Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] should [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a distaste for gossip should not be construed as a total reluctance to express the truth about another person 's behaviour when no possible alternative exists as a way of defending myself . |
| 2 | Applications for asylum should not be accepted from nationals of certain countries . |
| 3 | The speed of change should not be exaggerated . |
| 4 | In every situation the possibility of resistance should not be overlooked . |
| 5 | But making a fuss of Mum should n't be restricted to just one day of the year ! |
| 6 | Such criteria of vulnerability should not be built-in by the programmer . |
| 7 | An unarmed cleric must not be harmed ; but no more should women , children or old men , and even students travelling to their place of study should not be molested or put to ransom . |
| 8 | The significance of career advancement in driving research is evident enough , but the use of knowledge in determining the shape of research should not be overlooked . |
| 9 | Brussels , in its infinite wisdom , has decided ( for the moment at least ) that the standard for fittings should not include either dimensions or strength ; and the supreme importance of the god of uniformity should not be left in operation to cover these aspects . |
| 10 | In one recent debate , five Law Lords , in an unprecedented way , spoke against a legislative proposal which provided that in assessing damages payable to a widow on the death of her husband , her remarriage or prospects of remarriage should not be taken into account . |
| 11 | The work of discourse analysis also shows that the denials of prejudice should not be dismissed so facilely , as lacking social significance . |
| 12 | ‘ The first point of reference should not be the interests of the state or of national security , but to the human person . ’ |
| 13 | The sanctity of marriage should not be transgressed , and adulterers stand the risk of being stoned … and vice versa . |
| 14 | Chancellor Kohl said that Germany would remain a " nation of friendship for foreigners " but stressed that the right of asylum should not be abused , a point which he again emphasized on Oct. 13 when he described those who attacked foreigners as " fools and criminals " bringing shame on Germany . |
| 15 | The positive value of exercise should not be under-estimated . |
| 16 | In both cases the limitations of vocabulary should not be seen necessarily to imply any lack of ability for abstract thought : these animals are using an alien tool to communicate with a species ( us ) whose intellectual make-up is quite alien to them , so it is hardly surprising that there are comparatively few areas of common ground that can be described using human words . |
| 17 | Children who have been victims of abuse should not be further abused by the system . ’ |
| 18 | In a civilized world , hours of work should not be continually excessive . |
| 19 | The Royal Commission on Legal Services concluded that this sort of work should not be part of the responsibilities of the citizens ' law centres that were proposed . |
| 20 | The ‘ pro-Zionism ’ of Vanguard should not be accepted without enquiring whether the rhetoric of ‘ pro-Zionism ’ might be a specific strategy for a particular argument , rather than a constant rhetoric . |
| 21 | The persuasion rests on the assumptions that the forms of consultation practised and of participation prompted by the best employers are a measure of industrial democracy , but not enough : that the representation of employees on company boards is necessary to establish complete industrial democracy ; that total industrial democracy , in this prescription , will so far improve industrial efficiency as to benefit materially the general interest ; and that the implicit loss or diminution of the rights of ownership should not be allowed to preclude the realisation of that benefit . |
| 22 | If , however , I omit to do something with the result that it suffers injury to health which results in death , we think that a charge of manslaughter should not be an inevitable consequence , even if the omission is deliberate . |
| 23 | The IASC Board reconsidered the LIFO issue at its June meeting this year in the light of comments received on E 38 , and tentatively agreed that the use of LIFO should not be permitted . |
| 24 | The IASC Board tentatively agreed in June that the use of LIFO should not be permitted |
| 25 | For this reason in the downswing of the cycle , the sources for an increase in severity of punishment should not be sought either in specific ‘ economic ’ functions , such as the control of an increasing mass of the unemployed , or in specific motives of individual agents of social control , such as the common belief that unemployment causes crime . |
| 26 | Opponents also argued that open space in the centre of town should not be used up and suggested re-siting the complex on former industrial land . |
| 27 | It is , of course , important to remind ourselves that the Council went out of its way , for instance , to reiterate that it was in no way contradicting Vatican I and instances of contradiction should not be lightly proposed . |
| 28 | ‘ In the search for alternative fuels , ’ argues Dent , ‘ the potential value of waste should n't be ignored . |
| 29 | However , this indeterminacy of meaning should not be pushed too far . |
| 30 | The likelihood of delay should not be underestimated . |