Example sentences of "should be about " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of November , when the shoots should be about 1 — 1–1/4in high , the bulbs can be gradually acclimatised to living room conditions . |
| 2 | These two assumptions are : that our main questions should be about how individual mental states relate to individual neural events ; and that we should view the mind primarily as something which represents reality . |
| 3 | Manners , above all , should be about behaving the same way to everyone you meet ; a person who sucks up to the nobs and snubs those he regards as his ‘ inferiors ’ is manifestly not a gent . |
| 4 | Community care — perhaps most especially for people with learning difficulties — should be about expanding the opportunities available to clients and their carers by providing new and varied types of service . |
| 5 | If this tank contains no water ( it should be about one-third full when the system is on ) , check the operation of its ballvalve ( see BALLVALVE PROBLEMS again ) . |
| 6 | This concluded that the maximum tolerable risk of death to a member of the public from a modern industrial process should be about one chance in 10,000 per annum . |
| 7 | The chest circumference should be about equal to the height at the withers , plus 20cm . |
| 8 | They should be about shoulder-width apart , placed equidistant from the CE so that there is an equal amount of strain on both arms . |
| 9 | Under many circumstances , the evolutionarily stable allocation to male and female reproductive functions should be about the same . |
| 10 | Flyda says that the cost of Flydaway should be about one tenth that of a conventional underground line , and roughly 40 per cent of elevated systems . |
| 11 | The set part of the sentence should be about the same length as the variable part which is used to finish it . |
| 12 | There is , of course , a very good argument for giving women everywhere more control over their fertility ; but that argument should be about empowerment , not about keeping down numbers . |
| 13 | Labour 's rhetoric should be about engineering a genuine equality of opportunity rather than imposing a mythical equality of outcome … |
| 14 | If this tank contains no water ( it should be about one-third full when the system is on ) , first check the operation of its ballvalve . |
| 15 | Good rose-growing should be about enjoyment as well as understanding . |
| 16 | Ministers stopped the force contributing to this article , which suggests they are not as confident as they should be about its achievements . |
| 17 | It is therefore plausible that this pulsar should be detectable as a γ -ray source ; if its γ -ray luminosity is the same fraction of its total energy-loss rate as for the Vela pulsar , then it should be about a factor of 20 less bright than Vela . |
| 18 | The natural litter of the foster mother should be about the same age as the animals to be fostered . |
| 19 | The aims of higher education ( whether , for example , it should be about the disinterested pursuit of knowledge , or about training students for the graduate job market ) are confused . |
| 20 | Dr G 's belief that physics should be about learning to think in an ‘ abstract and critical way ’ is reflected in his views on teaching ; it is , for example , important to him that students should have some control over their own learning . |
| 21 | The philosophy of the journal is that screening should be about the prevention of disability and disease , not simply the early detection of disease as an end in itself . |
| 22 | I have lost my small claim to the saint , ’ said Robert Bossu , with a flashing smile and a shrug of his high shoulder , ‘ and should be about taking my leave here . ’ |
| 23 | At present , 40 per cent of our daily calories come from fat ; the ideal amount should be about 15–30 per cent |
| 24 | Perhaps your next issue should be about the arbitrariness of categories . |
| 25 | Is it not clear , in retrospect , that our right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) was absolutely right when she went to Rome in October 1990 and warned our partners that the talks should be about world free trade , and not about cloud cuckoo land — that is , political and economic union , which was doomed to failure in any event ? |
| 26 | Grip the club so that the palm of your left hand is facing downwards and the palm of your right hand is facing upwards The hands should be about shoulder-width apart . |
| 27 | the minimum period should be about one-tenth of the maximum latency period to permit about 10% of the offlined information to be verified during that minimum latency period . |
| 28 | The size allocated to the index storage area ( ie 30000 blocks above ) should be about 2/3 of that reserved for the data ( ie 50000 blocks above ) . |
| 29 | The Miller , he states : and immediately before the tale commences he repeats the point : However doubtful we should be about attempts to associate the emergence of the medieval fabliau with any particular social class , it is significant that Chaucer wishes to represent the fabliau in precisely such terms . |
| 30 | These should be about 4x5cm ( 1½x2inches ) in area and 2·5cm ( 1inch ) deep . |