Example sentences of "should [vb infin] [to-vb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Bacon , as an advocate of really long-term investment , said the concentration on tobacco was ‘ to the untimely prejudice of the main business ’ , though it is not easy to see what he thought the main business of a plantation ought to be — his essay was full of sensible advice , much of it showing signs of the influence of the Virginia experience , but he never explained why people should want to support this sort of enterprise , unless it was to be part of a programme for sending people abroad to reduce overpopulation . |
2 | We should seek to retain some definition in form by re-using certain melodic shapes , repeating certain note-successions or rhythms , perhaps even re-quoting an entire section which gives the main message of the work . |
3 | Namely , wherever there is a difference in form , they should expect to find some difference in meaning . |
4 | Few people write a first draft perfectly and you should expect to complete several revisions . |
5 | IF YOU fancy Feste , dig Dogberry or are crazy about the clowning crew who leaven Shakespeare 's plays , you should look to catch this delight . |
6 | But in conclusion I should like to emphasise that Christianity places emphasis not only on structures but also on personal obedience . |
7 | I should like to take this opportunity to thank the vast majority of our shareholders who have clearly recognized Palatine 's potential and have remained unimpressed by the attempted takeover . |
8 | Dear G. E. Rald , We should like to take this opportunity to inform you that on 12th March this year you were seen entering empty handed into the private premises of Ms P. C. Edwards of Convent St. , Folkestone and leaving shortly afterwards with your hands full . |
9 | I should like to take this opportunity to emphasise that the work on the Iraqi material is being done for the United Nations and the IAEA . |
10 | I should like to take this opportunity to thank all the employees of Johnson Matthey for the skilled and dedicated service that resulted in this year 's record performance |
11 | ‘ If you do n't mind we should like to take another look at the upstairs rooms . ’ |
12 | I should like to see more control over the Commission , and its executive being checked . |
13 | He said I should like to redeem this I F A |
14 | I should like to give some examples of my concern about the report 's thoroughness and/or objectivity . |
15 | I should like to reiterate those comments to you now as I believe they remain relevant : 1 ) Control the duration of play by an ice hockey-type clock to prevent time-wasting. 2 ) Players to have their names on the back of their shirts . |
16 | By the logic of research and higher education , I mean the general conceptual relationships that exist between these two sets of activity , and I should like to explore those relationships in the following six theses . |
17 | I should like to pursue this argument through the use of Benjamin 's conceptual framework in the analysis of postmodernist cultural forms . |
18 | He said : ‘ I should like to congratulate those organisations who have chosen to extend their help to sufferers from Aids and motor neurone disease . ’ |
19 | I should like to know this time before the horse-boys do . ’ |
20 | Now , if we 're going to allow an organisation like that , have we no erm chance to say that after they 've had their collection , we should like to have some indication of what percentage went to Oxford , so that when they apply again , we can at least know whether this is actually a genuine local organisation or national . |
21 | Occasionally , when he came back to Cambridge in later years , and especially when he came back to help the university elect another professor of divinity , he would be nostalgic , and say , ‘ I should like to have another go at being regius professor , . |
22 | I should like to consider that argument in some detail , but time does not permit it . |
23 | The institutionalisation of the social services is an interesting study in its own right , especially for Tories , who are the connoisseurs of institutions , and I should like to offer some case histories . |
24 | I 'm simply reminding manufacturers that the guitarist 's craft developed from the tools originally available to him , and equipment designers should work to enhance that craft , not enforce change upon it . |
25 | Neither lexicographers nor political theorists can or should hope to halt this process of constant revision , although they may legitimately aspire to guide or nudge it in one direction rather than another . |
26 | This move should call to mind some remarks made in 2.4 about the causal theory of knowledge . |
27 | It is not unreasonable that the investors should want the managers ' views on the accountants ' report , but management 's advisers should try to restrict this warranty to the facts in the report and exclude any opinions given by the accountants . |
28 | People should try to think several years ahead , considering factors such as access to hospitals and choice of GPs , he suggests . |
29 | You should try to prevent this situation arising , possibly by exercising the dog on the leash for a day or so if it has shown a tendency to behave in this fashion in the past . |
30 | But there is no intrinsic reason why all parts of a course should try to strike that balance . |