Example sentences of "should be the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The child 's needs , not his deeds , he maintained , should be the test for intervention .
2 It is appalling it should be the scene for this attack , ’ he said .
3 The document then outlined what the Secretaries of State for Education thought should be the curriculum in primary and secondary schools .
4 She should be the centre of social life abhorred and dominant , and she should sit like a great spider behind the curtains of the Garden Room , spying on her friends , and I knew that her name must be Elizabeth Mapp .
5 [ that ] the library should be the centre of intellectual and social life of the school for both staff and pupils ( School M )
6 Secondly , there has been some recognition that unemployment and job creation should be the concern of a whole range of agencies and departments , not just the DED and its off-shoots .
7 Maintenance allowances for college students , well we signalled fairly clearly last June that we feel that maintenance allowances for college students should be the concern of the F A F C.
8 Instead the primary aim should be the promotion of patient activity within acceptable limits of safety .
9 For Littlechild , therefore , the objectives of competition policy should be the promotion of competition , by acting against market conduct designed to inhibit it .
10 In Anglo-American finance , it is held , the proper order of things has been reversed : finance should be the slave of industry , but has instead become its master .
11 Brigg emphasizes that graphic design or typography should be the servant of the communication process , not its master .
12 Though European regulations now say that D2 MAC should be the standard on all direct-broadcast satellites , few are lining up to use it .
13 An author obviously dedicated to his art and expert enough to share his knowledge with the world has given us what should be the standard on the line which will stand the test of time .
14 The inevitable sufferers , of course , are the poor , of whom those who actually commit the offences that concern the police are a tiny minority and whom , indeed , it should be the purpose of the police to protect .
15 It seems to me that it should be the purpose of all in-service courses to develop such schemes through the joint enterprise of the participants .
16 It it should be the purpose of the planning authorities to seek to house its people .
17 He identified ‘ three fundamental aspects of citizenship ’ which should be the responsibility of the school to cover : ‘ … the individual 's rights and responsibilities within a democratic society … the organisations and structures of society , including the rules and laws within which it functions … ( and ) the role of the individual … '
18 Production of the news-sheet should be the responsibility of a named person in the Personnel Department who is also the point of contact for all enquiries .
19 Clearly , the ethical aspects of each preventive trial need consideration , but this should be the responsibility of a central ethical committee and not a matter to be considered separately by many ( perhaps over a 100 ) district research ethical committees that are , in the main , concerned with local clinical research projects .
20 A service between midnight and 0700 should be the responsibility of family health services authorities , which could arrange for visits and perhaps a night time surgery .
21 This view was given a political edge by the present Conservative government 's Industrial Relations Code of Practice , which states that it should be the responsibility of a union to ensure that :
22 My Bill would establish a new constitutional settlement for Scotland , create a Parliament with a fixed four-year term , provide for elections by a system of proportional representation , establish a Bill of Rights , create the office of ombudsman , give to the Parliament revenue-raising responsibility , entrench these arrangements in such a way that they could not be changed without the consent of both the Westminster and Scottish Parliaments and provide that all Scottish domestic affairs should be the responsibility of a Parliament sitting in Edinburgh , reserving foreign affairs , defence and large-scale economics to Westminster .
23 ‘ An operation like this should be the responsibility of the council because councillors have to answer to the voters and act in their interests .
24 Law Society approved profit and loss sheets should be issued and it should be the responsibility of the reporting accountant to ensure that these have been completed by firms ;
25 Yes , I believe that actually it should be the responsibility of the officers of an association to take the responsibility .
26 The franchising industry should be removed and the letting of services should be the responsibility of the Regulator in conjunction with the Track Authority .
27 ‘ Perhaps , ’ she said , ‘ yours should be the ballad of naivety ?
28 However , if the item was lost , stolen or damaged beyond repair and there was cover under the appropriate policy , strictly speaking , the amount payable should be the cost of a replacement item .
29 Senior representatives of Lothian Regional Council , Edinburgh District Council and Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Limited , which make up the Edinburgh Partnership , will join to explain why Edinburgh should be the location for the gallery .
30 He should be the link between the professionals at head office and the local knowledge of the on-the-spot workers .
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