Example sentences of "or should [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not , however , possible to complain about whether such and such a point should or should not have been awarded . |
| 2 | If the parents say your wife should do this or should not do that , the boy listens to his parents . |
| 3 | But they are bankers , not industrialists ; they are scarcely more qualified than any other director to tell managers what they should or should not be doing . |
| 4 | The taking of broad-spectrum antibiotics , pregnancy , and the oral contraceptive are the commonest causes of difficulty ; however the first two are not , or should not be , permanent , and it should be possible to eliminate thrush even if the pill is continued , by giving a prolonged course of treatment . |
| 5 | It may be that we need to offer love , support and encouragement rather than using anger to force a child into what we believe they should or should not do . |
| 6 | That means that the first half hour rate does not , or should not , apply . |
| 7 | You do not — or should not — expect tropical nights , moonlit beaches , rhythmic dancing by maidens in grass skirts , or cocktails . |
| 8 | On polling day , it is the responsibility of the polling officer to decide whether someone who is under the influence of drink or drugs , or someone who has a severe learning disability , should or should not vote . |
| 9 | It is not that redistributive taxation is wrong , or should not be a core part of any left programme . |
| 10 | We feel ‘ responsible ’ ( which really means that they are not or should not be responsible ) , and believe that they should be taking matters more easily , accepting their situation and peacefully ‘ enjoying ’ their last years of life . |
| 11 | But I do n't wish to become involved in an argument about what level of certification should , or should not , be agreed upon . |
| 12 | Recent arguments about whether the level of state pensions has or has not risen over time relative to average adult per capita income , about whether pensions should or should not be more generous today , and about how criteria for change in the level of pension payments should be set , are all important , but they are essentially distinct from the issue of whether the receipt of state benefits necessarily creates a dependency in the recipient which would not otherwise exist . |
| 13 | As the Committee reminds us , ‘ prepublication censorship ( i.e. today 's broadcasting regulation ) … has no place in a free society … . ’ and there can not be any justifications for imposing limits on what should or should not be published or printed . |
| 14 | Our suggestions are simply intended as memory joggers — and emphatically not as a guide to what should , or should not , constitute a luxury . |
| 15 | The debate on whether insider dealing should or should not be regulated would appear to revolve around difference in moral values and differences as to the factual consequences of insider dealing . |
| 16 | It was suggested in the workshop that this does not or should not necessarily mean a cutback in the budget . |
| 17 | Finds that are fragile or should not be washed for any other reason ( such as metalwork ) are also sorted at this stage . |
| 18 | Lay members , experienced in industrial relations , know what an employer should or should not put up with , equally they know what an employee can expect . |
| 19 | If organization were to mirror art ( and there is no reason why it should or should not ) , Williams ( 1989 : 52 ) would have us rediscover organizational ‘ community ’ in the neglected , alternative tradition of the past century . |
| 20 | After two or more years ' investigation and the resolution of differences about which locations should or should not be included , a plan was submitted to the Governing Senate in St Petersburg in 1746 . |
| 21 | The question whether artificial ventilation should or should not be applied is , so the argument proceeds , an entirely medical one with which the courts will not interfere . |
| 22 | ( 3 ) A requirement under this section to provide a specimen of blood or urine can only be made at a police station or at a hospital ; and it can not be made at a police station unless — ( a ) the constable making the requirement has reasonable cause to believe that for medical reasons a specimen of breath can not be provided or should not be required , or ( b ) at the time the requirement is made a device or a reliable device of the type mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) ( a ) above is not available at the police station or it is then for any other reason not practicable to use such a device there , or ( c ) the suspected offence is one under section 4 of this Act and the constable making the requirement has been advised by a medical practitioner that the condition of the person required to provide the specimen might be due to some drug ; but may then be made notwithstanding that the person required to provide the specimen has already provided or been required to provide two specimens of breath . |
| 23 | ( 4 ) If the provision of a specimen other than a specimen of breath may be required in pursuance of this section the question whether it is to be a specimen of blood or a specimen of urine shall be decided by the constable making the requirement , but if a medical practitioner is of the opinion that for medical reasons a specimen of blood can not or should not be taken the specimen shall be a specimen of urine . |
| 24 | Are there any reasons why a specimen of blood can not or should not be taken by a doctor ? |
| 25 | Can a constable , when authorised by section 7(3) of the Act to require a specimen of blood or urine ( and absent any medical opinion that for medical reasons a blood specimen can not or should not be taken ) , lawfully require the provision of blood ( or urine ) alone without , in speaking to the suspect , making reference to the alternative ? |
| 26 | In this case it will be obligatory for the driver to provide the specimen which the constable decides to require , either blood or urine subject only to this , that if the constable requires blood but a medical practitioner is of opinion that for medical reasons a specimen of blood can not or should not be taken , the obligation on the driver will then be to provide a specimen of urine instead . |
| 27 | Again , on the face of the statute , I can not see any reason why in this case the constable should do more than tell the driver the reason under section 7(3) why breath specimens can not be taken or used ; tell him that in these circumstances he is required to give a specimen of blood or urine but that it is for the constable to decide which ; warn him that a failure to provide the specimen required may render him liable to prosecution ; and then , if the constable decides to require blood , ask the driver if there are any reasons why a specimen can not or should not be taken from him by a doctor . |
| 28 | So far as the Cossacks were concerned , just as much as for the British , the overriding question was not whether certain individuals should be excluded from repatriation because they held non-Soviet passports , but whether the various formations of " Cossacks " as a whole should or should not be repatriated . |
| 29 | In the processes of Parliament there will be much consideration whether a Bill should or should not in one form or another become an enactment . |
| 30 | And the process of higher education is not , or should not be , intended to produce new cohorts of researchers . |