Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [vb pp] to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Bronchoscopy is a time-consuming , hospital-bound procedure ; ideally the technique should be limited to high-risk patients . |
2 | The 1977 white paper , Policy for the Inner Cities ( HMSO , 1977 ) , argued that additional powers should be granted to local authorities to enable them to assist industry . |
3 | However , it seems unlikely that it was intended that less disclosure should be made to private customers than to professionals . |
4 | The rules appear to assume that a higher level of disclosure should be made to private customers , but unless the common law rules are altered by reference to the entirety of the rules and the assumptions in them rather than to a specific rule , this result may not be achieved . |
5 | ‘ Did you then suggest to the management team that , although the administrative assistants were arguing for party with the statistical clerks , reference should be made to similar groups in the private sector ? ’ |
6 | Therefore some early thought should be given to protective covers and storage . |
7 | Emphasis should be given to practical activities involving measurement and estimation . |
8 | The ACCA thinks that too much weight is placed on NEDs and that more emphasis should be given to other mechanisms , such as internal audit and control . |
9 | It suggested that more attention should be given to multicultural matters in both initial training and in-service training of teachers , and the effectiveness of racism awareness training should be investigated . |
10 | In an ideal hierarchy , technical and substantive levels would be congruent ; however , in cases of conflict between the two ( which is , of course , possible only in the case of a branching hierarchy ) , primacy should be given to substantive levels . |
11 | There is the opportunity to manage and develop the legal function in the most effective manner , deciding which matters should be handled personally , which matters should be given to outside solicitors and whether or when to consult specialist counsel . |
12 | It may be decided that different restrictions should be applied to different partners , particularly in relation to area restraints . |
13 | Cover should be cut to different lengths to maximise diversity , beg long grasses by a hedge and short grasses next to the crop . |
14 | The EC Council of ( Consumer Affairs ) Ministers agreed on Nov. 9 , 1989 , on a directive preparing the way for EC-wide levels of product safety for consumer goods in the unified market , but rejected the Commission 's demand that the rule should be extended to non-consumer products . |
15 | Proposals put forward by Mitterrand on July 14 , 1989 , that the right of referral to the Constitutional Council ( Conseil constitutionel ) should be extended to individual citizens resulted in a draft law which was approved by the Council of Ministers on March 28 , 1990 . |
16 | Many ministers were said to support the view that exceptional aid to Poland and Egypt , effectively writing off half their debt , should be extended to other countries . |
17 | When tip , semi-hardwood or heel cuttings have produced roots , they should be transferred to individual pots , about 5–9 cm ( 2–3½ in ) diameter , depending on the amount of root growth , and potted in the normal way to grow into small plants . |
18 | Responsibility for the administration of community care grants , at present administered by the Department of Social Security as part of the social fund , should be transferred to local authorities . |
19 | The new policies envisage that although the state remains the ‘ fundamental instrument ’ in applying educational policy , responsibility for provision should be devolved to non-governmental bodies — including firms , co-operatives , citizens ' associations and social or humanitarian organizations which would subsidize community schools on a non-profit basis . |
20 | There is real , entrenched opposition to the imposition of any structure that resembles two-tier boards or which suggests that significant sections of board powers should be devolved to part-time directors . |
21 | Since these ungulates are primarily exploiters of vegetation , it is natural that the range of feeding strategies should be related to different types of browsing and grazing . |
22 | Application for the approval of such substitutes should be sent to Corporate Communications Office , 9th Floor , North West Wing , Bush House , Aldwych , London WC2B 4PP . |
23 | Results of surveys , inspections and investigations should be revealed to prospective purchasers . |
24 | Not only does this result in uncertainty about the future of projects funded through Making Belfast Work but it also creates inter-departmental friction and runs counter to the findings of the government scrutiny report of funding of voluntary agencies , which said funding should be tied to departmental objectives . |
25 | But the standard approaches to decision making , such as cost-benefit analysis , can not help with these decisions , because we have no comprehensive theory about how values should be assigned to demographic changes . |
26 | Computer writing tools should be tuned to certain users and tasks . |
27 | that some concessions regarding ( a ) should be afforded to small companies so as to relieve them of burdens and expense that they might find intolerable . |
28 | Stock which is withdrawn should be offered to other libraries participating in the interlending network . |
29 | Some felt a shudder at the thought of tackling the sense of humour of the Prophet Muhammad and the holy imams of Islam , and counselled that the subject matter should be confined to modern times . |
30 | Next comes the question whether the harmonizing measure should be confined to international transactions or should apply also to domestic transactions and , if the former , what tests of internationality should be applied . |