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

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1 Loopholes , omissions or ambiguities should not be exploited to gain an advantage incompatible with the effective control of risk .
2 The stock room or warehouse should not be damp , or very hot/cold ; it should be kept clean and tidy ( dusty packets and rusty tins are not saleable ) .
3 The language of rights , legitimate expectations or privileges should not be elevated to any higher status .
4 the size of herds or flocks should not be detrimental to the animals , behaviour patterns , ie. they should not be lonely or under severe stress
5 There seems to be no reason why the attempts to serve the defendant before applying for substituted service on his insurers or MIB should not be by post , but it is probably safer to try personal service .
6 Many authors have suggested that single measures of input or output should not be used in evaluating research groups , institutions , or nations .
7 It is this balance of power with governors which perhaps most intensely tests the management capacity of a head in relation to other teachers , but at the same time the power of teachers themselves to convert policies which are handed down from above into classroom practice by means of adaptation , domestication or subversion should not be overlooked ( Shipman 1990:156 — 7 ) .
8 Drugs used to control specific symptoms such as asthma or hay-fever should not be used routinely during the diet — only use them if they are actually needed .
9 The implication for teaching is that texts or situations should not be devised where only the next level of ‘ difficulty ’ is provided , since these are not necessary .
10 The amount attributed to equity shares or warrants should not be subsequently adjusted to reflect changes in the value of the shares or warrants .
11 There was no duress in a sense of an actual or threatened interference with the person or property of Woolwich as occurred in many of the cases ( though I am of the view that the notion of duress or coercion should not be narrowly confined ) .
12 PAYMENT FOR ARTICLES Payments or offers of payment for stories , pictures or information should not be made to witnesses or potential witnesses in current criminal proceedings or to people engaged in crime or their associates except where the material concerned ought to be published in the public interest , and the payment is necessary to enable this to be done .
13 This rule seems to be a hangover from the time when the only remedies available under Ord. 53 were the prerogative orders : these are not available against contractual bodies , but there seems no good reason of policy or principle why a declaration or injunction should not be sought against such a body under Ord. 53 .
14 I do nt think anyone would argue that Strach should nt be in the first team .
15 There is no reason why with good advice from an independent consultant , such as a member of the British Institute of Agricultural Consultants ( BIAC ) or ADAS , that attitudes should n't be more positive .
16 First , he thought it an unspoken part of the 1931 bargain that MacDonald should not be discarded as soon as the immediate crisis was over .
17 Chris stresses that herbs should not be given to the fish as a substitute for food .
18 But nobody can argue that boxers should not be given the fullest possible information on the long-term risks they run .
19 It also warned against thieves at stations and advised that possessions should not be left near carriage windows .
20 Held , granting the application , that the coroner had wrongly precluded himself from considering whether the cause of death had been aggravated by lack of care ; that where the medical cause of death was accompanied by concurrent events which themselves might be a cause of death , there was a case for considering the death ‘ unnatural ’ within the meaning of section 8(1) ( a ) of the Coroners Act 1988 , and an inquest should be held ; that the statutory duty imposed by section 11(5) of the Act of 1988 to investigate how death occurred prevailed in any conflict with the provision in rule 42 of the Coroners Rules 1984 that verdicts should not be framed so as to appear to decide any issue of civil liability ; that it was in the public interest to investigate by means of an inquest whether the deceased 's death might have been avoided had an ambulance been available earlier ; and that , accordingly , the coroner 's decision not to hold an inquest would be quashed and an order of mandamus granted for an inquest to be held ( post , pp. 491E , H , 493C–D , E–F ) .
21 ‘ It shows that investigations should not be based on the gut feeling of a particular officer — it has got to be more professional and CATCHEM is .
22 ‘ What have you to say that judgement should not be passed upon you according to the law ? ’
23 In Taiwan , though , which likes to keep up with the West , there is a growing feeling that smoking should not be encouraged .
24 The Practice Note emphasized the informal nature of the arrangements and stated that counsel should not be inhibited from departing from the skeleton arguments .
25 However , the Bill of Rights 1688 had established the fundamental principle that taxes should not be levied without the authority of Parliament , which necessarily required the return of taxes executed under an unlawful demand as a matter of right .
26 The first is that the retention by the state of taxes unlawfully exacted is particularly obnoxious , because it is one of the most fundamental principles of our law — enshrined in a famous constitutional document , the Bill of Rights 1688 — that taxes should not be levied without the authority of Parliament ; and full effect can only be given to that principle if the return of taxes exacted under an unlawful demand can be enforced as a matter of right .
27 There is a consensus among the public that cars should not be used to go to work .
28 A proposed directive suggests that manufacturers should not be allowed to refer to helpful recommendations by health bodies ( ‘ The Intestines Inspectorate says fibre is good for you .
29 I suggest that voices should not be entirely dissociated from the social context in which they function and that therefore all texts in modern spoken languages should be regarded as having ‘ the implication of utterance ’ , and be referred to typical participants in some generalised context of situation .
30 Some people believe that gossip should not be indulged in or listened to .
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