Example sentences of "[noun] should [be] [adv] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The level should be about 5 rum above the highest of the blocks .
2 With the heavy No 1 , the genoa car should be about six inches ( 15cm ) more on the checkstays and add additional backstay pressure .
3 Under a computerised system the time taken to send an applicant a letter and update his/her record should be around seconds .
4 As I have already emphasized , withholding attention so as not to reinforce undesirable behaviour should be only one part of a dual strategy ; the other essential component is a positive and active policy of reinforcing ( rewarding ) good behaviour .
5 Ideally , the ratio of calcium to phosphorus should be about 2 parts of calcium to 1 of phosphorus , and at its very lowest 1:1 .
6 Additional requirements were that the patients should be over 18 years of age , of fixed abode , and that they should have a prior history of good compliance with treatment .
7 Well if we specified our model correctly , right , then these residuals should be just one noise , they should just be , appear with random fluctuations with mean zero .
8 Its precondition was that the surf at Waimea Bay should be over twenty feet for the entire duration of the day in which the contest would be surfed .
9 Higher taxes on motorists should be only one measure in the context of a wider environment and transport policy .
10 In the bottom of the bag place some pond-mud , some fine washed gravel or some washed sand- the layer should be about 2 cm deep .
11 The pool should be about 2.5 cm ( 1 in ) below the surrounding ground , for during backfilling the addition of material packed tightly behind the pool will raise it slightly ( Fig 2c ) .
12 ‘ A final should be over two legs .
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