Example sentences of "should [not/n't] be " in BNC.

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31 Room is obviously important when the ballerina is wearing a tutu , whose shape should not be distorted by a collision between the partners .
32 That in the interests of consumer awareness , advertisers should not be allowed to imply that beers are brewed at locations other than true point of origin .
33 They should not be ‘ brushed out ’ in the same manner , but applied fairly liberally across the grain and then the brush should be drawn lightly along the surface with the grain .
34 Clear gloss varnishes should not be stirred or shaken before use , as this would cause air bubbles to form which would might spoil the appearance of the varnish .
35 The tool is supplied without a plug , but the lead is a generous 4m ( 13ft 1½in ) of rubber-covered flex so there should not be too much need for trailing extension leads .
36 Nails should penetrate about 10mm into solid masonry and should not be driven into mortar joints .
37 The magnitudes of these two readings should not be the same , if the zero-offset has been set correctly .
38 However , it should not be viewed simply as a means to control powerful printers .
39 This seems to indicate that the igfet should not be of much use and , indeed , this is the case at low frequencies of operation .
40 Most of them are produced by women , who provide insights that come from relating female experience to a body of writing ; logically , there is no reason why these insights should not be available to male critics with the right sympathies and sensibility , but in practice most of this criticism is by women .
41 Her assumptions are broadly Crocean ; value appeared in the individual 's response to the particular work , but should not be erected into hierarchies , and the reader should cultivate ‘ the receptiveness and disinterestedness which are the conditions of aesthetic experience . ’
42 Above all , they should not be imposed and regulated by a central power .
43 There is no reason why American poetry , or poetry from other anglophone literatures , should not be read , given a minimal amount of culture and contextual instruction ( which may also be needed , of course , in the reading of English poems ) .
44 Pound 's point , of course , in these essays reprinted from magazines and from earlier collections like Pavannes & Divisions ( 1918 ) or Instigations ( 1920 ) , is that these matters that we think of as recondite should not be so regarded .
45 Already in 1928 he was protesting that his own pronouncements at the time of the Imagist manifesto were tailored to the specific needs of 1914 , and should not be taken as binding fourteen years later .
46 This point should not be pushed to perversity : the IMF is still clear that a US-style deficit is worse , and it certainly is not being quickly corrected .
47 But these protests should not be aimed at the Vice Chancellors .
48 It is essential that the modern Labour Party should not be in hock to the unions .
49 Mrs Winterton said letters should not be sent to the ‘ converted ’ who might find them an irritant , suggesting a change of tactics since the campaign over the Alton Bill .
50 He is described as 5ft 10ins , slimly built , with a fresh complexion and ginger hair , and should not be approached if sighted , police said .
51 Sir Derek believes he should not be held to blame since the fraud occurred in the accounts of International Signal and Control , which had received a ‘ clean ’ audit when Ferranti bought the company two years ago .
52 There was , therefore , great concern that PCBs should not be subject to inadequate heat treatment .
53 ‘ Catholics should not be demonstrative in welcoming the Pope .
54 He rejected claims that clubs like Birmingham should not be allocated fixtures in resort times at attractive weekends like the present Blackpool illuminations season .
55 He argues that the small firms sector is particularly well situated to benefit from the wider enterprise opportunities offered by the single market and should not be tied down by EC red tape .
56 Mr Kinnock is correct to insist that fundamental changes in the voting system should not be undertaken for short-term , tactical reasons .
57 Therefore they should not be used together in the same word .
58 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 .
59 ‘ There should not be any private schools .
60 Certainly censorship should not be allowed to masquerade as virtuous compromise , but nor should commitment to free speech go unexamined .
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