Example sentences of "should [not/n't] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because generations of hard working and poorly-paid working people have shown enormous resilience and good humour in coping with substandard housing , polluted air , lifeless local rivers and streams and degraded surroundings , it does n't mean that efforts to improve air quality , the quality of rivers and also , no less , the quality of the surrounding landscape should not continue to be made with all the imagination and expertise the community has at its disposal . |
| 2 | Companies should not continue to be penalised by a reference to an inherent uncertainty in the auditors ' report when the directors have given it prominent and full disclosure . |
| 3 | We who teach should not expect to be valued as ‘ professionals ’ if we can not be trusted . |
| 4 | The doctor should not expect to be able to direct and support patients and carers in all their needs . |
| 5 | In a clamp-down on crime , the Home Secretary has said that offenders cautioned by police should not expect to be given a second chance . |
| 6 | On the rates charged by the ECGD , my hon. Friend will be aware that it is necessary to strike a balance between the national interest in providing ECGD cover for capital goods exports and the interest of the taxpayer that that should not prove to be too expensive . |
| 7 | First , the voice should not need to be helped . |
| 8 | Teachers should not seek to be involved in every aspect of the school — administrative/clerical , catering and many aspects of the pastoral function should be contracted out to specialist providers . |
| 9 | They should not try to be fair to other countries . |
| 10 | He said I had probably done all I could ( little did he know ) , but that no one was omnipotent and I should not try to be for Jean-Claude what Maman had been — and still was , to some extent . |
| 11 | If that is support for an industry , I should not like to be part of an industry that the Government were against . |
| 12 | This type of linguistic material is sometimes described as ‘ performance-data ’ and may contain features such as hesitations , slips , and non-standard forms which a linguist like Chomsky ( 1965 ) believed should not have to be accounted for in the grammar of a language . |
| 13 | ( symbolic action should not have to be explained ! ) |
| 14 | I 've always thought you are what you are and you should n't pretend to be anyone else . |
| 15 | It 's a bad time , admitted , there 's truth in that , but I should n't choose to be out of it . |
| 16 | Obviously you need to appeal to the Regional Committee if as a branch you 're not happy , but this rule should n't need to be bent , we should have one that is ours to be used for branches , the General Secretary himself says that it 's happened on several occasions so let's be a real trade union , not one that borrows from Peter to pay Paul , let's have a proper rule for branches . |
| 17 | The management should n't try to be one of the boys . ’ |
| 18 | A man as big as Steen should n't have to be involved with little second-rate crooks like Bill Sweet . |
| 19 | She should n't have to be bothered . |
| 20 | well that is a problem we all have to suffer Jan , erm and this shipment , this really should n't have to be more than ten or fifteen minutes work with you and Marty |
| 21 | Well at your age you should have a hankie with you , you should n't have to be told ! |
| 22 | ‘ I should n't like to be able to do that . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Should n't like to be in his shoes ! ’ |