Example sentences of "we should still [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can continue to represent the normal case , which corresponds to Bolinger 's referent-qualification , by either of the types of formulae : ( 6 ) Although it is relatively easy to describe verbally the second version where the adjective qualifies the property of the noun but does not in itself qualify the entity of the noun phrase , it is not so easy to suggest a simple but appropriate diagrammatic representation for it ; we may perhaps adopt a formulation as in ( 7 ) where the arrowhead representing qualification passes through the bracket into the property which is the descriptive identification resource of the noun : ( 7 ) [ ( DISTANT ) ( COUSIN ) ] We should still speak of the adjective as attributive , since it remains part of the same entity-identification as the noun ; and it is still perfectly proper to describe it as qualifying the noun syntactically , inasmuch as it marks an extension of what would be achieved by using the noun alone . |
| 2 | I do n't know what you feel , do you think we should still subsidise it a bit ? |
| 3 | If we killed every Northumbrian , we should still have fresh troops coming against us , and Scone and Perth would have fallen . ’ |
| 4 | Best reckons there wo n't be much between the sides at Murrayfield , having been impressed by the Welsh commitment against his own team — ‘ We knew they would come at us , and they certainly did , though we should still have won ’ — while he has taken a liking to the revamped Scottish pack . |
| 5 | Operators have got another couple of weeks in which to take decisions on capacity for the summer , so they might not cut back as much as they erm , they might have done had the war still been ongoing , so we should still have plenty of holidays available this summer . |
| 6 | There are problems with designating these as new phyla , not least that nobody can define a phylum objectively , and my own view is that , marvellous though these animals are , we should still try to relate them to other organisms ( fossil and living ) . |
| 7 | ( However we should still heed Mr Castro 's warning that nothing now happening in Europe is going to help the desperate problems of the Third World . |