Example sentences of "[noun pl] should [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The constant updating of all media contacts should be of top priority and should not be put off and off until a spare moment arrives .
2 Crossing of major roads should be by underpass , overbridge or traffic light-controlled grade intersections ( Figure 9.3 ) .
3 It was natural that their products should be in great demand .
4 In what is described as ‘ a key statement ’ , the report claims that : ‘ the onus in all cases should be on the social services authorities to show that the private sector is being fully stimulated and encouraged and that competitive tenders or other means of testing the market , are being taken ’ .
5 Meanwhile the situation between the government , the union and the Shipowners ' Federation had proceeded almost to the point of agreement in principle on a National Maritime Board and a proposal from Havelock Wilson that a single source of supply of seamen should be under the joint control of the Federation and the union , though formal acceptance and drafting problems remained ; so did the Liverpool revolt .
6 But do you envisage the employers should be in a position of the minority on the scheme ?
7 Nitrates should be in single figures and water changes should be carried out at the rate of 20% each week for the time being .
8 A leaked document from within the military stated that " anti-subversive " operations should be of a " highly aggressive and offensive character " and that " the best subversive is a dead subversive ; therefore no prisoners need be taken " .
9 ‘ What happens is that maybe I 'll just see the shape of some chords , or where my fingers should be on the frets .
10 MITI believes that such exports should be of less concern to advocates of managed trade than consumer goods , because components increase the competitiveness — and therefore the export potential — of the industries that buy them .
11 There should be approximate equivalence of numbers so long as there has been no preferential loss of either jaws or teeth , and the expected percentage values should be in the region of 100 per cent .
12 There were 24 regional duty solicitor committees , whose functions included those of deciding at which courts duty solicitors should be in attendance , and establishing and appointing the members of the local committees .
13 Then on the fourth month the birds should be in full production of fours , threes and maybe a few twos .
14 When there are a number of individuals or groups from different disciplines and pursuing different objectives within some overall specification it is obviously crucial that all their activities should be in line with the common goal .
15 First of all the guidance states that the accountant 's test checks should be on a limited number of accounts and files relating to controlled trusts .
16 Rather than arguing that elderly people should automatically have a right to all forms of screening or other selective treatments , we should ask whether such programmes should be in Operation at all , and if the resources would not be better deployed in alternative approaches .
17 Was it Henry Longhurst who said that The Rules should be on the back of a cigarette packet ?
18 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 .
19 All statistics collected with public funds should be in the public domain ; 3 .
20 With any luck , the trust funds should be in his hands shortly after that date , at which point he would say goodbye to Britain for ever .
21 As a guide , the depth of the swag and inner edges of the tails should be approximately one sixth the overall curtain length , but the outer edge of the tails should be at least twice this depth .
22 Tank stands should be of the highest quality .
23 Carrots : sweet baby carrots should be in the shops now .
24 All the fans should be on board for that one .
25 The basic principle of his chair is that the knees should be below the pelvis , a quite different principle to the design of most chairs .
26 The responsibility of the adviser will be considerable and his independence from the parties should be beyond question .
27 " He thought the kids should be at home with me . "
28 By end of this period around half of all small shops and restaurants should be in private ownership , and the number of joint-stock companies formed out of large state enterprises should reach 1,000-1,500 .
29 It is essential that the United Nations should be in there and that , having made this contribution , we should be in there supporting it , to make sure that the inhabitants of these camps , whether they are Khmer Rouge camps , Prince Sihanouk or Son Sann camps , are properly protected against being forced , against their will , across borders .
30 If the symbols for mem and gimmel have become differentiated for Hebrew readers during the course of their previous experience with this alphabet , these subjects should be at an advantage on both test tasks — an enhanced ability to discriminate between the two Hebrew symbols should be helpful in both cases .
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