Example sentences of "that [adj] a [noun sg] should " in BNC.

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1 He was appalled that such a story should appear in a newspaper , and the council , he said , would meet to determine what should be done about it .
2 At that time the orthodox view was that such a system should be selective and tripartite , with children routed at eleven-plus into grammar , technical or secondary modern schools according to their aptitudes and abilities .
3 The court held that such a provision should not be implied .
4 The court held that such a provision should not be implied .
5 Stok said , ‘ Do you seriously and honestly tell me that such a man should go free ?
6 One must add that there is nothing particularly remarkable about the fact that such a myth should have grown up ; it would almost be surprising if it had not .
7 ‘ You must n't overdo it , ’ Ronni warned her one day , amazed that such a necessity should ever come to pass .
8 Rickie was literally dancing in circles around me as I walked down the dock towards his sister , but then he paused in his frenetic progress to light one cigarette from the stump of another , and I wondered just what perverted fate decreed that such a boy should receive a legacy of six million dollars .
9 It comes as no surprise that such a verdict should have been arrived at .
10 Panamanian commercial lawyers said that such a treaty should be resisted if it contained clauses covering tax evasion , as this would destroy the country 's off-shore banking sector [ see p. 37771 ] .
11 Consistency with the argument presented earlier would seem to demand that such a couple should enjoy all rights and privileges available to a ‘ married ’ couple .
12 Does the Minister also share Sir Leon 's view that such a scheme should include non-sterling deposits ?
13 It has demanded that such a scheme should be discussed multilaterally and internationally .
14 I must express some surprise that such a notion should have prevailed .
15 Is this why the Unit and all its works seem to have disappeared from the records — because it was unthinkable that such a document should officially exist ?
16 ( Stone 1988 : 79 ) ( implies that such a question should never even have been asked , i.e. it was practically inconceivable for Socrates that one of his disciples should ask it )
17 Finally someone spoke to a policeman about her , saying he thought it was disgraceful that such a person should be allowed to lurk about near to a play-park for the under-fives , and that ‘ nutty beggar-women ’ should be kept out of the parks .
18 It is intended that such a timetable should be updated and agreed for circulation to staff each April .
19 If it transpires from the answer to this requisition that such a memorandum should and will be endorsed , make a note there and then on your completion agenda to obtain a copy of it .
20 The final result in this case is that such a molecule should have six IR bands , all with coincident Raman bands , plus three Raman bands with no IR counterparts .
21 The problem then arises , even if the court is prepared to consider that such a term should be implied , as to what is the period of time that should be considered reasonable .
22 With heroic individual exceptions , both the Protestant and Catholic churches supported Hitler and , in East Germany in particular , were determined that such a thing should never happen again .
23 How extraordinary that such a thing should sell in Woodborough . ’
24 Justice Bhagwati 's leading opinion burns with red-hot anger ; the Court is appalled and ashamed that such a thing should happen in a democratic , socialist India , over a quarter of a century after the inception of its Constitution .
25 ‘ I am not Milanese , ’ he said , his tone implying that such a thing should have been obvious , even to an American .
26 ‘ It is inconceivable that such a situation should produce a penalty against us , ’ added Cooke .
27 They pointed out that local personnel in these fields had no experience in long term caring for such children , and they added that such a conference should be convened without delay , as leaving it until the children were returned home would be too late .
28 Today it seems incredible that such a restriction should have occurred .
29 We think it important that such a tabulation should include all types of revolving credit , as well as fixed-sum instalment credit .
30 It seems essential that such a burden should be shared .
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