Example sentences of "should [not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is there any reason why I should not send you to prison for a very long time ’ |
| 2 | We should not do it for our sex . |
| 3 | Even so , these cautionary comments should not dislodge us from the main point . |
| 4 | This should not lead us in turn , however , to ignore the impact of industrialisation or more generally proletarianisation on sexual mores . |
| 5 | Some of these considerations are sometimes valid , and must be taken into account , but surely they should not excuse us from seeking out such evidence as does exist in relation to the period and style we are performing ? |
| 6 | They 're also on sale at the chemist 's with other formula milks , but you should not give them to your child without talking to your doctor or health visitor first to see if they 're suitable . |
| 7 | We should not advise him in what circumstances the claim would be covered under the policy . |
| 8 | Just as you should not overload your argument with cases , you should not load it with too many separate points of law . |
| 9 | But that should not stop them from checking all the same . |
| 10 | The nineties have yet to prove themselves a kinder and gentler decade , but that should not stop us from looking forward again . |
| 11 | But that should not stop us from recognising that things are very much better in the '90s than they were in the '70s . |
| 12 | It is because of this fact , that ‘ DEAC ’ the manufacturer states that if a battery is being discharged at the 110 rate you should not discharge it to a voltage of less than 1.1 volts per cell . |
| 13 | Should not drag her from that moment |
| 14 | Fear of failure should not deter you from trying . |
| 15 | Finally , the need for an audit should not deter you from considering an application for registration with the Charity Commission . |
| 16 | However , this should not deter you from at least being there just in case . |
| 17 | In one London clinic with thirty-five thousand patient visits in a year , only 30 lumbar punctures were performed , and so the prospect of this unreasonably unpopular test should not deter anyone from attending a clinic . |
| 18 | As a painting tutor , I was conscious that complete beginners may be a little overwhelmed by the sophistication of the written material — some of the thought and painting processes are quite advanced — but this should not prevent them from thoroughly enjoying this unique opportunity to ‘ look over the shoulder ’ of the experts . |
| 19 | Though debilitating , this should not prevent you from continuing . |
| 20 | Being infected should not add to her credibility , while not being so should not disqualify her from comment , she says . |
| 21 | But until you consider the amount of money tied up in County Farms , and the return it gives us , and the , the subsidy if you like of so few people , and you think that school ca n't have toilets and things like that , then these should all go into the decision making melting pot , and this council should not blind itself to the various options that there could be , and in those circumstances Mr I think should be allowed to explore the possibilities of the market . |
| 22 | The marketing of the man should not blind us to the fact that he is a great artist , unafraid of engaging mass culture . |
| 23 | In particular , the image of Germany epitomised by her most famous export , the Mercedes , as a country which is well built , reliable , and which performs well , should not blind us to the fact that the history of the Federal Republic has been a history of scandals , which have reached to the very highest echelons of power . |
| 24 | In his Collins lecture of 1984 he described the cultural authoritarianism of Samuel Johnson 's Dictionary of the English Language , whose acuity and precision of definition should not blind us to the fact that ‘ it accomplished the reduction of the language to the written and the written to the literary . ’ |
| 25 | Whether or not early retirement and high unemployment continue , however , they should not blind us to the need to consider other factors which influence our capacity to care for dependent populations . |
| 26 | But this contrast should not blind us to the fact that he could work with Henry to an extent that was impossible with Rufus . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the complexity imparted by the faithful physicalist version should not blind us to the features that distinguish the causal processes in the bees ' brains or whatever from those involved in the swelling after the swipe . |
| 28 | That such considerations have always existed should not blind us to their ‘ undesirable ’ effects ; however , that they have always existed also suggests that there may be no ‘ ideal ’ to which the press should aspire or indeed revert . |
| 29 | Differences in the content of thought , such as concern with witchcraft or with physics , should not blind us to similarities in the fundamental processes of thought . |
| 30 | However , while it is doubtless true that men pay an emotional price for the power they have , this should not blind us to the power and privileges from which they do benefit . |