Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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31 That sort of decision should be under some sort of democratic decision making ability .
32 We have established that for pitch differences to be linguistically significant , it is a necessary condition that they should be under the speaker 's control .
33 President we should be under no illusion that this reactionary government will continue to attack local government to attack local to attack local government our public services are at the mercy of the fast-buck merchants within the private contractors who are bidding for council services .
34 Its back should be towards the most prevailing winds — probably the west , so the shed is open on its east side .
35 If you are a woman your goal weight should be nearer the lower figure ; for men , depending on build , it should be towards the higher end of the scale .
36 I mean all training should be towards the aims of achieving the business plans .
37 It should be between 36-41F .
38 With a large frame the final answer should be between 21.4 and 24.6 to indicate correct weight .
39 For men , the numbers are very similar : a small-framed man should be between 19.7 and 21.2 ; a medium-framed man between 20.7 and 22.9 ; and a large-framed man between 22.1 and 24.9 .
40 The amount of rainfall available from the run-off would be variable , but should be between 30 and 33 per cent of the total .
41 97% agreed with paying an annual registration fee , and 74% felt the sum should be between £10 and £30 .
42 If we want to erect any distinction , it should be between genes that pass from body to body via the orthodox route of sperms or eggs , and genes that pass from body to body via unorthodox , ‘ sideways ’ routes .
43 After this digression , it is now time to examine the way in which the curriculum , divided as it should be between the practical and the theoretical , is to be reflected in the school examination system .
44 The water temperature should be between 60 — 65°F — the exact figure is not too important providing it is steady or slowly rising .
45 However there are a number of important controlling factors : firstly , the subject fixates centrally ( usually he has to report a digit which is presented in order to confirm this central fixation ) ; secondly , the stimulus is exposed for less than 200 milliseconds to avoid eye movement ; thirdly , the visual angle of the stimuli from the fixation point should be between 2.5° and 5° ( otherwise , confounding effects occur ) .
46 A standard stem should be between the stake and the point from where you will normally view the tree , so that the stake is out of sight behind the stem .
47 National recommendations are clear : 60–80 mg of gentamicin twice a day , and peak concentrations should be between 3 and 5 µg/ml , not 9 µg/ml as suggested in the first case history .
48 Applicants for the course should be between the ages of 22 and 27 and should be able to read and write English and French .
49 The report should be between 750 and 1000 words in length and contain an explanation of what you learnt from the visit .
50 The water level should be between half-way and two-thirds of the way up the aquarium .
51 It also pays to keep a check on pH which , in an ideal world should be between 7.5 and 8.1 .
52 Such cuttings should be between 5 and 15 cm ( 2–6 in ) long , and can be the end of a main shoot or part of a sideshoot , the tip in each case being still green and soft .
53 They should be between 23 and 30 cm ( 9–12 in ) long , with the lower leaves removed , and then buried for up to between half and two-thirds their length in a sheltered bed or border , spaced about 15 cm ( 6in ) apart .
54 What the ‘ correct ’ line should be between jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional error is not self-defining .
55 So far as voting is concerned this is a comparatively recent development , for , on the analogy of the partnership rule , it was long felt that members ' voting rights should be divorced from their purely financial interests in respect of dividend and capital , so that the equality in voting should be between members rather than between shares .
56 So the distances between the work areas are crucial : each side of the work triangle should be between 1250 and 2150 mm ( 4–7 ft ) .
57 It can not tell us how wide a managerial layer should be , what the difference in responsibility should be between a manager and a subordinate , or , most important , where the break should come between one managerial layer and another .
58 The mortar mix should be between 1:1 and 1:3 ( cement:sand ) .
59 ‘ It should be between a hundred and twenty and a hundred and forty .
60 This was how it should be between ex-lovers meeting again , just normal , no animosity .
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