Example sentences of "should [be] [vb pp] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should be prevented at all costs from making records . |
| 2 | They should be prevented at all costs from making records . |
| 3 | Masters and men , although deeply divided over the substantive issue as to whether women should be employed at all , were therefore united in a male solidarity which expressed itself — in public at least — by a discourse disparaging women and the work they did . |
| 4 | The bees in fact should be treated at all times , so is the belief , as if they were people ; and people who were very ready to take offence if not treated properly . |
| 5 | What the WEA 's voluntary membership really wants from its tutor-organisers remains a profitable subject for debate — as does the basic question of whether such appointments should be made at all . |
| 6 | The barrister at once said that he was ‘ less concerned about the amount that could be ordered as to whether any order should be made at all . ’ |
| 7 | Where it is known that the debtor has more than one residential or business address , personal calls should be made at all addresses ; ( b ) should the creditor fail to effect service , a first class prepaid letter should be written to the debtor referring to the call(s) , the purpose of the same and the failure to meet with the debtor , adding that a further call will be made for the same purpose on the day of 19 at hours at ( place ) . |
| 8 | At one time the question was much debated whether meta-ethics can or ought to be neutral as between ethical theories , or indeed whether the two should be distinguished at all . |
| 9 | Radio Burkina said that delegates had agreed on the need to maintain " state capitalism " , but that this did not entail the rejection of private enterprise , which " should be supported at all costs " . |
| 10 | As for hats , your observation was correct that hair should be covered at all times . |
| 11 | A small group of professionals , myself included , selected those books which we believed should be saved at all costs but , although we did this as conscientiously as possible , our combined subject knowledge was at best partial and it is inevitable that some books worthy of preservation were overlooked … |
| 12 | Consequently , crew weight should be equalised at all times , whether the crew is to leeward or windward : that is why the halyards and the topping lift are usually controlled by the stoppers and winches at the base of the mast . |
| 13 | Caressing it , I absorbed the message about who should be beaten at all cost : the English . |
| 14 | Her misery blackened the evening and should be assuaged at all costs . |
| 15 | ‘ I believe this is something that should be done at all new courses and certainly at the true championship ones . |
| 16 | Over-dependence upon the United States should be avoided at all costs . |
| 17 | Although the lights of the pleasure cruisers sparkling from the water make the river look attractive , Baedeker 's advice is forthright : ‘ Bathing in the Rhine should be avoided at all costs . ’ |
| 18 | Whilst most recognized the coffin as a means of transporting the dead to an authorized place of disposal , some viewed it as a receptacle for a precious relic — so precious that the very thought of earth or elements contributing to its destruction should be avoided at all cost . |
| 19 | Given that such an emergency admission should be avoided at all costs , how can a social worker plan an admission so that it offers the person concerned a positive choice ? |
| 20 | The final factor concerns the idea that ‘ being known ’ should be avoided at all costs . |
| 21 | A report in New Cyclist magazine revealed yesterday that York sits proudly at the top of a 150-city cycle league , but Newcastle should be avoided at all costs . |
| 22 | Basically , however , the difference between these and other areas lies in the attitude to new development , either whether it should be permitted at all ( it often is not ) or , if it is , of what it should be constructed — the materials used generally have to be traditional , for example , stone in the Lake District . |
| 23 | It is in fact open to question whether it should be allowed at all , at least in certain types of cases . |
| 24 | The section does not apply to contractual guarantees , as between a seller and a purchaser , as these are obviously caught under the appropriate sections of the UCTA relating to contracts , in so far as they should be caught at all ( see s 5(3) ) . |
| 25 | The possibility of increased virulence in these antibiotic resistant strains ( which may be related to the presence of plasmids encoding antibiotic resistance and virulence factors ) suggests that attempts to limit their selection by judicious use of narrow spectrum antibiotics should be considered at all times . |
| 26 | Tweezers are a crucial piece of equipment and should be used at all times to handle the pressed material . |
| 27 | The word ‘ sit ’ , for example , should be used at all times rather than simply saying ‘ food ’ in this instance , and hoping that the dog will respond accordingly . |
| 28 | The basic criteria of the reform programme were : firstly , the peasants should gain ownership of the land they worked ; secondly , they should be encouraged to become full and active citizens of the nation ; and thirdly , productivity should be improved at all levels of agriculture . |
| 29 | ' … [ The ] load of polluting matter discharged should be controlled at all times to exactly the level that a river would accept without hamming river uses or the environment' ( unpubl. agency document ) . |
| 30 | In paragraph 8(b) of his affidavit the coroner states that a verdict of natural causes aggravated by lack of care is relevant only if an inquest is held and that here he was concerned with the antecedent question whether an inquest should be held at all . |