Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prime task of a pergola is to provide support for climbers and these should be trained to soften hard outlines . |
| 2 | ‘ The success of drink drive campaigns hinges on urging society as a whole to reject this behaviour — and they have been particularly successful among younger drivers ; the same tactics should be employed to target unsafe driving . ’ |
| 3 | The Northern Ireland figures should be adjusted to reflect high UK borrowing . |
| 4 | Directional desk or table lamps for working by should be adjusted to let light shine down on the work in question . |
| 5 | Climbing frames should be shaped to encourage imaginative play — airplanes , wagons or spaceships are popular . |
| 6 | All pipes should be bracketed to avoid accidental damage . |
| 7 | No attempt should be made to use monetary policy to offset any disturbances which may occur from time to time . |
| 8 | Listening should be made to appear facile . |
| 9 | And following breakdown every effort should be made to ensure supportive continuity of contact between the child and the absent parent . |
| 10 | It may not be possible in every case where there is considerable pressure on those preparing the cases , when time is short , for there to be psychiatric evidence called , but I think in these cases where almost invariably disturbed young people are being discussed , an effort should be made to obtain psychiatric evidence . |
| 11 | At the earliest stage it should be made to come alive for young people and teachers in the processes of education . |
| 12 | Finally , when picking the base categories for several variables whose interrelationships are to be examined , an attempt should be made to keep negative relationships between variables to a minimum : double negatives are as confusing in data analysis as they are in prose . |
| 13 | Recommendation 18 : " All efforts should be made to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't regret them and do n't see why I should be made to feel inferior because of them . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't see why I should be made to feel embarrassed just because your bloody sister wants to show off with her new sewing machine . ’ |
| 16 | Those drug users with previously negative test results for HIV who are admitted to hospital for bacterial pneumonia should be tested to detect primary infection with HIV-1 . |
| 17 | In addition a new community school and music venue should be built to attract young families , in order to revitalise the population . |
| 18 | At the time when Poland has its first Solidarity prime minister , Hungary is to have free elections , and Britain is fed up with Mrs Thatcher 's authoritarian style , Labour should be seen to take democratic issues seriously . |
| 19 | The furniture should be arranged to allow free passage , and it is probably wise not to have breakable ornaments or glass-fronted cabinets in the areas where the patient will be . |
| 20 | These reports should be studied to make sure that your portfolio is being run according to your aims . |
| 21 | Linkage lift depends on engine power and hydraulic capacity , and should be sized to give spare capacity over the heaviest item on the farm — allowing for extra wet-soil loading where appropriate . |
| 22 | According to some reports , a group of Hural deputies had proposed on Jan. 19 that the right of candidature in elections should be extended to include non-MPRP members . |
| 23 | This should be extended to include short colloquial phrases . |
| 24 | Accordingly , the preparation for bargaining should be extended to cover planned concessions . |
| 25 | The thought of the Marlborough boys ‘ discovering ’ him gave him obvious pleasure ; and whether or not he believed that the curriculum should include modern literature ( as Auden was later to say that it should not ) , he certainly believed , with his own youthful experience in mind , that the young should be enabled to explore new fields in the arts for themselves . |
| 26 | Local councils , housing associations , and self-help groups should be enabled to buy suitable land for building at existing use value . |
| 27 | It was proposed that the College should attempt systematically to buy in diseased animals , perhaps appointing a special member of staff for that purpose , but nothing came of this , nor of a linked suggestion that students ' fees should be increased to allow relevant staff increases . |
| 28 | These values should be increased to give optimal response and so adapt to the overall machine loading on the host system . |
| 29 | The recently created Po Basin Authority , the main watchdog over water quality and the environment , has a list of proposals for ways to change farmers attitudes : price controls over pesticides and weedkillers should be increased to deter excessive use ; farmers should get better weather information , to minimise repetitive use of chemicals ; water charges should be enforced , to limit use of chemicals , and farmers should move away from single-crop farming , which exhausts the soil and requires more fertilisers . |
| 30 | The Soviet Union entered the Pacific War in its dying moments in August 1945 to fulfil Stalin 's wish that the Russian voice should be raised to influence postwar developments in East Asia . |