Example sentences of "[adv] should [not/n't] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an approach attempts to reduce air pollution to the greatest extent possible with the practical methods available , but maintains that the cost of doing so should not be unreasonable . |
| 2 | To make the most of the light coming through the window — which preferably should not be direct sunlight — seat the letter writers to face diagonally onto the window so that they are attractively cross-lit . |
| 3 | I really should not be surprised by this , thought McAllister , fuming . |
| 4 | Tamati has taken on a lot but life from here should not be dull for Salford 's long-suffering support . |
| 5 | I think the the key point about patriotism is one reason why perhaps people in , in Britain and so on should n't be patriotic too , but if you see the rather cynical attitude of the Western countries towards recent events , not just in Russia but right across the Eastern block , very good example was condemned , erm but when , following the massacres erm , the West has gone on to sort of do deals with the winners and cultivate links er with the people responsible for that massacre , the killing of the Soviet Union went the other way and consequently erm that 's where you know Western resources are directed . |
| 6 | The argument that cheaper labour costs force manufacture abroad should not be acceptable to us as prospective purchasers . |
| 7 | Above all , he insisted sternly , ‘ The mother of young children is not free , or at least should not be free , to earn . ’ |
| 8 | It had to have a break in it somewhere , but it too should n't be obvious from the outside . |
| 9 | As a matter of principle this seems excessively hard on third parties ; the buffer stock Manager was known publicly to be the representative of the International Tin Council , there was reliance upon this by the third parties and the States therefore should not be able later to deny their involvement . |