Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have argued previously , this should be through a national market for research , which would be open to research hospitals all over Britain . |
| 2 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
| 3 | This suggests that to the criteria for trust wording a further one should be added : that the words be not only ‘ mediate ’ ( in the sense that they do not attribute property directly to the beneficiary ) but that they should also unequivocally attest the testator 's intention that a trustee should be under a legal obligation to a beneficiary . |
| 4 | In the five years since this judgment , Parliament has shown little interest , although the Labour Party has endorsed a proposal that those in the distribution business should be under a legal obligation to supply any publication requested by their customers — a reform which would require abolition of the rule that distributors can be held responsible for particular defamations of which they have no knowledge but which are nonetheless contained in libel-prone publications . |
| 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 | After this digression , it is now time to examine the way in which the curriculum , divided as it should be between the practical and the theoretical , is to be reflected in the school examination system . |
| 7 | The aims of higher education ( whether , for example , it should be about the disinterested pursuit of knowledge , or about training students for the graduate job market ) are confused . |
| 8 | It was decided in the spring of 1892 to repair and rebuild the tower and as the Vicar in his letter puts it " To rebuild as an ornament to the village with a good clock in it , to make the fabric itself what it should be for a wealthy parish such as ours " . |
| 9 | As noted above , there is some indication of the development of a rebuttable presumption that all questions of law should be for the ordinary courts . |
| 10 | Yet , the very thesis that all questions of law should be for the ordinary courts itself fashions the result that the court believes to be correct . |
| 11 | would you accept that , that should be for the financial year ? |
| 12 | It should then be for the official aircraft accident investigating authority to establish the cause of the accident and to make recommendations for avoiding similar accidents in the future , and it should be for the civil courts to decide who is liable to pay damages and to whom . |
| 13 | Remember , if your policy is for ‘ Replacement as New ’ then your sum insured should be for the full replacement cost of all your possessions . |
| 14 | That was great and started a whole year of being in America for me , which was seeing David as a major star and also for myself , experiencing life as it should be as a major star , with your cars and people looking after you and the record company being polite to you rather than treating you like shit and not working . |
| 15 | Labour 's concern should be with the initial distribution of wealth , rather than with a post hoc redistribution . |
| 16 | Connection to the electricity supply should be via a weatherproof cable connector to the extension lead . |
| 17 | The three ‘ exit routes ’ from the Special Hospitals , at least for those who do not die there , should be via the Regional Secure Units , local psychiatric hospitals or directly into hostels or flats , usually under some form of supervision . |
| 18 | So all that phrase means , in plain English , is that the goods should be of a reasonable standard and in particular it means that the goods should not be broken or damaged or faulty and whatever you 've bought should work . |
| 19 | Court proceedings should be of a civil rather than criminal nature , she said . |
| 20 | The trial judge agreed that the computer programs were protected by confidence but said that the protection should be of a limited nature . |
| 21 | It is pointed out that fluorescent lighting in clinical areas should be of a recommended type having colour rendering properties with which the decorative finishes in such areas must also be compatible . |
| 22 | This should be of a fine grain size to allow the female to do the small amount of digging necessary to convert her cave into an ideal home for herself and her fry . |
| 23 | Apart from the dimensions and shape of the pot , an important point to remember is that whatever the colour or decoration on the outside of the pots or jars used for potted meats , the inside should be of a pale colour and preferably white , so that the delicate creams and pinks of the contents with their layer of yellow butter look fresh and appetizing against their background . |
| 24 | Many midwives feel the current emphasis in antenatal care should be of a social nature rather than a medical one , yet Taylor ( 1985 ) , in a study of consumers ' perceptions of maternity care , showed that clients ' emotional needs are often ignored . |
| 25 | By then , Chapman considered that the all-red jersey looked ordinary , out of tune with the club 's distinction , so he decided that in line with Aston Villa , until then the club with the greatest prestige and tradition behind it , the sleeves should be of a different colour to the rest of the top . |
| 26 | The retailer should not sell you the first slice and the second cut should be of a bright , usually pink colour . |
| 27 | In theory , the quality of committee decisions should be of a high standard ; |
| 28 | It is apt that one of the first two recordings made by Kurt Masur in his new role as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic should be of the New World Symphony , particularly when it comes in ample time to celebrate the centenary of the first performance of that favourite work by this very orchestra in December 1893 . |
| 29 | Large panes of glass for doors should be of the roughened or laminated type for safety , or you could use Georgian wired glass . |
| 30 | That is why we think it better the change in the community should be of an evolutionary rather than of a revolutionary kind . |