Example sentences of "the [noun sg] should [not/n't] be " in BNC.

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1 are seen as a whole , and the unity should not be destroyed .
2 Perhaps the practitioner conducting the trial should not be the patient 's own doctor .
3 The creditor should not be taken in so doing to have assumed a duty of care .
4 If the aim of the rules of the road is to protect safety , and if the driver broke those rules in a way which may be labelled ‘ reckless ’ , then the risk has been taken and the sentence should not be affected significantly by the materialization or non-materialization of the risk .
5 If a total of less than 1% of the population is undefined then the errors are unlikely to be great , but the reliability of the moments decreases sharply as the proportions of undefined materials increases , and the technique should not be used with a higher proportion of unknowns notwithstanding the convenience and availability of pocket calculators suitable to perform the arithmetic .
6 They were opposed by Anthony Cary , Lord Falkland , a Tory , who argued that the throne should not be filled until Parliament had decided what powers to give the Crown , so that " we may secure ourselves from Arbitrary Government " , although in this he was supported by radical Whigs such as Wildman .
7 ( 5 ) that the spending plans submitted should fall within the guidelines described earlier in that the money should not be spent on sets of textbooks , nor for the furnishing or decoration of premises , and that no more than 20% should be allocated to non-book resources
8 ( 6 ) that the spending plans should be realistic in the impact they will make in any particular curriculum area ( e.g that the money should not be so thinly spread across departments as to be unlikely to influence significantly the work of any one of them )
9 The publicans say the brewery should n't be penalising them when the recession is to blame .
10 In its response , the Scottish Institute also says that the OFR should not be voluntary , and recommends that , after five years , the requirement to prepare an OFR should become part of The Stock Exchange 's continuing obligations .
11 If the condition was mild , then the damage should not be lasting , but every delay increased the stress on Faye 's kidneys … and on the rest of her body .
12 The parallel should not be taken too far , however .
13 Some of these opinions can be seen reflected in the behaviour of skins , but the parallel should not be taken too far .
14 However , the accent should not be on censorship or prescription , but on the encouragement of an enlightened attitude to the treatment of race and sex in books .
15 In each and every case the consent of either party to the contract should not be unreasonably withheld .
16 Er my Noble my Right Honourable Friend did take account of that and he did agree that hereafter the appointment of the Chairman should not be an appointment made by the Home Secretary , but that shou he should be one made by the full authority and that has I 'm glad to say met with with approval .
17 The Circular points out that the decision should not be taken as sanctioning such advice given to such girls by teachers .
18 The drain should not be covered over by backfilling the trench until the test has been completed .
19 The manufacturers plan to emphasize their earlier warning to doctors that the drug should not be given to patients allergic to aspirin or other non-steroid anti inflamatory inflammatory drugs .
20 Although there may be some ‘ suspicion and distrust ’ between the two sections of the professional-managerial class , the Ehrenreichs stress that the division should not be exaggerated .
21 Yet at some time in the days after its surrender to 5 Corps , the decision had been taken that the division should not be repatriated , although no formal record of how or why this happened seems to have survived .
22 Perhaps it was better that we did not meet ; the coin should n't be allowed to see its other side .
23 He may have brought only dishonour to the name of the county but his involvement in the massacre should not be forgotten .
24 The report suggested that it was not the ultimate loser 's fault that the judge at first instance and the Court of Appeal did not get the right answers , and that the loser should not be liable for the appellate costs .
25 If it is imperative that the budget should not be exceeded , the contingency should be adequate to cover all possibilities .
26 The Queen who gave it to Andy and Fergie as a wedding present has made it clear to her advisors that the Duchess should not be forced to leave , as long as the she adheres to her agreement not to talk about the marriage break up .
27 The Loss Adjuster and the branch should not be afraid to challenge the proposed course of remedial work where the Consulting Engineers are recommending remedial work which appears to be well in excess of what is required to stabilise the property .
28 The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole , and also no attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul , and therefore if the head and body are to be well you must begin by curing the mind : that is the first thing … .
29 The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole .
30 The hole is necessary for the pump to operate , but the lower side of the diaphragm should not be open to the crankcase .
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