Example sentences of "they should be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some areas , ‘ truancy patrols ’ have been set up , consisting of teams of usually two persons ( an education welfare officer ( EWO ) and a police officer ) who question youngsters who look as though they should be at school . |
| 2 | Where rainwater ‘ soakaways ’ are used , they should be at least 5m ( 16ft 6in ) from the foundations , and consist of an excavated pit not less than a 1m cube filled with gravel and surrounded by silt , sand and gravel . |
| 3 | It is not surprising that many give up fishing at an age when they should be at their peak , with a true set of values and the all too rare ability to enjoy themselves even when fish are not being very cooperative . |
| 4 | Typically , these are long-term , follow-up investigations of the children of known schizophrenics — and therefore chosen because , on purely genetic grounds , they should be at greater risk . |
| 5 | Fourth , opportunities for further in-service training should be more generous for further education teachers than for those in schools and , in any event , they should be at least on the same scale . |
| 6 | Mr Berkley had almost felt pity for him , and genuinely regretted that they should be at war . |
| 7 | In this passage , Paul reminds his readers not only that that they should be at peace , but also where that peace will have its origin . |
| 8 | They should be with you in about an hour … . ’ |
| 9 | If children did visit they should be with an adult who could explain the pictures or stop them from seeing the more controversial ones . |
| 10 | We ask them to be multi- skilled , we ask them to use new technology , we ask them to be obsessed as they should be with quality add customer service . |
| 11 | Yeah , they should be with the camera . |
| 12 | They look as though they should be on horseback flying towards the sun . |
| 13 | It is impossible for us to know exactly what circumstances combine to bring these extreme rarities to the islands : after breeding in north-eastern Siberia , they should be on their way to Manchuria for the winter . |
| 14 | These facts make them more reliant than they should be on the good opinion of their partners . |
| 15 | probably destroyed but they should be on disk . |
| 16 | Apparently they should be on their way because Nottingham was er |
| 17 | On that ground alone they should be on their guard against accepting any of the glib answers that have so far been put forward either by theologians or philosophers or biologists or even fellow anthropologists . |
| 18 | But I do n't think everyone is as aware as they should be of the after-effects . |
| 19 | When any goods are bought they should be of merchantable quality . |
| 20 | Mail-order companies selling hampers usually reserve the right to swap items if necessary , but they should be of similar type and value . |
| 21 | Sections required for teaching purposes do not need to meet the stringent requirements of those used for research , but they should be of good standard ; they are , after all , the primary material on which all geologists are trained . |
| 22 | Such features may have increased the cost slightly and perhaps put the encyclopedia beyond the reach of individual purchasers , but they should be of great help to reference librarians and readers . |
| 23 | They should be worth twenty . |
| 24 | They should be about shoulder-width apart , placed equidistant from the CE so that there is an equal amount of strain on both arms . |
| 25 | Ministers stopped the force contributing to this article , which suggests they are not as confident as they should be about its achievements . |
| 26 | They should be between 23 and 30 cm ( 9–12 in ) long , with the lower leaves removed , and then buried for up to between half and two-thirds their length in a sheltered bed or border , spaced about 15 cm ( 6in ) apart . |
| 27 | We have established that for pitch differences to be linguistically significant , it is a necessary condition that they should be under the speaker 's control . |
| 28 | My father thinks they should be in curved lines . |
| 29 | The early opposition of teachers was muted by the agreement that they should be in a majority on the Governing Council , and on all the many committees of the Council . |
| 30 | In the book world list of bestsellers are often challenged , usually by publishers or authors who feel they should be in the list but have been missed out because the sample of bookshops used for the research was biased against their particular type of book . |