Example sentences of "[be] [adj] that [pers pn] should [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the actual letter survives and only a mind predisposed to suspect the sender could think it pompous : ‘ After the most careful consideration I have decided , if you are willing that I should do so , to recommend your name for the succession to the see of Durham . ’ |
| 2 | I understand the concern that people may feel about the proposed change , but I am content that it should go thus . |
| 3 | Even when people could give money to relatives , it has never been obvious that they should do so , whatever other circumstances obtain . |
| 4 | But I am sure that we should get on better if we were to come to some terms with them " . |
| 5 | I am concerned that they should have all the help that they can get . |
| 6 | ‘ Every man 's death diminishes us , Robert , ’ he observed , ‘ and I 'm sorry that he should die now when he seemed at last to be recovering his dignity . ’ |
| 7 | Would n't it only be right that she should go , too ? ’ |
| 8 | To her it could just not be right that she should love one man while being married to another . |
| 9 | G.P. said ( frightening , his face , he can look devilish ) first , I 'm delighted that you should admire Beecham . |
| 10 | I 'm convinced that I should lose more weight , then no one could be thinner than I am . |
| 11 | Obviously a longer , longer lead in on that , erm , and , and the county would , clearly need to put some funding into the development to ensure that those er , those satellite businesses operate , and only when you fund those out of the rural economic development 's initiative , but it seems to me to be important that we should ensure that businesses operating in the rural parts of the county have equal access to the facilities of business link and business advice . |
| 12 | Far from being a fault , it may be essential that he should accept massive bodies of conventional knowledge on trust ; not merely assimilating it as a chore , but thoroughly enjoying it . |
| 13 | However , the tenant should not be subjected to oppressive powers of inspection and he should resist an attempt to make him pay the costs of an inspection , although it would be fair that he should pay the costs if there is a material discrepancy between the information supplied by him and the results of an inspection . |
| 14 | It appeared to me to be necessary that we should set out our agreed recommendations in some separate document . |
| 15 | They must be mad that they should expect such a delicate business as his preparation of Vologsky to be speeded up as though it was a crude operation on a factory bench . |
| 16 | 4–4 They were unaware that they should have filled in a Schedule for Erection of New Charges but now did so . |
| 17 | Some of the advice workers surveyed were concerned that they should work as a team . |
| 18 | Typical of immigrants , her parents were anxious that she should do better than they and persuaded her to take up teaching as a profession . |
| 19 | Her relations were keen that I should meet her , perhaps because they hoped in desperation that I might be able to help her . |
| 20 | They also made me extremely randy , an effect I pointed out to you , who seemed unaffected in that department and were astonished that they should stimulate my already overwrought sexuality — ‘ oversexed and under seventy ’ is how I still think of myself . |
| 21 | I am anxious that we should play an active part not only in setting it up but in ensuring that it is in operation in the United Kingdom by the end of 1992 . |
| 22 | I am anxious that you should start work on this project as soon as possible , so that there are no last-minute delays , I should therefore be grateful if you could start on the first batch of frames , of which I give details below : |
| 23 | ‘ I am anxious that you should stay here until I return and I can not think of a better way of making sure you do than by putting you in charge of my property , ’ he explained . |
| 24 | ( I am anxious that you should understand the customs and manners of the country where the events in question took place , so different from your own . |
| 25 | Since there is a connection , it is understandable that we should think there is . |
| 26 | For indeed they are not , and it is understandable that they should have been made . |
| 27 | No objection had been raised at the time , he said , and ‘ it is absurd that they should start to quibble a week later and try to reopen the issue ’ . |
| 28 | It is strange that it should belong to that black Bulgar . " |
| 29 | ‘ Nevertheless , it is strange that he should keep such a sum on current account , when he could have been earning two per cent interest . ’ |
| 30 | When it is necessary to feed hay out to horses , it is preferable that they should get at least one fifteen to twenty centimetre biscuit of lucerne hay a day in addition to their other hay . |