Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] should " in BNC.

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1 I had seen things which no-one should ever see .
2 They are the principle of equal liberty , assuring everyone equal measure of an enumerated list of basic liberties ( freedom of expression , religion , etc. ) and the difference principle according to which everyone should enjoy equal allocation of the other primary goods ( i.e. those desirable whatever one 's conception of the good may be , e.g. wealth , income , opportunities , status ) except in so far as deviation from strict equality would improve the prospects of the worst-off group in society .
3 Whatever the outcome of those particular appeals ( in which I should declare my professional interest as representative of both Dr Colman and the journalists ) it seems inevitable that English courts , indirectly influenced by Europe , will eventually develop coherent constitutional and legal principles to review the substance of administrative decisions .
4 The Plowden Report on Control of Public Expenditure contained , amongst other nuggets of wisdom , the following sentence which I should like to take as my starting-point : ‘ The social changes of the last fifteen years have altered the incidence of hardship , so that there now may well be excessive social services for some purposes and inadequate ones for others . ’
5 ‘ If I cut my profits and prices to whatever lower level you prescribe — for I assume I shall have your guidance on what that should be — will you advise me about the basis on which I should ration the consumers of my article ?
6 It was with the end in sight , the last evening , as we were sorting out which of her possessions she should take and which I should try to sell for her , that I started to cry ; and cried and cried and cried .
7 Is there something you wish to say to the solicitor which I should not hear or say for you ? ’
8 ‘ It is obvious that I have been exploited for propaganda purposes in a film in which I should never have allowed myself to appear , ’ he bitterly commented afterwards .
9 Now this was to be the country in which I should eat and sleep , read books and write letters for the rest of the war .
10 Near me as I write are a number of volumes which I should like us to examine together in order to illustrate further the fascination of association books ; this time not inaccessible treasures but items of the type that can come to every collector .
11 He might advise me to make a statement to the police which I should of course do under his guidance .
12 In fact , a rule of life which I should have seen in its perfect clarity , was already operating .
13 Then , in the predicate , there is the pay-off , which I should like to express , in terms derived from the preceding discussion of the meaning of ‘ I meant … ’ , by saying that what is , from outside , a sentence is , from inside , what is thought ( 54 , 290 ) , where ‘ from inside ’ refers to the thought-symbol 's actually playing the role ( 238 ) which characterises the reality in question .
14 To me ‘ positive'/ ‘ negative ’ seemed too sharp a distinction , for which I should have preferred the category ‘ included'/ ‘ excluded ’ .
15 Lord Chesterfield , when discussing ‘ useful prejudices … which I should be very sorry to see removed ’ a little after the previous war , had declared that ‘ that silly , sanguine notion , which is firmly entertained here , that one Englishman can beat three Frenchmen , encourages and has sometimes enabled one Englishman in reality to beat two . ’
16 The flaw , to which I should address myself , if there is one , lies in the ideas not in the individual mind .
17 I 'm in the middle of a government grant on my house and by the time I get that together and spending money , which I should n't be doing , on junk , y'know , and I want to start a family and that , y'know , and try and be respectable , but it just does n't seem to be available under this health service , this National Health Service , although I do know people who have it prescribed .
18 " I 'm referring to a leading article which appeared in The Times concerning the Exhibition and which I should like to read you ( by a fortunate chance I happen to have it on my person ) .
19 There are three points which I should wish to make .
20 Opposite the fire-place was a table , which I should call a Pembroke , only that it was made of deal , and I can not tell how far such a name may be applied to such humble material .
21 There has been , as I have emphasised , no criticism of his judgment on the material that was before him and besides those to which I have already drawn attention , there are two other matters to which I should make reference .
22 I have considered whether this is a case which I should remit for hearing before the justices .
23 I was on the borderline between a first- and second-class degree , and I had to be interviewed by the examiners to determine which I should get .
24 The Hon. Member for Renfrew , West and Inverclyde ( Mr. Graham ) who is just out for a moment , made a particular point to which I should like to respond .
25 He says an which he says you 've worked so hard , cos I worked for two casters which I should n't have done really , but that 's how I were used to working you see and er , he said er , I said well me dad keeps asking me to go and work for him , and he said well I 'll tell you what I 'll do with you , he says you 've worked so hard for us , this bloke came from Bloxford you know He says you 've worked so hard for us , he said we 'll agree to you going with your father , er for a month and see whether you like it , and if you do n't like it , come back and we 'll give you your job back .
26 Now , before I tell you if it was yes or no , you tell me which I should have said . ’
27 And also I took shortcuts which I should n't have taken .
28 ‘ Something I have not told you , which I should have done .
29 I am even going to give you some , which I should not do for someone who knows nothing about wine . ’
30 That is a matter on which I should be wise to seek the advice of my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney General and the Lord Chancellor .
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