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

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1 It is clear that we should not be led astray by glamorous starlets .
2 Whilst , however , it clearly follows that we have jurisdiction to entertain this application , it is a good deal less clear that we should be prepared to do so .
3 With hindsight , it is clear that we should have taken very much more serious and careful account of the character of our intake in those years .
4 Let us be clear that we should not think merely of the Europe of the Twelve .
5 It makes it quite clear that we should be in charge of the tool .
6 Coun Jim Knowles said : ‘ We all knew that this proposal would not go through , and it is now clear that we should not be pursuing a policy of closing schools . ’
7 There was a finding that the contractors were at fault with regard to the old shafts , but it is not clear that they should have realised that their conduct would affect the plaintiff 's land and even if this had been the case there would have been a serious issue at that times whether the defendant was liable for the negligence of his contractor .
8 The deputation which arrived soon after the unfortunate events that attended their arrival had made it quite clear that he should not surrender such precious captives .
9 Following the discovery of surface dyslexia , it became clear that there should also exist another form of acquired dyslexia in which the ability to use assembled phonology was lost , while the ability to read a word via addressed phonology was intact .
10 I make it clear that there should be no place for racially motivated attacks in our country .
11 If we are right in regarding it as the single most important area in which independence is prized and which also causes major distress for carers , it seems clear that it should be a priority in health and social services provision .
12 . We are clear that it should not be used as a punishment or as a deterrent , and we think that there should always be an alternative task available for men for whom stone-breaking is unsuitable . ’
13 Kate had told him that at present there were only women in the house and it seemed sensible that he should have a woman with him , particularly as it was Kate who had first broken the news .
14 Now , if a vast majority likes to base its fashion garmentry on what the American road worker is wearing this year , it seems only sensible that it should base its fashion vehicle on what he is driving .
15 I thought it was improper that it should be used .
16 A member of a board , although not affected by one of the statutory disqualifications above mentioned , may be so closely associated with the subject-matter of the proceedings as to make it improper that he should act and vote as a member of the board in connection with them .
17 The connection was especially good , almost as if they were face to face , and Zen found himself resentful that he should be deprived of the usual screen of interference on an occasion when he could find nothing to say .
18 Since such fraudulent claimants are not actually unemployed , it is wrong that they should be counted as so .
19 He pointed to the important public role occupied by universities and submitted that it was wrong that they should be immune from the general law of the land : ‘ There must be no Alsatia in England where the King 's writ does not run ’ : per Scrutton L.J .
20 For once I drank no wine with my meal ; it would have helped considerably , if I had but known , but it seemed wrong that one should need artificial stimulus .
21 The government had concluded ‘ that it is quite wrong that we should build up artificial hopes ’ by allowing boat people to remain in the colony in the belief that they would be resettled .
22 England hooker Brian Moore believes the squad must think again , insisting : ‘ It is wrong that we should be portrayed as money-grabbers .
23 It is wrong that we should have to reply on voluntary information in such an extremely important matter .
24 You think it was wrong that he should have been prosecuted and the person who damaged his car should not ?
25 ‘ I believe that it is quite wrong that you should refuse this reasonable request and I regret to say that your attitude is all too typical of the secretive nature of British government , which cries out for reform . ’
26 Again Beth hesitated , thinking it wrong that she should use this lovely girl in order to lessen her own burden .
27 Er I thought that it was wrong that she should , as everybody knows .
28 Just as it 's wrong that there should be so few women M Ps .
29 Those Georgian buildings were slums ; we felt it was wrong that anyone should have to live in them .
30 It was a matter of pride , of principle , among the faithful that it should be held .
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