Example sentences of "[conj] it should [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dress was tight in the right places , and shiny where it should n't have been . |
| 2 | Though what I did notice was a motor bicycle parked where it should n't have been — outside Wheeler 's . |
| 3 | A bailiff had found a pig wandering where it should n't and , according to city regulations , had promptly cut the animal 's throat . |
| 4 | Measures that drive up the costs of waste disposal may appear to fulfil the principle that polluters should pay for the dirt they create ; but they also encourage waste to end up where it should not . |
| 5 | She avoided a car trying to turn right where it should not , and turned left . |
| 6 | Whether I think it should or it should n't |
| 7 | The tablet is orange flavoured , sugar free and chewable so it is suitable for children , although it should not be used for infants under 2 years of age . |
| 8 | ( Although it should not be forgotten that when systems do collapse or explode — like the communist system in Eastern Europe in the late 1990s and early 1990s , or the system of order within Strangeways in 1990 — it tends to happen with great suddenness . ) |
| 9 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman agrees that that is a commendable advance by the RUC and the security forces , although it should not lead to complacency , because we shall not be satisfied until five out of five incidents are thwarted . |
| 10 | Although it should not normally be necessary , ‘ bulk ’ can be used at any time to completely refresh LIFESPAN information in the relational database . |
| 11 | Here , difficulties can be experienced , and although it should not pose a problem with clients with whom the conveyancer is familiar , it can cause potential difficulty with new clients , particularly those who may be unknown and live some distance from the practising address . |
| 12 | It is a matter of principle for the Hong Kong government that it should not seek to restrict the numbers leaving , whether directly or by influencing resettlement countries . |
| 13 | In his zeal , Bennett and his allies are asserting that the pleasure is so obvious ( otherwise people would n't use crack ) that it should not be mentioned ; and that crack is so dangerous its pleasures should be suppressed lest others follow Morley 's example . |
| 14 | The authority 's line that it should not even do any homework on self-governing is considered impractical . |
| 15 | To loud Conservative cheers , he demanded a serious study of the constitutional and economic consequences of monetary union , adding that it should not be a study confined to European central bank governors . |
| 16 | To loud Conservative cheers , he demanded a serious study of the constitutional and economic consequences of monetary union , adding that it should not be a study confined to European central bank governors . |
| 17 | I am rather keen , and I 'm sure you are rather keen , that it should not end in a shabby way . ’ |
| 18 | Dr Sagdeev is concerned that it should not exceed 50% , ‘ otherwise institutes will lose their stability and become preoccupied with ad hoc projects . ’ |
| 19 | The factory , faced by demands from minority groups that it should not discharge its waste into the local river , will be unmoved by such considerations if its productivity and its economic survival depend upon keeping costs down . |
| 20 | It is a fundamental feature of Rawls ' conception of the fairness of the original position that it should not permit the choice of principles of justice to depend on a particular conception of the good over which the parties may differ . |
| 21 | It was crucial to the consistency of the work that it should not conclude : the narrator simply states that ‘ there has been no decision except that I 'm moving on ’ ( Wurlitzer 1969 : 161 ) . |
| 22 | It seemed that he used a safety-pin inserted into the urethra for the purposes of masturbation and , in order that it should not be lost , he tied a length of cotton to it . |
| 23 | I determined that it should not happen again and it seemed impossible that it should for this time I should carry with me the foundation of happiness which I had found behind the wire . |
| 24 | The Practical Curriculum , for example , a useful , practical discussion document for schools from the Schools Council , had to be held up so that it should not upstage an HMI view of the curriculum . |
| 25 | An interesting feature of the general theory of relativity is that it should not matter whether time is running backward or forward : it is time-symmetric . |
| 26 | Gandhi claims that it can not be used in an unjust cause but what he might mean is that it should not be used in an unjust cause . |
| 27 | A similar procedure is adopted for the second objective , imposing the constraint that it should not drop below whichever is the smaller of its optimal value and its goal . |
| 28 | Alex Tate , 34-year-old ship 's cook , was told by Judge Alan Simpson that the assault merited a short prison sentence but that it should not interfere with his work . |
| 29 | Because investment business is peripheral to their main activity ( and it is a condition of authorisation that it should not normally exceed 20% of total fee income ) , many firms allow themselves to remain woefully ignorant of the regulations and of how to apply them within their own practice . |
| 30 | He said that it should not be regarded as a luxury but used for education , rural development and economic reform : the time had come , he said , ‘ for television to change its outlook in this country in order to suit the requirements of a developing country like Zambia ’ . |