Example sentences of "should [verb] to have " in BNC.
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| 1 | But why he seems to think we should want to have anything to do with him and his fancy talk — that 's more than I can imagine . |
| 2 | An industrial manager at any level should endeavour to have a clear view of the future , and the role that he would like his business to play in that future . |
| 3 | If it is unnecessarily bureaucratic the engineer should seek to have the systems modified so that they contribute more cost effectively to improved quality . |
| 4 | Taxpayers should seek to have income if at all possible assessed under TA 1988 , Case III or Cases IV and V rather than Case VI because in the former Cases the assessment is on the preceding year basis . |
| 5 | By a process of mutual choice , referral back and elimination a number of names is arrived at of individuals who by reputation are assumed by those who should know to have power in the community . |
| 6 | Iraq is a grim model of what kind of thing the next secretary-general should expect to have thrown at him . |
| 7 | ‘ Leicester is a city in which we should expect to have a good general bookshop , and we shall be looking for a bigger and better site in the city . ’ |
| 8 | what sort of penetration we should expect to have . |
| 9 | Letters should appear to have been typed individually . |
| 10 | Occasionally , when he came back to Cambridge in later years , and especially when he came back to help the university elect another professor of divinity , he would be nostalgic , and say , ‘ I should like to have another go at being regius professor , . |
| 11 | Yes , please ’ — to the hovering waitress — ‘ we should like to have our bill . ’ |
| 12 | I should like to have found you something nicer to do , but I could n't let you go to people we know nothing about , and Mrs Andrews says that her cousin is sure to take care of you . |
| 13 | I should like to have known more about his views on possible links between social deprivation and suicidal intent , but perhaps that would be a different kind of book . |
| 14 | I should like to have been a parent , a real English Socialist , a stunning diver on the side , and a foppish dresser . |
| 15 | I was glad that we had not troubled him personally , though we confessed that we should like to have set foot in the flat . |
| 16 | I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’ |
| 17 | One matter which I should like to have seen included would almost certainly have merited parliamentary discussion before the inevitable dissolution of this Parliament , which will make this a short Session . |
| 18 | I am a bit bemused about the definition of a student and should like to have it clarified for England , Wales and Scotland . |
| 19 | I should like to have had time to discuss such matters , but the paucity of progress made yesterday , the long speeches and the many amendments which had to be considered left the Government with no option but to move a guillotine motion today . |
| 20 | I SHOULD like to have your opinion regarding a touch and go subject : namely toilet facilities at football grounds . |
| 21 | I often thought I should like to have been taught by someone like him . ’ |
| 22 | 'I think I should like to have a look at it , ’ says Serafin very politely , ‘ if I might . ’ |
| 23 | I should like to have a ride down and see that new bridge now . |
| 24 | Now , if we 're going to allow an organisation like that , have we no erm chance to say that after they 've had their collection , we should like to have some indication of what percentage went to Oxford , so that when they apply again , we can at least know whether this is actually a genuine local organisation or national . |
| 25 | 4.9 Provided the medical expense was reasonably incurred , it is immaterial that the particular treatment should transpire to have been unnecessary , or even mistaken : per Lord Collins in Clippens Oil Co Ltd v Edinburgh & District Water Trustees 1907 SC(HL) 9 at p14 : |
| 26 | Well I I should hate to have been your girls in the office ! |
| 27 | If the patient can walk , but your steps have no handrails , you should try to have secure rails fitted , preferably on both sides of the steps . |
| 28 | Rachel had been , apparently , more relieved that Phoebe should be an unmarried mother than that she should have to have Jim as a sson-in-law . |
| 29 | One can understand why people at risk should wish to have these things , but not why they should expect to be given them free . |
| 30 | Experts generally agree that you should aim to have blood cholesterol levels of less than 5.2mmol per litre . |