it should at least be fast and exciting while it lasts . |
| 4 | If a fundamental change in action proves impossible , it should at least be feasible to build up that part of the physique at greatest risk . |
| 5 | It should by now be apparent that this recording is obligatory to all Handelians . |
| 6 | John Maddox , the editor of Nature , wrote in 1982 : ‘ The OED is uniquely a data base … , which will suggest to many that it should by now be stored on a long reel of magnetic tape , floppy disks , or some other means of data storage . |
| 7 | It should by now be clear to the reader that the purchase decision may turn out to be a highly complex one , subject to a wide variety of inter-related economic and behavioural influences . |
| 8 | It should by now be clear that the language behaviour of young black Londoners of Caribbean background can only be described with reference to patterns of code-switching , between the two perceived varieties " ordinary English " ( which in practice means London English ) and " Patois " , which I have argued is a variety of Jamaican Creole . |
| 9 | It should by now be clear that there is a great deal of difference between the way words are pronounced in isolation and in the context of connected speech . |