Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] a [noun sg] should " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , we could decide the question of whether a motorway should be built solely by considering whether landowners , whose property is to be acquired , will be properly compensated ; but to do so would be to ignore a large number of other important interests . |
| 2 | Critics seem to view this as a cowardice , as if a boxer should want his brains pulped . |
| 3 | The courts can express the same feeling by the creative choice as to whether a defect should be stamped jurisdictional or non-jurisdictional . |
| 4 | The question therefore arose as to whether a wife should be treated any differently in this respect . |
| 5 | My Lords , we remain absolutely committed to parents being the key determinant as to whether a school should go grant maintained erm or whether it should not . |
| 6 | These clauses are also found in insurance policies to resolve disputes between insurer and insured as to whether a claim should proceed . |
| 7 | The subjunctive in French allows the speaker to adopt this purely imaginary position from which he can give a verdict on whether a happening should have occurred or not . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , as was suggested in the last chapter , it is often difficult to decide on whether a word should be treated as complex or simple . |
| 9 | What needs to be explored with the students is the effect of uncertainty on whether an asset should be included or not . |
| 10 | This authority has been doubted because of the conflict that would arise were the receiver and the directors to have different views on whether an action should be brought and also on the handling of any counterclaim . |
| 11 | Antonio Navarro Wolff , president of the April 19 Movement Democratic Alliance ( AD/M-19 ) , announced on May 21 that he would call on the government to hold a plebiscite on whether an amnesty should be granted to former M-19 guerrillas who had participated in an assault on the Palace of Justice in the capital , Bogotá , on Nov. 6-7 , 1985 , during which 106 people were killed [ see pp. 34152-53 ; 34804-05 ] . |
| 12 | But there is no real decision which has to be made about whether a child should live or die , for nobody has the right to make such a decision . |