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

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1 In that last respect , however , they were like practically everyone else on the island , which may in itself be a reason why we should not be quick to decide that their behaviour lacked political significance , and consisted of antics .
2 It took me a long time to accept the fact that now I should not be killed — that I should be one of the survivors .
3 The mythical value of the siege for the construction of protestant — loyalist hegemony should not be underrated .
4 The importance of the protestant variant should not be underestimated given the extent of religious practice and the power of religious men within the protestant — loyalist bloc and the grave importance of conceiving of one 's position as absolutely irreproachable , depending as it does on a divine source .
5 Boys and girls should not be on the road after dark .
6 All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry .
7 There is of course no logical reason why things should be different this time , wrote Harsnet , why this too should not be an illusion , the illusion of imagining that I know not only what step to take first but also what step to take second and even what step to take third .
8 My feeling now that top panel should not be touched .
9 Similarly , stainless steel cutlery should not be left overnight in dishwashers .
10 It should not be despised , Bombay talkies , any more than Mizoguchi despised the melodrama he took from the Kabuki theatre .
11 Obviously , if you have a heavy cold , a headache , are suffering from lack of sleep or are jet lagged , you should not be flying .
12 However they should not be a worry for a pilot who is well trained , and who keeps in practice and thinks about the conditions before each flight .
13 The ‘ too fast ’ signal should not be given until the glider is well up into the climb and putting a load onto the cable .
14 The glider should not be steepened up or levelled out immediately after leaving the ground .
15 Being able to land safely in fields should be one of the ultimate aims in glider pilot training and it should not be left to the pilot to decide for himself when he is competent to fly across country .
16 The regularity of your periods should not be affected , but some bleeding may occur after the fitting or between periods , especially at first .
17 Given this premise , we should not be surprised to find the police are in the forefront of support for proposals such as the introduction of identity cards ; it was not surprising to find the 1988 Superintendents ' Association conference not only supporting this motion , but arguing for the creation of twenty-four hour armed patrols throughout the country and making a plea for a national motorway squad .
18 However , they should not be over-used or applied anywhere near the face .
19 His tribute was meant for Alex and Mary McLaggan , but as he sang he half turned towards Jean , he could not keep his look away from her , and as the words enveloped her she felt herself choking in a warm cocoon , her cheeks burned unbearably , he should not be doing this , it was too much in front of so many friends and strangers .
20 Later the legends and stories with which she had grown up would be added to them — stories of astonishing miracles and heroic adventures , by which she and her father , Solomon Klinitsky-Klein — whose influence on Leonard should not be overlooked — fired his imagination and stimulated his ideas .
21 But it should not be taken too literally .
22 ( But we should understand that ‘ complaint ’ is part of the Tradition , and should not be interpreted as merely personal affront : it is a valid and recommended part of Jewish expression . )
23 Why , in other words , should perception be of the perceived object rather than any other object in the causal chain further back in the causal chain ; why every perception should not be of the Big Bang that started off the Universe .
24 The routine should not be attempted by anyone with a heart condition or high blood pressure .
25 It should be stressed that these increases should not be attempted unless you are finding the original routine fairly easy .
26 You may not receive any extra money if you or your spouse already receive a state benefit , and your taxable earnings should not be more than £30 per week after the deduction of reasonable expenses .
27 For example if a person who has £3,000 capital receives a monthly pension of £200 paid into their bank account , this should not be assessed as an increase in savings unless it remains unspent at the time the next payment is due .
28 For example , in 1976 a White Paper on transport policy issued by the then Labour Government , stated that inter-urban passenger transport in Britain should not be subsidised .
29 It should not be necessary to compile long programme notes , except perhaps in those cases where a poem is being interpreted ( see page 28 ) .
30 But such a situation should not be allowed to occur because any casualness in the ballerina 's behaviour destroys any attempt to convey style in the classical manner .
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