Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [pron] should [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Example ( 3 ) ( d ) , for instance , would be an abbreviated form of a structure that could perhaps be realized more fully as : ( 26 ) our lawyer sent the packages ; the packages are registered It may of course be claimed that we should think in terms not of actual clauses but of some more hypothetical and abstract clause ; maybe the last five words in ( 26 ) should be replaced by something like : ( 27 ) [ subject the package plural ] subject be registered |
| 2 | But my present belief is that if Profumo had come to me for advice ( and my advice , of course , would only have made sense if one postulates that Profumo would have told me the truth ) , I would have recommended that he should throw in the towel ; assert that he had no intention of allowing his private life to be discussed in public ; apologise to the Prime Minister for the embarrassment he had caused both to him and to the party , and withdraw rapidly . |
| 3 | Making war in the twelfth century was rather like going on strike in the twentieth : it was a method of exerting economic and financial pressure on your opponent — it was not intended that it should end in his death . |
| 4 | Although we were in fact exempt from this , our management wisely decided that we should fall in line with the principle of the new regulations . |
| 5 | ‘ Ah well , it was not meant that I should work in such a parish , ’ said Randolph . |
| 6 | It is suggested that we should develop in co-operation , or at least in parallel , with similar organizations , so that we do not paint ourselves into a corner with incompatible technologies . |