The phrase "a statement should be" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the characteristics or qualities that a statement ought to possess.
Example: "In academic writing, a statement should be clear and concise to effectively convey the intended message."
Alternatives: "a statement ought to be" or "a statement must be".
Such waivers are routinely granted when an impact statement has already been filed for a wider drilling area, but some environmentalists contend that a statement should be filed for each well.
Some of Rosen's brisk generalizations can be grating: "As the 30's wore on, Americans felt increasing dissatisfaction with urban modernity," he declares with more confidence than anyone making such a statement should be able to muster.
I am often asked whether a statement should be written in the first or third person and, while there are no definitive rules about this, my preference is always to write in the first person because the CV is all about you and your skillset.
Naturally such a statement should be greeted with a degree of skepticism.
According to MacFarlane's theory the truth of a statement should be relativised to both a context of utterance and a context of assessment.
The fact that conduct is that of co-perpetrators or subordinates is relevant to whether cross-examination should be allowed and not to whether a statement should be admitted.
He noted: "There is no reason why a defendant who has published a defamatory statement should be allowed to get off scot-free for injuring the plaintiff's reputation simply because he has satisfied the 'responsible journalism' test".
In such cases, a general statement should be given, even if a quantification can only be made case by case.
Verdicts must be delivered, but they shouldn't be the "point" of a review any more than an interpretive statement should be the point of a work of art.
But, he added: "I don't think ex-generals, as a general statement, should be quiet.
Oxford similarly says that the vast majority of a personal statement should be related to academic study and interest in the course, with about 25% to non-academic life.
