Example sentences of "[noun pl] should [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was alleged that the accounts should have shown a turnover of £2.19m and not £23.69m and that bills of exchange for £2.39m ( referred to as the ‘ Gimco ’ bills ) , included as ‘ bills receivable ’ , should have been treated as irrecoverable . |
| 2 | It still seemed quite amazing the old traders should have chosen a route as totally inhospitable as this to make their crossing of the Himalayan barrier . |
| 3 | Parents should try to list a series of daily confrontations that evoke tantrums . |
| 4 | Instructors should try to provoke a discussion on this ‘ ownership ’ issue . |
| 5 | Threat to insurers AS THE £1.1bn takeover bid by Australian Mutual Provident , Australia 's largest life insurer , gets underway for the Pearl Group , a new survey suggests that perhaps the Australians should have made a bid for a building society . |
| 6 | Pruning in the second and subsequent years should try to begin a routine or system — and only your cultivation and experience will determine this — of removing wood that has flowered in proportion to the amount and vigour of new wood that the individual plant puts up . |
| 7 | This is not to deny that there may be good reasons why members of religious minorities should have sought a career in science and why they excelled in particular areas . |
| 8 | Tourists should have to sign a declaration that they are healthy and will leave Britain if a chronic disease is diagnosed and if they are treated their passports should be kept until their fees are paid . |
| 9 | On TV. he had heard so-called experts pontificating on how to deal with terrorists in hostage situations — how the hostages should try to establish a rapport with their captors . |
| 10 | He believes the new councils should exist to provide a service ‘ not to run an empire ’ . |
| 11 | Everyone with shares should have had a payment notice saying how much they owe . |