Example sentences of "should [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The Russian Sputnik had been launched two years before , and produced in the United States a feverish alarm lest their Communist competitors should outstrip them in a world increasingly penetrated by science and technology .
2 Accordingly , rather than declaring that question ( 4 ) in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) has become otiose , I propose that the court should answer it in the negative .
3 PAMELA : Sir , perhaps I should answer you by another question and that would not become me .
4 There were reports that senior ministers were insisting that if she failed to secure outright victory , she should consult them before deciding to carry on .
5 When the Hon. Gentleman has seen all the details , he should compare them with what went on in the valleys when he was a Minister .
6 I can not believe my luck that nobody else had the sense to carry you off but that you should still be there for me and that — ’ Well , that could be taken two ways , on second thoughts that might not be the thing to say , no ; ‘ my luck that you should want me in the same way that I want you .
7 Rather he thinks that ants ' social organisation and skills should make them at least as rewarding to study as the birds and mammals on which animal behaviourists have focused .
8 No the guests will not be in costume , we thought it was unfair that they should make them in costume .
9 The accumulation of life 's experience should make us at our wisest when we are old .
10 United 's Maurice Malpas sustained a groin injury and is doubtful for Scotland 's match against Germany on Wednesday but Duncan Ferguson should make it despite a thigh knock .
11 You should make it into a film , and I can star , I can be the girl .
12 ‘ I do n't know if Bobby will break into the Great Britain team for the World Cup final against Australia in October , but he should make it for the next series and then hang on to the job .
13 When I look at the Olympic fighters here I see several with good styles and professional potential who should make it to the top if they get with the right coaches . ’
14 The model should make it through the inverted position , but will lose lots of speed in the process which can cause any number of effects during the inverted climb phase .
15 ‘ We should make it in three or four days , if we 're lucky , if we leave tomorrow , ’ Travis finished , recalling her to the here and now with a start .
16 Basically , the way you should explain it to your buyer client is that the share of a joint tenant passes automatically to the survivor on death , whereas the share of a tenant in common passes under the terms of their will to whomsoever their beneficiaries may be .
17 illustrations should be clear and attractive and , as well as being well-matched and giving helpful cues to the text , should enhance it by providing additional information , for example about the characters or setting ;
18 Not for the first time he wondered why it should affect him like that , when he himself was fond of Chuck and admired him , too .
19 Another problem with doing these talks is working out at what level I should pitch them for different age groups .
20 It should out-point them on the rough stuff , too , for the Range Rover is still king of the wild frontiers .
21 An example of this occurred in early February when Foreign Ministers of the European Communities ( EC ) , meeting in Brussels , agreed that the support given to Iraq by the PLO should disqualify it from further high-level contacts .
22 And it is no surprise that the man who first addressed a novel called The Joke to the citizens of a prohibitionist state in the middle of Europe twenty-five years ago should treat them with as much sympathy as harsh lucidity .
23 The implication in all the sexually discriminatory immigration laws ( continued long after the introduction of the Sex Discrimination Act in 1975 ) is that women are slaves and chattels in their communities , and the government sees no reason why it should treat them as anything else .
24 That is clear in his mind , the only question for him is how this should be done , and he says , ‘ I think probably we should treat them like mosquitoes , that is to say , we should , we must use gas . ’
25 ‘ My dear officers , ’ said a rather breathless but still well modulated voice , ‘ of what am I accused that you should treat me like the nucleus of a civil rights demonstration ?
26 ‘ What the hell did you expect , that I should treat you as some kind of equal ?
27 You should treat it as a straightforward job of work and get on with it .
28 If an applicant is uncertain as to his plans after marriage , the entry clearance officer should treat it as an application for settlement , and consider whether all the requirements for settlement are satisfied .
29 So when you first go down to the beach , no matter how brown your skin , you should treat it as if you were n't suntanned .
30 If a marble statue of the Virgin Mary suddenly waved its hand at us we should treat it as a miracle , because all our experience and knowledge tells us that marble does n't behave like that .
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