Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is a time-consuming operation but we estimate that it should be complete in the next two years . ’ |
| 32 | The analysis of these data should be complete by early 1985 and will be followed by a further survey of key informants and the various development agencies in an attempt to identify the type of projects which might be promoted within the framework of an Integrated Rural Development programme . |
| 33 | The council will be composed of 30 members , 15 from each country , whose election should be complete within the next few weeks . |
| 34 | Lenin cites with approval Engels ' recommendation that there should be complete self-government for the provinces , districts and localities through officials elected by universal suffrage and the abolition of all local and provincial authorities appointed by the state . |
| 35 | Norman Maltby , head of leisure services , said : ‘ All the work should be complete within two or three weeks . |
| 36 | Builders move in during the next two weeks and work should be complete in 20 weeks , he said . |
| 37 | Any major developments regarding family and your base in life later in the year — most notably around September 1 and late November — should be traceable to this early summer period . |
| 38 | The Gyda platform should be Halon-free by the end of this month on completion of the installation of the BP fine water spray fire suppression system in the gas turbines , the emergency generator rooms and the fire pump system . |
| 39 | Explaining how he had instituted a series of business briefs , which go out to CBI members by fax every week , he said each message ‘ should be conversational , it should be easily accessible and it should have some value to the reader or the listener ’ . |
| 40 | Women should have no sexual desires whereas men should be insatiable ; if women get out of line by expressing autonomous desire or refusing to cater to men 's , they will be censured . |
| 41 | We should be attentive . |
| 42 | He now proposed that the fundamental gut decision of whether the paper should be tabloid or broadsheet be tested by market research , until he was finally talked out of it by another newly recruited professional — Clive Thornton , lately of Mirror Group Newspapers . |
| 43 | All stretches should be gradual and held for a period of 30 seconds before release . |
| 44 | These proposals suggested that the change should be gradual , starting with welfare rights work , in which bureaux anyway have greater expertise than lawyers , then gradually proceeding to housing work and followed later by matrimonial work . |
| 45 | It is I who should be worrying about Mum . |
| 46 | You should n't be worrying — about us , you should be worrying about what your crew is thinking . |
| 47 | But he said yesterday : ‘ I do n't think you should be worrying about what happens in the West Indies . |
| 48 | It ca n't help that he is fretting about possessions when he should be worrying about the state of his marriage . |
| 49 | We should be worrying about Barbs . |
| 50 | I think there are perhaps one or two who are very , very aware and are making their own life uncomfortable about it , but I think they 're so much in the minority that it 's the other lot that we should be worrying about . |
| 51 | Yes , I wanted to emphasise the way some men feel constrain before , not because I want to suggest it 's now becoming a problem for men and we should be worrying about them , but because you asked what prospects there were for doing something about it and I think if something 's to be done about it , and it 's a problem of everyone devising new standards of behaviour , it 's very important that quite large numbers of men should be prepared to play a part in trying to work out what these standards should be , and there is quite substantial interest in trying to do that , both at the level of the teaching staff at the university and at the level of the undergraduates . |
| 52 | This might be because Dickens is trying to tell us that society should be close-knit one and not isolated into different units . |
| 53 | In fact , one might say that the article , with its defence of National Front thinking and its attack on liberalism , is reinforcing the value that one should be unprejudiced , for both the attack and the defence are based , in essence , upon deciding who should be called ‘ prejudiced ’ . |
| 54 | The important thing is that they should be non-invasive : in other words , play music rather than leave crystals . |
| 55 | An advanced student should be agile enough to be able to manoeuvre himself into any position he deems necessary , whether standing or lying on the floor . |
| 56 | The questions should be easy to understand and easy to answer . |
| 57 | Well , it should be easy enough to find out . |
| 58 | Because the thrust propelling the ship is directly proportional to the current applied to its seawater electrodes , it should be easy to control . |
| 59 | The process of gaining control over your health-related habits should be easy and fun . |
| 60 | Wyss , nodding , said , ‘ It should be easy . ’ |