Example sentences of "should [pron] [adv] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How should I not be discovered ? |
| 2 | Maybe not , but in a world of feminists demanding freedom of speech and equality everywhere possible , Why should I not be allowed to present my view ? |
| 3 | ‘ Should she not be consulted ? , |
| 4 | Only the otiose ‘ Vissi d'arte ’ actually misfired ; should she really be expected to sing it lying down ? |
| 5 | If business leaders , who say their companies have benefited from previous privatisations , do not support such changes why should anybody else be expected to ? |
| 6 | Should we , or should they just be rounded up and locked up ? |
| 7 | Should they simply be closed down forthwith , for the supposed protection of the public ? |
| 8 | Surely these workers are provided with Health and Safety equipment and should they not be made to wear them by someone in authority ? |
| 9 | Why should they not be aired on the Floor of the House ? |
| 10 | Now howsoever the procuration of funeral , the manner of buriall , the pompe of obsequies , bee rather comforts to the living , then helpes to the dead ; and although all these ceremonies be despised by our parents on their death-beds , yet should they not be neglected by us their children , or nearest of kindred , upon their interments . |
| 11 | Should they not be investigated as a special category of people affected ? |
| 12 | If resources are to be used to increase pensions , should they not be used to target those in greatest need , rather than spreading across the board and benefiting both rich and poor ? |
| 13 | Should they not be picked up , the paddlers made for a second rendezvous ( phase five ) further offshore or headed back to the beach to lie up for the following night , when the submarine would come to a different rendezvous . |
| 14 | If people are honoured for risking their lives in the not obviously useful pursuit of speed records and mountains to climb , why should they not be encouraged to do so in more worthwhile causes ? |
| 15 | Should they not be paid salaries which accord with the status of the jobs that they perform ? |
| 16 | He suspects that he would never survive the shame should they again be exposed to the eyes of other road users . |
| 17 | Should they necessarily be restricted to electoral variations , or even to activity around state institutions such as local government ? |
| 18 | Why should it not be protected ? |
| 19 | Why should it not be left to individual members of the Bar to decide whether they wish to specialise in advocacy ? |
| 20 | The estate had been willed to another prisoner , a distant cousin , on the clear understanding that should it ever be returned to Jewish hands , the monies and profits taken from it would be devoted to the creation of a Zionist state . |
| 21 | Can it be farmed intensively or should it only be reared extensively ? |
| 22 | If it is assumed that the system of corporate enterprise is the most efficient system for the creation of wealth , should it therefore be concluded that corporate power is legitimate ? |
| 23 | How can that man ever be taken seriously , should he not be locked up ? |
| 24 | Should he not be asked ? ’ |
| 25 | Should anything else be included/excluded , stating the reasons why ? |