Example sentences of "a [noun sg] should have " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lectern should have a minimum depth of 38cm and a minimum width of 5Ocm — space to hold two A4 sheets alongside each other — and a ‘ lip ’ of at least 1.5cm to stop papers sliding off onto the floor . |
| 2 | In Pearlberg v. Varty the House of Lords considered whether a taxpayer should have the right to make written representations or have a hearing before a single commissioner prior to his granting leave to raise assessments for years beyond the normal time limit . |
| 3 | As the cost of subsistence and accommodation for a student unaccompanied by his or her family is unlikely to be less than £60 per week , it is recommended that an overseas student embarking on a course should have at least this amount available . |
| 4 | As the cost of subsistence and accommodation for a student unaccompanied by his or her family is unlikely to be less than £65 per week , it is recommended that an overseas student embarking on a course should have at least this amount available . |
| 5 | At the centre of this argument is the question whether a Parliament should have the right to be responsible for revenue . |
| 6 | Such a change should have the effect of reducing the number of apparently aimless mergers among large firms , and this in itself might help to ameliorate the bandwagon effect on all firms during merger waves . |
| 7 | It comes as no surprise that such a verdict should have been arrived at . |
| 8 | A brick should have been wrapped in that paper and then inserted well up Chamberlain 's fundamental orifice . |
| 9 | As a senior Home Office official put it to an RCM conference in October 1942 : ‘ A refugee should have treatment comparable to that of an average English child in receipt of free education ’ , adding , ‘ It is not possible to provide continued education except in highly exceptional cases of brilliancy . ’ |
| 10 | Well a key should have a little bit at the bottom to say what what 's it stands for . |
| 11 | Locke , although not opposed to corporal punishment as a final sanction , nor indeed for very young children of an age too tender to be reasoned with , in order to instil the necessary fear and awe that a child should have for an adult , strongly disapproved of beating once formal education had begun , just as he was equally opposed to bribing the child to work through material rewards . |
| 12 | It is therefore possible to calculate how much brain a mammal should have for its size and , by taking the ratio between the actual and the expected brain size , obtain a measure of how much ‘ extra ’ brain a species possesses . |
| 13 | Apart from that , a consultant should have the ability not just to be an egotist but to integrate with a team of people ; they should also have the strength of purpose to be able to get results and to keep going through adversity . |
| 14 | A girl should have something — a simple row of pearls , perhaps . |
| 15 | It says it 's wrong that a judge should have to pass the same sentence on an abused wife who kills a brutal husband as it does on a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold blood . |
| 16 | In addition , a purchaser should have the necessary funding support to complete the deal . |
| 17 | ‘ It is reasonable that a man who denies the legality of a tax should have a clear and certain remedy . |
| 18 | ‘ It is reasonable that a man who denies the legality of a tax should have a clear and certain remedy . |
| 19 | ‘ It is reasonable that a man who denies the legality of a tax should have a clear and certain remedy . |
| 20 | The final result in this case is that such a molecule should have six IR bands , all with coincident Raman bands , plus three Raman bands with no IR counterparts . |
| 21 | Most people , unfortunately , think that a picture should have an impact . |
| 22 | To this gloss on the idea that even a thief should have to screw his courage to the sticking-place , Johnson adds the argument that if all else he had written were lost , Shakespeare should have become immortal for the way in which he shows Macbeth ‘ distinguishing true from false fortitude in a line and a half ’ : In Johnson 's footsteps , these roads across Scotland 's shoulder become Shakespeare country . |
| 23 | ‘ What wants yon knave that a king should have ? ’ he demanded . |
| 24 | The subjunctive in French allows the speaker to adopt this purely imaginary position from which he can give a verdict on whether a happening should have occurred or not . |
| 25 | I must express some surprise that such a notion should have prevailed . |
| 26 | Moving back another step to a still wider canvas , the holiday as a whole should have an overall structure : preparations for the journey and the journey itself ; arrival at the holiday destination ; introductory shots of the immediate vicinity ; a day on the beach ; a visit to a place of interest ; night-life , and so on … |
| 27 | The majority communists forced a vote through the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet on Nov. 14 to strip Khmara of his parliamentary immunity from prosecution , despite the fact that the lack of a quorum should have made the vote invalid . |
| 28 | Whenever a student should have regularly attended an entire course of study , and should have passed an examination before the college and its Professors , he should obtain a certificate … an infirmary , in which diseased horses and other cattle might be received … a forge for farriery would be equally necessary … |
| 29 | This definition would make central to pragmatics a notion of appropriateness or felicity : ( 14 ) Pragmatics is the study of the ability of language users to pair sentences with the contexts in which they would be appropriate Such a definition should have a nice ring to it , from the point of view of those who wish to place pragmatics on a par with other aspects of linguistic inquiry . |
| 30 | Anna Ford has often said that she believed that a woman should have had a role on our Election Night programmes . |