Example sentences of "that [pron] should [verb] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Anxious that nothing should disturb her aunt , Alexandra had the hens moved to a small paddock the far side of the stables so that their greedy shouting for breakfast could not be heard in the house .
2 Apart from the problem of dealing with large numbers of frightened refugees , there was also an election coming up on 10 May , and the political factions in the town were anxious that nothing should interfere with it , so there was a concerted effort to play down the possible risk .
3 ‘ I feel that nothing should come between brothers in a way that our situation is at , ’ Justin said .
4 But plans , such as Australia 's aim of 20 per cent cuts in carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2005 , mean that everyone should make that 20 per cent cut in the emissions they generate , directly and indirectly .
5 Some Conservative members of Parliament would like to retain its principle — that everyone should pay something .
6 Magical , mystical , fascinating and colourful , the culture and way of life in the Orient is so very different from our own that everyone should pay a visit at least once during their lifetime .
7 All political parties are agreed that everyone should pay towards council services if they can afford it .
8 We all recall that in the heyday of the poll tax the one principle that Ministers and Conservative Members were most reluctant to abandon was that everyone should pay something .
9 She was told that it was the law to pay the full amount and she must pay it in full , and her answer was that it was the law last year that everyone should pay their own bills , and what happened to them ?
10 For if there really is only one version of good primary practice then it becomes obvious that everyone should subscribe to it .
11 ‘ I should demand that everyone should account for their movements but , ’ he smiled thinly , ‘ in the main we all sleep alone and I have no authority to ask . ’
12 There 's a lesson here for the BBC or for any television organisation — and it 's important that everyone should get that lesson right .
13 It is one of Robin Child 's primary aims that everyone should learn to be visually literate , to learn to read a picture as they would a book .
14 It is so simple that everyone should understand it .
15 ‘ Mother Francis says we should have enquiring minds , that everyone should ask . ’
16 Antonio 's mother said : ‘ They shouted that everyone should lie down on the floor , that anyone who looked around would be killed … they tied up Antonio and grabbed my youngest son ( 16 year old Jose Custodio ) .
17 They believe that everyone should write as they do : not as well as they do , of course , but in the same fashion .
18 God 's intention is that everyone should enjoy the birthright of assurance .
19 We broadly support the notion that everyone should enjoy the right of access to the countryside , although we also believe that with rights come responsibilities .
20 I know there is a public perception that everyone should sell their shares at the first opportunity , but I think this could be a big mistake . ’
21 The Detailed Spectrum Investigation process is intended to ensure that everyone should derive maximum benefit from the limited radio spectrum resource .
22 Thus it seems that the only understanding that the persons in the original position can reach is that everyone should have the greatest equal liberty consistent with a similar liberty for others .
23 Its principal aim , according to Mellor is that there should be ‘ something for everyone in all parts of the country , and that everyone should have an opportunity to try something new and widen their horizons ’ .
24 While we all think that everyone should have unlimited access to public areas , we have to live in the real world and accept that all sports and hobbies are controlled in some way or other .
25 The aim is that there should be something for everybody in all parts of the country and that everyone should have an opportunity to try something new and widen their horizons . ’
26 It is right and proper that everyone should have the same opportunity , but this can be controlled by one officer in my belief .
27 I do n't think that everyone should like opera — obviously they wo n't .
28 In this period , the elderly experienced the tension of being ‘ non-productive ’ in a society which demanded that everyone should work and be productive .
29 Although there are girls who talk glibly of how they intend to reach the top of the women 's professional game by the age of 25 , and from there move on to marriage and a family , the Solheim Cup served as a salutary reminder that no-one should expect quick results .
30 He made sure he was not disturbed by putting on a red light outside his door — a signal to the staff that no-one should enter .
  Next page