Example sentences of "should be more [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ A camel or she-camel , ’ he was saying , ‘ if chosen , should be more than five years old . ’ |
2 | It follows that the question " How many substances ? " is strictly meaningless , for given the way " substance " is defined , it is logically impossible that there should be more than one . |
3 | It should be more than one person deciding it . |
4 | Bearing in mind that it is essential to include your own product somewhere in the prize structure , consider the size of the top prize vis-a-vis the second tier of prizes , whether there should be more than two tiers of prizes or whether there should be , say , 50 or 100 prizes of equal weight . |
5 | Some manufacturers guarantee CDs for only 30 years but Mr Bert Gall , general manager of optical systems at Philips , said the life of the average disc should be more than 1,000 years , though it could be reduced to 50 if manufacturing was poor and the discs were mistreated . |
6 | Length should be more than 2 metres or 6ft , but is not critical . |