Example sentences of "should [not/n't] be [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond the town , the old county boundary is crossed , Caithness being left for Sutherland , both of these ancient counties having now sadly lost their identities in the new-fangled administrative area known as the Highland Region — one hopes that Caithness will for ever remain Caithness and Sutherland Sutherland in the minds of Scotsmen : historical associations should not be trampled on by modern bureaucracy . |
| 2 | But if we are to move towards the maximum recycling of plastics , and the maximum environmental benefit , then food packaging should not be ruled out . |
| 3 | Notwithstanding some products marketed as sanitisers can be effective disinfectants when used as such and the use of sanitisers in some circumstances should not be ruled out . |
| 4 | Earlier , the Federal Reserve said that higher short-term interest rates , currently 3% , should not be ruled out . |
| 5 | And the view should not be ruled out too summarily that all our desires grow up from the fact that certain things have been found immediately pleasurable . |
| 6 | Such celebrations of our art should not be limited only to honouring great architects and their buildings , or listening to occasional lectures and debates , but should be a continuous function of our institute . |
| 7 | The Environment Committee had it 's last last meeting by a majority vote , made a decision that the proposed reductions in service for the Fire Service sh er er should not be gone ahead with and that and that issues around the should be looked at again at the . |
| 8 | It is essential that the decisions taken should not be based purely on narrow scientific considerations . |
| 9 | If the debtor is proposing to pay the petitioner his debt by instalments , the petition should not be adjourned indefinitely to see if the proposal is implemented . |
| 10 | The two countries finally agreed that the matter was an internal problem for the Papua New Guinea government and that it should not be raised officially at the Forum meeting . |
| 11 | But the figures should not be deployed too rigidly . |
| 12 | It has been suggested that now that unions ( and not merely officials ) may in certain circumstances be liable in damages for unlawful industrial action it is more likely that an employer will pursue his claim to a full trial and there is less reason to refuse an interlocutory injunction in trade dispute cases ; but it has also been said that the ‘ right to strike ’ is a valuable ( indeed essential ) element in the system of collective bargaining and that it ‘ should not be rendered less valuable than Parliament intended by too fanciful or ingenious a view of what might develop into a serious issue to be tried . ’ |
| 13 | However , this indeterminacy of meaning should not be pushed too far . |
| 14 | But the process of subdivision should not be pushed too far . |
| 15 | There is some truth in this argument , but it should not be pushed too far . |
| 16 | The class dimension should not be pushed too far , however . |
| 17 | Held , granting the application , that the coroner had wrongly precluded himself from considering whether the cause of death had been aggravated by lack of care ; that where the medical cause of death was accompanied by concurrent events which themselves might be a cause of death , there was a case for considering the death ‘ unnatural ’ within the meaning of section 8(1) ( a ) of the Coroners Act 1988 , and an inquest should be held ; that the statutory duty imposed by section 11(5) of the Act of 1988 to investigate how death occurred prevailed in any conflict with the provision in rule 42 of the Coroners Rules 1984 that verdicts should not be framed so as to appear to decide any issue of civil liability ; that it was in the public interest to investigate by means of an inquest whether the deceased 's death might have been avoided had an ambulance been available earlier ; and that , accordingly , the coroner 's decision not to hold an inquest would be quashed and an order of mandamus granted for an inquest to be held ( post , pp. 491E , H , 493C–D , E–F ) . |
| 18 | He was relying on the earlier case of Nichol v Martyn [ 1799 ] 2 Esp 732 , but in Wessex Dairies Ltd v Smith [ 1935 ] 2 KB 80 Maugham LJ cast doubt on both those judgments and so far as the modern law is concerned they should not be relied on to the extent that they indicate the employee can canvass or issue circulars to customers of his employer before he leaves . |
| 19 | However , Theo Waigel , the German Finance Minister , stressed that the criteria should not be applied mechanically , and that there should be " scope for political judgment " on whether a country was fit for full EMU . |
| 20 | The performance should not be accepted as good consideration , since , as it discharged the previous contract , it was not a detriment at all . |
| 21 | But my argument is that that culture should not be accepted uncritically . |
| 22 | Ideally , horses and donkeys should not be grazed together , but if they are , it is advisable to treat the donkeys , preferably in the spring , with a suitable anthelmintic . |
| 23 | A reference function means that the material should not be lent out . |
| 24 | Lord Denning suggested that the accountant 's responsibility should not be extended further to include strangers of whom he had no knowledge . |
| 25 | However , it should not be viewed simply as a means to control powerful printers . |
| 26 | The writers who have developed the systems approach , however , have been at pains to emphasise that organisations should not be viewed merely as closed systems ; to do this is to adopt a very static picture of how they operate ( Elliott , 1980 ) . |
| 27 | Would it be heresy to suggest that such a committee need not be composed entirely of educationists and should not be composed entirely of specialists in curriculum development . |
| 28 | However , it has become increasingly important , too , that borrowers should not be exploited unknowingly . |
| 29 | The " me-too " opportunity should not be ignored just because of its lack of creativity . |
| 30 | In conclusion , the decision to operate for suspected acute appendicitis should not be made hastily in the small hours of the morning . |