Example sentences of "[adj] a [noun sg] should " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of a short service of prayer , she wanted to know why half a lady should want to materialise in her kitchen . |
| 2 | It was resolved also that half an hour should be occupied each Sunday at the close of the School to teach the children the hymns of the Lancashire Sunday School Hymnbook . |
| 3 | I have quoted these latter points at length because I can readily agree with them , and consider them important , but what I find politically weakening is the dichotomy between promoting socialist developments which do not depend on the existence of a socialist government and the stigmatised ‘ scheming ’ as to what such a government should do . |
| 4 | It is not clear why such a threat should be regarded as inadequate , nor does Professor Williams indicate the circumstances in which a threat to withhold a benefit to which a woman is entitled should suffice . |
| 5 | Researchers who can take advantage of such a service should note that a pilot service is already available which connects with most other European countries . |
| 6 | The obligation to provide such a service should rest , it was said , with the local authority . |
| 7 | The whole description is an embodiment of middle-class values , not only in its moralistic conception of what such a home should be , but even in its prose . |
| 8 | Such a check should uncover facts such as a past prison sentence or a person 's credit status . |
| 9 | That such a man should be placed in the role of ruler over God 's chosen people was deemed a curse — an affliction visited by God upon His people , a punishment for transgression both past and present . |
| 10 | And why it was that such a man should want to fight against the Seven . |
| 11 | Stok said , ‘ Do you seriously and honestly tell me that such a man should go free ? |
| 12 | He feels very strongly that such a case should in future be dealt with by assessors in an open court . |
| 13 | Why in such a case should the courts blind themselves to a clear indication of what Parliament intended in using those words ? |
| 14 | Such a case should be made out . |
| 15 | Such a toy should take precedence ( as an intruder ) over residents such as the Plec and the filters and will be attacked with great gusto . |
| 16 | Such a possibility should be considered in all patients with unstable asthma that is difficult to control with conventional treatment . |
| 17 | Such a company should be empowered to carry out these duties in return for an annual management charge to cover : |
| 18 | It was always easier to say what such a school should not be , rather than what it should be . |
| 19 | A headmistress in 1946 said that same thing at greater length , but in doing so collapsed into meaninglessness : In my opinion , such a school should not be an imitation of the old Secondary School ( that is , of the grammar school ) … |
| 20 | Such a State should act in good faith so as not to frustrate the objects of the treaty . |
| 21 | Such a state should be oriented towards a market economy , property and political pluralism and the upholding of human and civil rights ; it should be willing to resolve problems in a peaceful manner without the use of force and without the imposition of unilateral decisions . |
| 22 | Kenneth Baker indicated recently that he thinks such a plan should go ahead ; if he can persuade his government colleagues that the scheme could make a real contribution to economic growth it could start up by the Spring . |
| 23 | Does the Minister also share Sir Leon 's view that such a scheme should include non-sterling deposits ? |
| 24 | It has demanded that such a scheme should be discussed multilaterally and internationally . |
| 25 | The majority held that , whilst an honest but unreasonable mistake would negative liability , such a defence should be put to the jury only where the defendant expressly asserted belief in consent and where there was some evidence beyond his mere assertion . |
| 26 | Consistency with the argument presented earlier would seem to demand that such a couple should enjoy all rights and privileges available to a ‘ married ’ couple . |
| 27 | But rather than be diverted by the red herring of whether or not such a category should exist or by the tricky question of how love should be expressed outwith marriage , let us not look for the borderline . |
| 28 | Why such a church should become redundant is easily understood . |
| 29 | Girls wishing to avoid such a fate should shun wearing or passing near fairy flowers , such as clumps of harebells or love-in-idleness . |
| 30 | If pre-exposure endows a stimulus with inhibitory properties then such a stimulus should readily come to serve as a CS- since the inhibition already acquired should give a head start . |