Example sentences of "a [noun sg] should [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court held that such a provision should not be implied . |
| 2 | The court held that such a provision should not be implied . |
| 3 | The extent of this immunity was stated most widely in Duncan v. Cammel Laird ( H. L. , 1942 ) , where a claim by the Admiralty that documents relating to the construction of a submarine should not be disclosed , was upheld . |
| 4 | Such a decision should not be taken timidly . |
| 5 | The meaning of a sentence should not be allowed to depend on punctuation . |
| 6 | California 's philosophy underpinning its seismic codes holds that a building should not be damaged in a minor quake , should suffer no more than minor structural damage in a moderate quake and not collapse in a major quake . |
| 7 | She feels that exhortations are fine but the real purpose of a writer should not be dissolved in the political ideas of the time . |
| 8 | Finding a buyer should not be difficult ! |
| 9 | But the rule was confirmed by the Criminal Law Revision Committee in 1980 , on the ground that a defendant should not be left in peril of a homicide conviction indefinitely . |
| 10 | ( 5 ) It will be helpful if the announcement of the offer can coincide with positive public relations coverage for the offeror. ( 6 ) Ideally , a bid should not be announced at a time when it will have a reduced impact ( eg on a day which is expected to be dominated by other major financial news or company announcements ) . |
| 11 | the court of appeal held that foster parents of a child , scalded when she put her foot under hot running water , were not negligent.the majority view was that a parent should not be responsible for unforeseeable accidents of the type which occur in the best homes . |
| 12 | If careful investigation reveals a secure and successful domestic situation , then there should be no reason why a child should not be adopted and raised by the couple . |
| 13 | It would be almost impossible to ban such remarks in a court of law , but there is no reason why a judge should not be empowered to say that , in an appropriate case , the name of the person maligned should not be repeated in the press . |
| 14 | A judge should not be seen as a witness who held himself capable of comparing handwriting and reached conclusions of the comparisons . |
| 15 | A tampon should not be used again without a doctor 's consent . |
| 16 | There is always the chance that the company will not give honest answers but the extent to which debtor dishonesty is a danger should not be exaggerated . |
| 17 | Publishing the prices once the sales are completed also raises problems of commercial confidentiality because the companies involved may be concerned that the price they paid for a business should not be revealed to their competitors . |
| 18 | This example suggests that having such a membership should not be a pre-requisite of representativeness , but it may be a relevant factor to take into account . |
| 19 | The contributions of family members who live at a distance should not be under-estimated . |
| 20 | The general opinion amongst Central Authorities is that a request should not be rejected on this ground ; and this appears to accord with the views expressed in the House of Lords in the Westinghouse case . |
| 21 | Goldstein argues that if a patient is capable of consenting to ordinary therapy , and if both incarceration and experimental surgery are approved social practices , a person should not be denied the choice . |
| 22 | A person should not be forced to incriminate himself . |
| 23 | I for my part can not see why , subject to compliance with the proviso , a person should not be liable to be extradited under the terms of the Treaty if he was party to a crime committed in Sweden , such as , for example , the importation of drugs into Sweden , even if he was not himself in Sweden at the time of the importation . |
| 24 | There is no reason why a policeman should not be regarded as the victim of this conduct . |
| 25 | The justification is that a respondent should not be put at further risk of costs by virtue of the Revenue 's wish to have final authority on some aspect of taxation law , which will inevitably be of general application . |
| 26 | The preparation of a claim should not be the chore that it so often becomes . |
| 27 | Such a policy should not be endorsed . |
| 28 | But it was essential for the beneficiaries to insist that such a policy should not be stultified by plunder , wanton destruction , reckless deployment of military force and general contempt for the welfare of the provincials . |
| 29 | But until changes in the registration of women 's occupation were introduced in 1986 there was a major difference between men and women : ‘ At the registration of the death of a child … the instructions to the registrars specify that the occupation … of a woman should not be recorded unless she has been in employment for most of her adult life . ’ |
| 30 | He proposed that a prosecution should not be started or continued unless a prosecutor was satisfied there was reliable evidence and kept evidence under review . |