Example sentences of "could [conj] should " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he said Labour did not agree that Britain could or should abandon development , either for itself or for the developing world . |
| 2 | The idea of a God-given nature and destiny had the corollary that nothing so essentially predetermined could or should ever change . |
| 3 | The case turns on whether he could or should have seen the case in the back of the lorry when he was lacing it up . |
| 4 | The courts have made clear on several occasions that section 76 lays down a ‘ general principle ’ of parental choice which is only one of a number of factors to which an LEA could or should have regard when exercising their functions . |
| 5 | The notion that money alone could or should buy things — like privilege , or secondary-school places ( whether at Public School or not ) , or priority of treatment correspondingly diluted . |
| 6 | Team appraisal thus involves sharing with colleagues your own strengths and weaknesses and what you and they think could or should be done about them . |
| 7 | the debate which loomed large in Victorian society as to whether strict respect for the Sabbath could or should be enforced by law . |
| 8 | The analysis reveals the information that could or should exist if the model is a fair reflection of the real world activity . |
| 9 | Having achieved a reasonably acceptable summary of information needs , there was a great deal of head scratching and heated discussion about how this could or should be used . |
| 10 | How this could or should affect the political decision about banning lead in petrol is not a question which I am competent to answer ; it involves too many non-scientific aspects . |
| 11 | The argument was partly about nationalism — there were those who resented the fact that the country 's most prestigious and successful newspaper belonged to a foreign company and was edited by a European — but , more importantly , it was also about the degree of freedom which could or should be permitted . |
| 12 | Similarly , when we turn to care at home , it is not clear that if the costs of such support were to exceed those of residential care , they could or should be met . |
| 13 | No one could or should pretend that nursing in the future will resemble nursing in the past . |
| 14 | Nonetheless , the public preference approach is not without its problems , notably how to assess people 's preferences , and whether a consensus could or should be achieved . |
| 15 | While this may provide some justification for ensuring that the decision-maker indicates what was the factual basis for his action , we should be extremely wary of developing review of facts upon the premise that all such material could or should be considered . |
| 16 | Clearly , the precise types of workers who could or should be termed ‘ employees ’ for the purpose of the statute was a matter on which opinion could differ . |
| 17 | It is true to say that the ‘ reforms ’ have been taking place along several different tracks at the same time , and it would be simplistic to suppose that the single element called ‘ case management ’ could or should be expected to ‘ make the difference ’ in isolation from other aspects of the reforms . |
| 18 | The CBI report ’ Competing with the World 's Best ’ rejected the notion that the Government could or should ’ be in the business of picking winners , or of engaging in direct intervention in the strategic direction and management of companies ’ . |
| 19 | The CBI report ’ Competing with the World 's Best ’ rejected the notion that Government could or should ’ be in the business of picking winers , or of engaging in direct intervention in the strategic direction and management of companies ’ . |
| 20 | Certainly neither Attlee nor Bevin took account of those in the Labour party who suggested that Britain could or should pursue a " socialist " foreign policy , nor did they accept the claims of the Labour left that the United States was more aggressive than the USSR . |
| 21 | It would be illusory , and dangerous , though , to imagine that there could or should be real partnership . |
| 22 | Also exempt would be a contract which could or should have been governed by one of the systems of law in the UK , where s 27(2) ( b ) does not apply , and the parties have chosen a foreign proper law for a genuine reason other than evasion of the UCTA ( eg because the other party was a foreigner who insisted on using the law of his own jurisdiction as the governing law of the contract ) . |
| 23 | Both at home on Saturday and both could or should win . |
| 24 | During some of the earlier programmes in this series , the question of how far parents could or should be involved in their children 's education was raised . |
| 25 | Before the massacre , he had allowed Hong Kong 's sympathies for the Peking protests to flow freely , judging that demonstrations could and should be allowed to proceed without police interference . |
| 26 | If more output is obtained from the same manpower — which it is here contended could and should happen — then the allocation of resources so far as manpower is concerned will be unaffected . |
| 27 | Balcon took Hitchcock 's departure hard , as well as that of another protégé , Robert Stevenson , feeling it reduced the chances of realizing his conviction that ‘ London could and should be the capital of the film world . ’ |
| 28 | That is , they believed that the civil state could and should be used to enforce religious conformity . |
| 29 | When persecution died down , many wished for restoration , and there were sharp disagreements about the terms , conditions , and proper authority under which restoration could and should be granted . |
| 30 | At two and a quarter hours it will test the bladder control of the average child , and some scenes could and should have been shorter . |