Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I stayed on at Bletchley — which I was reluctant to leave — I should scarcely ever see Leslie before the invasion of France , which we all knew was expected within a very few months . |
| 2 | This is clearly er erm a situation where erm we must not knowingly take business which we have not enjoyed before at a price below |
| 3 | He must not only distinguish behaviour from ideology , he must also take careful note of just how they are interrelated . |
| 4 | These lessons must not only concern infrastructure , but also process ; not only the ‘ what ’ of traffic calming but also the ‘ how ’ . |
| 5 | Increasingly , then , when we examine social change in rural England we must not only take account of changes within agriculture but of changes on the interface between the ‘ truly rural ’ ( i.e-agricultural ) inhabitants and the ‘ adventitious ’ population of ex-urbanite newcomers who have moved into the countryside in such large numbers since the war . |
| 6 | However , if the culture is not conducive to effective risk management , engineers should not simply accept things as they are , but seek to work actively within the organisation to improve matters . |
| 7 | The company says farmers not achieving good control from their herbicide should not automatically blame resistance . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | There seems to be no obvious reason why such tasks should not also allow learners to refer to the systemic and schematic knowledge of their own language and culture . |
| 10 | We should not just trust people to get on with the task of caring for vulnerable children . |
| 11 | It is particularly concerned that assessments should not falsely accuse parents and families on the basis of unproven diagnostic and predictive techniques . |
| 12 | As noted earlier , we should not perhaps take labels too seriously . |
| 13 | The test adopted in both cases was that the decision-maker should not capriciously withhold approval . |
| 14 | I was told on more than one occasion , that I should not really let outsiders see this sort of thing , even though it was agreed that what I had written was an accurate analysis of events . |
| 15 | There was a strong belief that radio should not merely give prominence to the national leadership but also take measures to reduce foreign influence and content in its programmes . |
| 16 | There was a growing awareness that to be Latin rather than Anglo-Saxon should not necessarily imply inferiority . |
| 17 | To return to the internal structure of Mosca 's elite , it must also be emphasised that this organised elite should not only share attitudes on significant issues but should also be aware of doing so , otherwise they can not properly manage the affairs of state in a responsible and decisive manner . |
| 18 | Should not more secure units be available for those juveniles while they are on remand ? |
| 19 | The parole reforms will please the judges who believe time served should more closely reflect sentence given . |
| 20 | The neo-American model might be called the Thatcher-Reagan model , while the Rhine model should also properly include Japan along with Germany , the Benelux countries , Switzerland , Scandinavia and , arguably , Australia and New Zealand . |
| 21 | 1.4 We should now immediately take account of the fact that few words serve solely to identify entities that a speaker wishes to mention . |
| 22 | Some learning must surely also take place . |
| 23 | One should n't strictly include Erebus and Terror in the same chain as those of New Zealand — the gap is rather large — but they do bring us conveniently back to Antarctica , from where we began our journey of some 40,000 kilometres round the entire Pacific Ocean . |
| 24 | One simple rule to follow is that you should n't ever introduce matters which are not made perfectly clear in the course of the story . |
| 25 | There 's a clever girl clever girl You should n't really eat Polos like that though should you ? |
| 26 | It should n't really affect things er a lot it just makes things slightly more convenient . |
| 27 | Things like this should n't really surprise people because we have been telling them about what has been going on Down Under for years . ’ |
| 28 | Eggs can become poisoned , therefore eggs should no longer form part of a staple diet … ! |
| 29 | It demonstrates that there is a case for arguing that the child care system should no longer reinforce inequities but become a means of redressing them , and like improved health should see education as a proper means of laying foundations for the children 's futures . |
| 30 | Britain is at the stage when we must no longer expect sections of our land to be retained for the benefit of the few , when they could be used to provide jobs for the many . |