Example sentences of "not [verb] [conj] [pron] should [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not think that they should have been put to this trouble we defend the status quo in the Scottish Bus Group . |
| 2 | ‘ The Commission does not think that we should expect an increase of prices … |
| 3 | For reasons to which I shall refer later I do not think that we should do that . |
| 4 | Clem Attlee nationalised the Bank of England because he did not think that we should have rule by central bankers . |
| 5 | I do not think that I should explain to the hon. Member why he was not called . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Whilst that may be interesting ( and I am not suggesting that we should refrain totally from such activity ) , something more is needed if we are really to approach the Earth and the earth spirit with any depth and with any hope of useful results . |
| 8 | I am not suggesting that you should collapse in a soggy heap if you bang your head or shut your finger in the door ; but suppressing tears when you are really unhappy is suppressing the grief itself and this can be harmful in several ways : |
| 9 | For example , we do not know whether we should attribute Stevenage 's low casualty rates ( 3.9 per 1,000 population in 1979 compared to 6.5 for British towns as a whole ) to its pedestrianised town centre , its extensive cycleway system or some other reason . |
| 10 | So she smiled on and stood there and in exasperation Mrs Browning said , ‘ I do not know that we should continue this discussion , Wilson . |
| 11 | Since we are only concerned with a point of law , the precise facts do not matter but I should indicate them briefly to show the limited scope of this decision . |
| 12 | ‘ I do not choose that she should know everything I do ; she must keep her place . |
| 13 | This they did not do and they should have ascertained by sticking writing into the National Westminster Bank to confirm that sufficient funds were available for the completion of the proposed transaction and that the terms upon which this finance was to be made available had been agreed . |
| 14 | What seems to have happened is that they have internalised the negative images that are attributed to black people and do not feel that they should identify with them . |
| 15 | I do not feel that I should have to instruct even junior typists that my documents , all my documents , are entirely confidential . ’ |
| 16 | I do not believe that we should cast aside at all lightly the all-party support for these methods . |
| 17 | Frankly , I do not believe that there should have been all this talk about a little bit of majority voting on foreign policy . |
| 18 | If it has less incidence of such needs , does it not follow that it should score highly in the narrow spectrum of examination results for the most able pupils ? |
| 19 | William the Conqueror was a cruel and harsh ruler , and I do not suggest that we should harry the north ; but during his reign , although people were fearful of the monarch , they were not fearful of their fellow citizens . |
| 20 | The convergence I have been exploring does not suggest that we should collapse materialism and psychoanalysis into each other . |
| 21 | In respect of in public services , it was a minefield for a long time and perhaps we did not react as we should have done in the early eighties . |
| 22 | By the time I reached the address , I could not decide whether I should ask him to wait . |
| 23 | I 'm not saying that we should ignore |
| 24 | I am not saying that we should allow industry to pollute , and I entirely support the Government 's claim that the polluter should pay . |
| 25 | I 'm not saying that you should make it their responsibility to do these things , but we should offer them the opportunity . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm not , I 'm not saying that you should have any |
| 27 | But the fact that the medical profession has , for example , tended to restrict entry to the profession so as to preserve status , jobs and income , does not imply that I should withhold my trust in the ability and intention of my doctor to act in my best interests . |
| 28 | So there I am , during this rather romantic conversation , toying with the little hairs in it 's ears , not knowing whether I should try and get in through the snout or what — but it had a happy ending . |
| 29 | But that does not mean that we should make it even more likely that he or she commit the act by reducing the punishment . |
| 30 | This does not mean that we should act out the ‘ dark ’ side of our nature . |