Example sentences of "should [vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As much as 85% of the materials should be on open access , and stock relegated to store should remain there for a trial period of five years before being returned to the main library , or transferred to a permanent back-up collection such as the British Library . |
| 2 | ‘ I should stay there for a while , ’ said Elise , when she brought in a breakfast tray . |
| 3 | Most seemed to know what one should do there in a variety of situations in order to be an accepted member . |
| 4 | So if we wish to touch the horse or communicate with the horse , we should do so in a way that is acceptable to the horse . |
| 5 | But while the breaking of convention may be agreeable , and therefore laughable ( cf. certain views of Freud , below ) , there is never any questioning of what is " right " and what is " wrong " : for that sort of conundrum one should look rather to a romance like Marie de France 's lay Eliduc . |
| 6 | Is the wiring in good condition ? — it should run directly into a switch and fuse ( no plugs and sockets ! ) . |
| 7 | ASB chairman David Tweedie says in the review that the chapter will raise the question of ‘ whether or not financial reporting should move gradually towards a system of valuing assets on a more regular and consistent basis or should revert to a system of pure historical cost ’ . |
| 8 | The Six eventually reached a compromise in November 1959 , agreeing that the foreign ministers should meet regularly on a biennial basis . |
| 9 | Provided a tribe member can recognise an intention that he should respond appropriately to a signal in the simple system , we are happy to regard the signal as linguistically meaningful to him , rather than simply causing or triggering certain behaviour — as was the case with the bees . |
| 10 | Where to borrow depends a little on what you need the loan for , but broadly speaking you should go straight to a bank or building society and explain that you want a personal loan . |
| 11 | The counsel given was probably the best in the circumstances , which was that I should go abroad for a break . |
| 12 | In order to defuse this rivalry , Dycarbas resolves that both sons should leave home for a time . |
| 13 | The companies have decided that while the IEEE makes its decision on which proposal to adopt , they should press ahead with a technology they believe is feasible and that users want . |
| 14 | ‘ You should get away for a bit , ’ Helen continued . |
| 15 | Like SuperCalc these are n't pictorial in content , but at least the shadowed button look makes them appear as if you should click then with a mouse — which is more than can be said for either of the other two packages . |
| 16 | In deciding where the company ideally would like to be , I believe that businesses should operate both from a bottom-up and a top-down view . |
| 17 | He should legislate now for a referendum to be held once the negotiations at Maastricht are complete . |
| 18 | Contract work should start soon on a facelift scheme at The Horseshoe , involving hard landscaping and the creation of sitting-out areas . |