Example sentences of "should not [vb infin] [pers pn] " 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 | A tough looker is not necessarily a tough fighter , and we should not do him the favour of allowing his warpaint to add to our problems . |
| 3 | We should not do it for our sex . |
| 4 | Essentially they should not do it it unless absolutely necessary . |
| 5 | Even so , these cautionary comments should not dislodge us from the main point . |
| 6 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ I thought — any man would have thought — that if I did n't look for knowledge , good family , and wealth in a wife , if I sacrificed all that , I would be sure of finding a country girl who was at least pure … but … but I should not accuse you . ’ |
| 7 | The fact that the government pays the compensation should not lead us to think of the government as an ordinary defendant . |
| 8 | This should not lead us in turn , however , to ignore the impact of industrialisation or more generally proletarianisation on sexual mores . |
| 9 | As we pointed out then , although a stretch of discourse can appear to be largely concerned with a single individual , or one discourse subject , so that the discourse may be loosely reported as being ‘ about ’ that individual , this should not lead us to claim that all discourses are about single individuals or can be given convenient one-word titles . |
| 10 | However , the fact that the defence may resort to procedural tactics or that the weakness of some investigations may become apparent under re-investigation should not lead us to reject a formal mechanism of quality control . |
| 11 | But that should not lead us to assume that the same holds for the externalities identified here . |
| 12 | The existence of judicial balancing should not lead us to conclude that all such balancing is necessarily premised on the same assumptions . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | It should not betray it any further by building new architectural history . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The Minister should not give us that disingenuous stuff about new equity , which is not meant to assist with buying Scottish Bus Group companies . |
| 17 | They should not think her a woman who had let herself go . |
| 18 | The Americans are telling East Europeans that they should not think they can join NATO — that would break the ‘ do n't gloat ’ rule — and they do not mean to imply , either , that NATO 's security perimeter has been extended to the Soviet-Polish border . |
| 19 | Mr Justice Drake used this power to full in summing up in the Donovan case , warning the jurors that they should not think they had to ‘ fix sums with lots of noughts on the end because it 's fashionable ’ . |
| 20 | Miss Cress should not think she had let things go . |
| 21 | There is good reason why we should not speak ill of the dead but no good reason why we should not think it , if it seems to be necessary . |
| 22 | ‘ You should not think you have the Merkuts to thank for your freedom , ’ Jehan said conversationally . |
| 23 | On the facts of this case it is not necessary for me to decide whether that view is right or wrong , and I should not decide it ; the point should be left open for full argument in a case where it is necessary to the decision . |
| 24 | We should not advise him in what circumstances the claim would be covered under the policy . |
| 25 | Just as you should not overload your argument with cases , you should not load it with too many separate points of law . |
| 26 | But that should not stop them from checking all the same . |
| 27 | The nineties have yet to prove themselves a kinder and gentler decade , but that should not stop us from looking forward again . |
| 28 | But that should not stop us from recognising that things are very much better in the '90s than they were in the '70s . |
| 29 | That , though , should not stop us losing sight of the partiality of single disciplines . |
| 30 | Your new regime should not stop you socializing or from accepting food from others . |