Example sentences of "should [verb] long " in BNC.

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1 At the most , it 's a desperate risk , and one that a civilised chap should think long and hard before taking ..
2 This court , submits Mr. Richards , with impressive citation from those high authorities , should think long and hard before waiving the appellant 's undertaking merely so as to improve C.N.L. 's position in their libel action .
3 You should think long and hard before deciding to join the unhappy throng .
4 ‘ This may have seemed like a good idea when the rink was being built because it should give long term durability , but when a problem like this arises then the whole rink has to be closed and dug up .
5 You should avoid long runs , however , because these are likely to aggravate the condition .
6 Chamberlain provided the way out by suggesting to Balcarres that both he and Long should withdraw and so allow Law to be elected unanimously ; he also turned down Balcarres 's remarkable advice that he should allow Long to be elected since Long would make such a mess of things that Chamberlain would be bound to succeed within the year .
7 As the effects of training increase in an S shaped curve and plateau in about 13–14 weeks , patients leaving supervised programmes should continue long term exercise after adequate counselling .
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