Example sentences of "should be [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | How cruelly ironic it was that the first man to capture her heart and awaken her senses , the man she had waited and longed for , should be metaphorically a ship passing in the night . |
2 | Life in the Third Millennium should be just a bundle of laughs . |
3 | It should be both a dialogue with experience and a dialogue with living religions so that one can interpret and reinforce the other " ( p. 43 ) . |
4 | The rough guide is that there should be approximately a year 's progress-gap between each grade . |
5 | The modern novel should be largely a work of reference ’ ( 1939:25 , cit . |
6 | If the software documentation is readable and understandable , this should be largely a matter of following instructions . |
7 | The primate centre received requests for 300 macaques and 14 chimpanzees , many of which could not be supplied because of a policy that it should be primarily a supplier for TNO institutes . |
8 | ‘ We firmly and explicitly reject the idea that a Ph D student should be primarily a research assistant involved in an ongoing research project … the preparation of a Ph D thesis … provides a means of ensuring that research undertaken is preserved and can be made available to others . ’ |
9 | He says he thinks the theatre should be more a part of the community . |
10 | The cost of the implant should be only a fraction of the total cost of surgery and inpatient care — overall cost £3000-£5000 per joint replacement ( Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre NHS Trust costings , 1992 ) . |
11 | So it looks as though hpGRF and hypothalamic GRF are the same thing in these species , and it should be only a matter of time before it is from the hypothalamus as well . |
12 | Certainly , it may be an adaptation of a TV or press campaign , but it should be specifically a radio treatment . |
13 | Donegal have n't lost a game in 12 months , while Derry have only lost three times in 27 months , so it should be quite a struggle . |
14 | South Leinster are also strong , having seven internationals in their side , so it should be quite a contest at Lurgan . |
15 | It should be quite a challenge , although many of the roads are tarred . |
16 | For the quarter of a million people expected here over the weekend , it should be quite a show . |
17 | And er the subject matter of the , the lecture is ‘ Searching the heart of humanity , to find the common bond ’ , which is of course , it 's , it 's just like my film ‘ Eternity ’ , it 's a huge , you know , it creates a huge expectation , but I 'm not afraid to step in front of people now and , and er you know , present myself and say ‘ well let's ask the big question , let's , let's go for it , so er so it should be quite a lot of fun tomorrow . |
18 | The British parliament , by contrast , just reiterated the view that the Council should be merely a meeting place for discussion and ideas , while in Scandinavia the recommendations were not even debated . |