Example sentences of "should [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Russian Sputnik had been launched two years before , and produced in the United States a feverish alarm lest their Communist competitors should outstrip them in a world increasingly penetrated by science and technology .
2 Accordingly , rather than declaring that question ( 4 ) in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) has become otiose , I propose that the court should answer it in the negative .
3 United 's Maurice Malpas sustained a groin injury and is doubtful for Scotland 's match against Germany on Wednesday but Duncan Ferguson should make it despite a thigh knock .
4 You should make it into a film , and I can star , I can be the girl .
5 When I look at the Olympic fighters here I see several with good styles and professional potential who should make it to the top if they get with the right coaches . ’
6 ‘ My dear officers , ’ said a rather breathless but still well modulated voice , ‘ of what am I accused that you should treat me like the nucleus of a civil rights demonstration ?
7 If a marble statue of the Virgin Mary suddenly waved its hand at us we should treat it as a miracle , because all our experience and knowledge tells us that marble does n't behave like that .
8 If an applicant is uncertain as to his plans after marriage , the entry clearance officer should treat it as an application for settlement , and consider whether all the requirements for settlement are satisfied .
9 When my Cid saw that they who eat his bread were returned , he went down from the tower , and received them right well , and praised them for what they had done like good knights : howbeit he was full sorrowful for Alvar Salvadores that he should be in the hands of the Moors , but he trusted in God that he should deliver him on the morrow .
10 It might not be as exotic as Rio , but a day spent bobbing and weaving between the marching bands and floats — and pubs — should acquaint you with the Dublin spirit .
11 I think I should regard me with the contempt with which I myself regard the more vulgar visitors . ’
12 Staff selected for inclusion in the " Relief Pool " should regard it as an experience which will assist their personal development .
13 I think BT should compensate us for the concern and inconvenience these mystery calls cause , perhaps by reducing bills for that quarter .
14 Whether these past difficulties should debar him from the presidency was , he said , an issue to be decided by the US people : " We 're putting this in your hands , you get to decide . "
15 I knew I should throw her to the patrol and make my own getaway , but she appealed to the chink in my armour .
16 I should describe him as an innocent .
17 It 's as though the superego suddenly stops functioning , though why I should describe it in the kind of shit jargon dreamed up by that Jewish prick Freud is beyond me .
18 Elisabeth Cook 's recent account of the ‘ Querelle des Bouffons ’ shows an extensive political dimension , which should alert us to the nature of associated rhetoric .
19 Nevertheless , the de-Marxisation of their project by him and the ‘ death of the social ’ which he has announced should alert us to the doubts raised by Raymond Williams on the issue of certain types of Utopianism .
20 ( The very fact that the proposed ‘ Star Wars ’ defensive strategy of the United States involves computerised laser technology should alert us to the fact that such a defence has ominous offensive possibilities . )
21 We have been more wary of challenging the transcultural verity of sexual categories , but in reality a minimum awareness of the evidence should alert us to the fact that though various cultures share general sexual forms , this does not mean that their content , inner structures and meanings are identical .
22 From a pedagogic point of view , the possibility of culture specificity should alert us to the fact that when we teach terms referring to discourse type and use them in discourse processing and production , we should not take for granted that each term has an exact translation equivalent .
23 This should alert us to the fact that the canons are incomplete records , and that they could even overlook matters of royal concern , like Guntram 's foundation of the monastery of St Marcel .
24 Regular grooming with a special fine flea comb should alert you to the presence of these troublesome parasites .
25 So yeah , I 'm not sure whether it , whether whether one should translate it as the mountains of Ararat , or the Ararat mountains .
26 perhaps we should confine it to the specifics we 're talking .
27 I felt I should include them in the list if only so that you could see the limited choice at present available .
28 Should this be announced during my absence , as is not unlikely , I would you should know it as a marriage of convenience , no more .
29 If you do not like what happens at a school , you should discuss it with the headmaster , but bear in mind that teachers at a boarding school are acting much more in loco parentis than at a day school and may feel that very firm action is essential .
30 You should present them with a sense of commitment .
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