Example sentences of "should [not/n't] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 I am rather keen , and I 'm sure you are rather keen , that it should not end in a shabby way . ’
2 It should not lead to a restricted curriculum , and its use was set in the context of a range of other methods which ‘ use pupils ’ own talk , interests and writing as the starting point for further work' ( NCC 1989a : 33 ) .
3 Imposing a restriction which is true should not worsen the ability of the explanatory variables to explain the dependent variable or , alternatively , relaxing the restriction and allowing the estimators of to be different should not lead to a much better fitting equation if are in fact not different .
4 But environmental concern , while an important consideration in the formulation of policy , should not lead to a " new form of conditionality in aid or development financing " or become a " pretext for unjustified barriers to trade " .
5 But it should not lead to a price rise in British shops , said industry leaders .
6 Consequently , one lesson to criminal law from legal theory is that it should not aim at a comprehensiveness inconsistent with its subject-matter .
7 Alright he was carrying an injury but surely the onus of the team should not rest on a single player — and besides what was he doing for the first 80 minutes on Saturday .
8 As most of the pontoons are rented to local yacht owners or associations one should not dock at a slip unless permitted to do so by the port police .
9 However , the offer of a first record deal should not result in a ‘ sign at all costs ’ attitude from the artist .
10 In most circumstances internal KPMG referrals or requests for limited assistance from other offices , such as an introduction to an existing client or provision of non proprietary knowledge gained from a previous assignment , should not result in a fee being paid by the originating office to the receiving office .
11 [ T ] here is no reason why the law should not protect on a similar basis the enjoyment of other rights .
12 However , word hypotheses compete on the Chart , not in the lexicon , so this similarity of status should not matter from a processing point of view .
13 Finally , it seems most plausible to suppose that this enforcement operated within very strict limits , so that we should not speak of a general power of enforcement of modus for public purposes .
14 Unless a serious breach of your contract has taken place , or your employer has made it clear that it will take place , you should not leave in a huff .
15 There are occasions when a councillor should not serve on a committee .
16 It really should not come as a surprise to find Lewis , who continues his professional career tonight against Bradford 's Steve Garber at Hull City Hall , owning up to such an unexpected hobby .
17 Whether or not Ruddock was suffering from any residual Tyson damage , it should not detract from a Lewis performance that was an awesome demonstration of boxing technique , punching power and admirable concentration .
18 This left the way open for those prominent in the Essex Federation to argue that if such arrangements were acceptable during a temporary absence of tutor-organiser , there was no reason why they should not apply on a more permanent basis if the voluntary members wanted to give their ‘ voluntaryism ’ full rein .
19 Civil servants are paid according to criteria which should not apply in a creative profession .
20 Furthermore , the institution should be required to listen to representations from the parties as to why the presumption of the legislation should not apply in a particular case , and to evaluate these representations .
21 We have argued that such institutions should be public ( though not ruling out the possibility of a role , even an important role , for private actions , as an additional deterrent to abuses of market power ) ; that there should be a single investigating institution with powers to identify and to investigate cases , and to propose remedies , within a clearly stated framework of rules and guidelines ; that firms should be given an opportunity to make representations as to why the competition policy presumptions should not apply in a particular case ; and that there should be a competition tribunal with the task of reviewing and monitoring the recommendations of the competition policy institution .
22 This type of criticism should not apply in a database environment .
23 That is a point of view which I understand , but which I should not commend against a background in which Parliament , when removing the unfettered right of a land owner to develop his land as he wished , thought it right to enable a land owner to get a second opinion if the local decision on his application was adverse .
24 If you do not pay income tax , but your spouse does , you should not enter into a Deed of Covenant on your own .
25 Many treaties are incidentally unfavourable to non-parties , but a third party generally has no grounds for claiming that other States should not enter into a treaty .
26 The stent covered the entire stricture in each case and , as only the distal intrapancreatic portion of the CBD was stented with this unremovable material , it should not interfere with a possible future hepaticojejunostomy or choledocoduodenostomy .
27 This resonated with his reading of Romantic poets such as Wordsworth , who also expressed a concern that science should not degenerate into a search for mere details .
28 We should not look for a simple reflection : ‘ a single , fixed mode of exchange ; in reality there are many modes , their character is determined historically , and they are continually renegotiated ’ .
29 The acquirer should not agree to a clause which states that if by completion it is aware of a breach of warranty and it still elects to proceed to completion it thereby waives any claim for damages .
30 Local authorities should not indulge in a dog-eat-dog attitude .
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