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

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1 In practice , this should be before the changes have been introduced .
2 Can you shed some light on the sexing of these fish , and tell me what size they should be before they breed .
3 It should be before Tracey goes .
4 If you generally want the views of the public it is no good trying to false those views through a straight jacket of your own to make it what you think there views should be unless of course they go right over the top in which they I do n't think that 's happened so far . .
5 The Act of 1967 does not specify at what stage , or how often or in what form the consultation is to take place , but the subsection implies that it should be after the Secretary of State has received the recommendation of the Parole Board .
6 Society must ask how much more risk-averse it should be than the people it is trying to protect .
7 And your Annie , if all tales are true , she 's got a relative that 's no better than she should be an' livin' nicely on it .
8 I do n't know quite why that should be except that in the Fifties all my peers were fascinated by the industrialised , consumer society of which the USA was the supreme example .
9 As the Law Commission recommended in 1976 , the test should be whether the granting of relief to an applicant who has delayed would cause substantial prejudice or hardship to any person or would be detrimental to good administration .
10 The real measure should be whether selection is significant against normal levels of background variation .
11 It should be whether or not it is addressing the defined needs of a group of people .
12 In both instances the general test should be whether there was some reasonable or sufficient evidence to justify the action .
13 Our first decision should be whether we want to write a traditional strophic song ( each verse identical in length and metre ) , or music which is not chained to such a rigid form .
14 " If a simple test … is desired for ascertaining into which category a covenant falls , it is suggested that the proper inquiry should be whether the covenant affects either the landlord qua landlord or the tenant qua tenant .
15 Inside you sit well , the trim is all that is should be but , after driving in some more modern interiors , are the buttons and switches as handy as they might be ?
16 Should be but we do .
17 Erm had a run on the flat so you know I mean I think we should be but
18 The actual quality in the , in the er print the sharpness , er that sort of thing , is perhaps not quite as good as it should be but I still , an eight for that one .
19 Erm while I would n't disagree with with that general sentiment , I would probably disagree with what that figure should be but we 'll be turning to that er next week .
20 Thank you , yes they should be but stand up and I 'm only trying to help in the situation .
21 How it should be but never could be , she thought ruefully .
22 So I might be showing myself doing worst than I should be but , look , my actual come out about the same and so when I compare my actual with my planned , I get er , an answer which should approach one .
23 Erm they 're in no hurry to join but with this second period er from September or was it October and erm once again there is this idea that , you know , the tide is turning and they , they will now join erm they wo n't find it so hard to join as the rich peasants but once again they 're not as enthusiastic and maybe they should be but they are , they are helping more but er er and this is the key er for which you know Mao talked about later is that we 've got to get the middle peasant actually actively involved
24 The message should be that schools are about education and learning and that worthwhile learning is hard work and we in good schools try to make this work as pleasurable as possible .
25 17.33 With regard to spelling , the aim should be that by the end of compulsory schooling pupils should be able to spell confidently most of the words they are likely to need to use frequently in their writing ; to recognise those aspects of English spelling that are systematic ; to make a sensible attempt to spell words that they have not seen before ; to check their work for misspellings and to use a dictionary appropriately .
26 Consider why it should be that A and B are difficult to discriminate in the first place .
27 There are many reasons for co-operation , but the main concern should be that whatever is to be done by clearinghouses , it should have one prime effect — that the quality of user education should be significantly improved .
28 Yet the effect of what you can play should be that you hear what Brahms wrote down , even if you do n't follow his notation absolutely to the dot .
29 The only physical change should be that she is no longer able to have children .
30 But in Crathie Church next Saturday , the only concern should be that Anne is finding the joy that she so richly deserves .
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