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

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1 And anyway , the bottom line should be Cottee is unquestionably a better footballer than Stewart .
2 Right so everywhere there 's an X there it should be T 's
3 James III 's idea of soldiering abroad , for example , to win renown and territory in Brittany and the county to the south , Saintonge , and in Guelders , was blocked by resistance at home ; in 1473 parliament tartly pointed out that if renown was what he was after , what he should be doing was ‘ to travel through his realm and put such justice and policy in his own realm that the brute and the fame of him might pass in other countries ’ .
4 What she should be doing was looking on the bright side .
5 It seems that the proposal that Haymo should be Bishop was opposed by the Pope and it necessitated his travelling to Avignon to be consecrated , a journey which cost him more than 1,441 florins .
6 Crime can not be controlled without confronting the issue of what should be crime ; and to say what should be crime is to say what should be controlled .
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