Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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31 Although subjects gave the risk rating immediately on hearing the tone it was stressed that their safety should be the main consideration , thus they should not attempt to perform any judgment task until they felt comfortable with the driving situation .
32 The conditions of use to which all users are required to agree insist among other things that users should not attempt to identify particular individuals or households , that the data should only be used for academic purposes , and that any publications which make extensive use of the data should acknowledge this .
33 In making provision for open space and in considering the location of houses on plots and their relationship to each other local planning authorities should not attempt to prescribe rigid formulae .
34 You should not need to go higher than this .
35 To the rejoinder that he wear the gown showing his ‘ highest proficiency ’ he replied , ‘ Ah , well , 1 should not need to put any other gown in my bag than 1 usually carry ’ , by which he meant his night-gown , as ‘ that represents my greatest proficiency ’ .
36 As long as you buy good quality seed potatoes you should not need to use any pesticides — planting ordinary potatoes is not recommended as they can succumb to viruses .
37 Perhaps , one starts to think , the 40-overs beast was actually quite a friendly animal after all , and should not need to follow other endangered species into extinction .
38 You should not need to feel inadequate because you do not understand all the technical terms of someone else 's profession .
39 He added that " if an expert offers his opinion , it should not need to produce such a scandal " .
40 The nation should not need to accept lower levels of achievement among all its graduates in order to widen access to higher education .
41 By implication , the law should not seek to produce such an undesirable result .
42 John Hayes , secretary-general of the Law Society , said the advantages ought to apply to all solicitors and the board should not seek to produce artificial criteria for selection .
43 ‘ The question should not seek to separate alternative therapies from orthodox ones , ’ he says .
44 ‘ Now the deed contained an express clause that the release to Goddard should not operate to discharge any one jointly or otherwise liable to the plaintiff for the same debts .
45 Bridge lengths vary from three to four rigs on the Leine to an average ten rigs on the Weser and really , given the practised excellence of the crews , this last thirty-one-rig bridge of Exercise Neptune 's Gallop 1989 should not have aroused much emotion , but it did made the thirtieth of June a little bit different .
46 But many people felt that the camera should not have stayed fixed on the couple as they reached climax .
47 We ask of each person whether he did anything he should not have done such that he should be blamed for the deaths that followed , or whether he contributed to the accidents in such a way that , blameworthy or not , he should bear some portion of the damage or loss .
48 ‘ Oh , you should not have done that !
49 ‘ I should not have done that , ’ she whispered .
50 Does the Minister accept that patients , irrespective of age group , should not have to undergo prolonged suffering , being fobbed off with medication from time to time when cardiac surgery is necessary ?
51 Perhaps I should not have said that . ’
52 She knew immediately that she should not have said that .
53 Unrepentant Lloyds said last night the error was all Helena 's — she should not have gone overdrawn in the first place .
54 Tod says Sam should not have gone soft on a blab who squealed .
55 ‘ I should not have made such quick assumptions . ’
56 ‘ You should not have made these arrangements without my approval , Adam ! ’
57 There was no mob rule or intimidation and Mr Cranley should not have made those remarks ’ .
58 The district controller of the Portland Coastguard , Donald McDonald , said he had not been told of the trip by the canoeing group but that the sea conditions were ‘ quite favourable ’ and should not have caused any problems .
59 Single parents are a fact of life and should not have to feel ashamed .
60 But in principle , there is no reason why he should not have to produce all discoverable documents wherever they are .
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