Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] [prep] his " in BNC.

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1 Both Arundel and Warenne asserted that it was the right of the magnates to advise and support the king in the great affairs of the realm , and that the charges the king had made against Stratford should be heard by his peers .
2 headquarters , left strict instructions about what news and reports should be channelled to his home number immediately , and what could wait , and drove with the exaggerated care and deliberation of sleeplessness back towards the village of Comerford , uncomfortably in transition to a suburban area , where he , and the unhappy parents of the boy Boden , lived within three doors of each other .
3 As a long-term goal , she should be prepared for his discharge or possible death .
4 If the trustees have power to pay or do in fact pay capital transfer tax due on assets which the settlor puts into the settlement the Revenue have taken the view that the settlor has thereby an interest in the income or property of the settlement , and that the income of the settlement should be treated as his for income tax purposes under [ TA 1988 Part XV ] .
5 If you know the recipient , then your letter should be shaped to his or her personality and status .
6 Mr Mathew 's story begins with a death , that of his elder brother , Theobald , in July 1983 , who left a will stating that his £1 million estate should be split among his four younger brothers .
7 Pilger was worried by the descriptions of Sutton 's Beechwood performance , but was more concerned that progress should be made on his list of key editorial appointments .
8 An increasingly common arrangement is for the partnership agreement to provide ( Clause 14.02 ) for each partner to commit himself to take out and keep in force such policies as may be agreed between himself and his co-partners ; and to reinforce that , it may be provided that appropriate deductions should be made from his profit share and applied in payment of the premiums .
9 Whether these should be equated with his ‘ heirs ’ , who held land worth £4. 6s. 8d. in Elesborough , his widow , who lived at Whaddon and was a prominent landowner , or someone quite different , is not clear .
10 Having been taught that , at a time when priests were not disagreed with , it is small wonder that John Kennedy should have involved himself , and thousands after him , in an anti-Communist crusade in Vietnam ; that Joseph McCarthy should have conducted his anti-Communist witch-hunts ; or that Casey should have made the fight against Communism his life 's work , even asking that money should be given after his death not for flowers , but for the contras .
11 He may also have been influenced by the favour shown by Parliament to his friend , Philip Herbert , fourth Earl of Pembroke [ q.v. ] , when it voted that he should be indemnified for his losses in the war .
12 ‘ I feel that some penalty should be imposed in his case . ’
13 At his trial last year he was told he should be punished for his wicked driving .
14 He claimed for his loss of earnings during this period and contended that damages should be based on his entire wages , ie including his pension contribution .
15 After backroom lobbying by presidential aides , the organising committee of the Congress of People 's Deputies agreed to drop a resolution that would have recommended that Mr Yeltsin should be deprived of his post of Prime Minister and the right to select his Cabinet .
16 Michael Friend can no longer command respect and should be dismissed from his £30,000 chief executive post , according to Tories at Gosport , Hants .
17 If my right hon. Friend should be considering with his right hon. Friend the Chancellor any largesse over the next two or three weeks , will he ensure that a few crumbs from the Treasury table fall in that direction ?
18 Sherriffe , a raw bustling wing , also showed that he knew his way to the line , but perhaps it was fitting that the elusive Purdy should be credited with his side 's final try .
19 In 1934 he proposed to it that Palestine and Transjordan should be united under his crown , the Arabs recognizing the Mandate , including Jewish rights , and each state keeping its own political status with the respective prime ministers reporting to Abdallah .
20 In the case of Dr Jordan , they have the figures in front of them and it 's quite understandable that questions should be asked about his unusually high night-time payments .
21 The dying man should be surrounded by his friends and family , should make , as it were , a day of it .
22 To heighten the sense of commitment of the partner in charge of the external assessment , the assessors ' report should be signed in his or her own name on behalf of the firm of external assessors .
23 What is clear , though , is that the bereaved have a special place in God 's kingdom and this should be reflected in his church so that bereaved people can feel that they have at least one known place where they can feel at home .
24 And His Royal Highness should be praised for his choice of holiday resort .
25 In fact , the balance of advantage would seem to lie in holding that where A threatens B with a breach of his contract with B , B should be restricted to his contractual remedies .
26 It is far from clear whether he should be congratulated on his sudden elevation .
27 He was only forty-three when he died , arid the French , seizing the opportunity to reinforce their influence , insisted that he should be succeeded by his son , Bao Dai , then a boy of twelve still at school in Paris .
28 Like Brampton , a stake should be driven through his heart and the cadaver buried at the crossroads .
29 This is now to be seen as a major disadvantage in the position of an expert , and if an expert is selected as the appropriate machinery for resolving disputes , questions of law should be excluded from his remit except with the consent of the parties .
30 So , in his will , he directed that an envelope he had deposited with the firm should be opened after his death and the instructions he had given in it carried out .
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