Example sentences of "should [be] [adv] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Authority is a secondary issue and flows from accountability in the sense that there should be just that amount of authority needed to discharge the accountability .
2 ‘ An ambulance is on its way — should be here any minute . ’
3 But the chopper should be here any minute now . "
4 They said they were sending along at once , so they should be here any minute now .
5 He should be here any minute .
6 The client should be here any minute .
7 Miracle Squares I think there 's a lot of thought gone into it you know , it ca n't be easy to re er to , to just dream up a game erm , I like the one about you go to the last supper and the waiter spills soup on your trousers , the waiter , ha tell you else about the Marx brothers an'all , the waiter is er the king of Snowdonia and it 's Groucho Marx , the , they 've got this massive hall , and er these big steps leading down into it you know and as , as they 're coming in there 's somebody at the top and Ann says who 's , who 's walking in and they walk down the stairs you know and Mr and Mrs and the king has you know and he says oh the king Snowdonia is about to arrive , he should be here any minute now , he should be here dead on this time you know , he gets these big fanfare trumpets up da , da , da , da , the king of Snowdonia , and there 's nothing and all of a sudden it flashes to Groucho Marx and then he 's in bed with
8 ‘ It should be here any moment now . ’
9 Now if a parent can have introduced the child via nursery school to that amount of other children , then I think there should be very little trauma , but that is n't to say that as the child gets older they do n't have to do things .
10 Now if a parent can have introduced the child via nursery school to that amount of other children , then I think there should be very little trauma , but that is n't to say that as the child gets older they do n't have to do things .
11 I think there should be as much coverage , but I think there should be a break between it all .
12 There 's another aspect to what we do , and that is that I think we are part of a very powerful developing movement in education , and it is based on the concept that education should not stop with the terminal rituals of school and college , and that education should be as much part of life , wanting to know , to find out , to get to grips with the body of information and knowledge that 's available in society .
13 Common sense suggests that there should be as much integration as possible of the practical training , classroom-based education , and formal assessment that leads to a professional qualification .
14 Strong instructions went out to fields reviewing their progress and preparing proposals that there should be as little change as possible from that which had been originally approved .
15 You should be able to feel your ribcage expand and contract but there should be as little movement as possible in your chest .
16 Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow .
17 It is , moreover , very difficult to explain in any other way why there should be so much helium in the universe .
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