Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] should be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It angered her that anyone 's work should be treated cavalierly because someone with a little authority regarded a newsroom as a draughts board . |
| 32 | When this proves to be impossible , the edge of the previous day 's work should be roughed up so that the new mix will key with it . |
| 33 | Clearly , however , even if a company can freely establish a branch in a host member state it is also necessary to decide whether the conduct of that branch 's business should be regulated by the home member state or the host member state . |
| 34 | In spite of the mixed feelings that will undoubtedly be provoked on Tuesday night , Hamnett 's move should be assessed in a cooler and more general light . |
| 35 | If George Bloggs of number 5136 was added to the list then the pointer contained in B Dale 's record should be changed to point to 5136 ( and not to 5138 ) and the pointer in Bloggs should contain 5138 . |
| 36 | Even when a benefice was in effect being inherited , it was accepted that the king 's right should be acknowledged at the moment of succession . |
| 37 | John Major 's inquiry should be held in public , not behind closed doors or with the usual excuse that publication would ‘ not be in the public interest ’ . |
| 38 | FIFA said Rusayev 's registration should be accepted , ‘ even though no transfer certificate was issued ’ . |
| 39 | It suggested that , if an aggravated offence were introduced on the basis of any of the three alternatives discussed , the Director of Public Prosecution 's consent should be required before a prosecution was brought because of the difficulties associated with each . |
| 40 | He also advised that the paper 's conclusion should be stated ‘ simply , clearly , in Hemingway sentences ’ and amongst these conclusions was the contingency that , within the next four or five years , the USSR would be able to deliver a surprise atomic attack against the US . |
| 41 | ‘ The poor man 's body should be removed . ’ |
| 42 | The plotters of my husband 's assassination should be brought to court . |
| 43 | While Louise Newman 's cataloguing continues set the standard for European auctions , Christie 's Plc should be chastised for not producing a single owner catalogue that will become a standard reference . |
| 44 | In its new location , close to the pharmaceutical faculty of Strasbourg University , laboratory and reference substance facilities are now being fitted out and the transfer or the organisation 's secretariat should be completed by the autumn . |
| 45 | ‘ So I see , ’ said Sophia , unable to keep a note of indignation out of her tone , for it was most disquieting that the man she intended for her sister 's husband should be discovered filling the hot water bottle of another woman . |
| 46 | Whereas word recognition can occur without the skilled reader thinking about it , sentence reconstruction can not , and it is to this component subskill that the reader 's attention should be directed . |
| 47 | A patient 's attention should be drawn to the fact that he has a right to complain and we have taken steps to do so . |
| 48 | It was more a matter of how BR 's organisation should be adapted to cope with a much tighter ( but more specific ) set of government directives . |
| 49 | Similarly , the interest of one party can be increased ( for instance , where the husband and wife hold the property as tenants in common and it is agreed , or ordered by the court , that the wife 's share should be increased ) . |
| 50 | I always find it so sad that a dearly loved husband 's name should be discarded immediately . |
| 51 | An Abbey spokesman said it was common practice to advise that a parent 's name should be put first for an account of a very small child . |
| 52 | It was proposed that the students of Torcy 's academy should be employed in making " a more complete and exact collection of peace-treaties " , with an accompanying commentary ; while the largest such enterprise hitherto , the Corps universel diplomatique du droit des gens of J. Dumont de Carlscroon ( twelve volumes : Amsterdam — The Hague , 1726 ) , an assembly of documents reaching back to the age of Charlemagne and drawn from sources all over Europe , was designed mainly as a help in policy-making and a kind of portable archive for the use of diplomats . |
| 53 | It was recorded that the UK was " unable to accept the approach set out " , but agreed that " the overriding objective of monetary policy should be price stability , that the Community 's development should be based on an open market system , that excessive budget deficits should be avoided , and that there should be no monetary financing of deficits nor the assumption of responsibility on the part of the Community or its member states for one member state 's debts " . |
| 54 | My one proviso is that at the same time , Hadrian 's Wall should be repaired , extended fully , and provided with one single opening through which all scots at present in the south should be shepherded to the north , whereupon the opening should be smartly bricked up before they have the chance to get back . |
| 55 | When time is being underutilised , a review of the patient 's day should be undertaken so that the overlap can be used more effectively . |
| 56 | The formidable Mrs. Mary Campbell of Boquhan , a lady with great influence in the affairs of the town of Stirling , and with equally strong views on the choice of a minister for her parish church , demanded that the king 's presentation should be obtained for Robert Ure , who was the assistant minister of St. Ninian 's parish . |
| 57 | We shall have to reconsider how Darwin 's theory should be applied to animal fighting , to see whether natural selection might in some circumstances favour animals that avoid aggressive conflict . |
| 58 | FRS 3 will also effectively kill off extraordinary items — the ASB is adamant that any geographical or political event happening within a company 's environment should be counted as part of normal business risk — and reduce what ASB chairman David Tweedie has seen as the abuse of earnings per share . |
| 59 | The optional words referring to persons under the tenant 's control should be included ( see clause 5.4 ) unless of course the tenant is able to remove reference to such persons altogether . |
| 60 | Santomaso 's links with Peggy Guggenheim date back to 1948 when the artist suggested to Rodolfo Pallucchini , General Secretary of the Venice Biennale , that Peggy Guggenheim 's collection should be exhibited in the Greek Pavilion . |