Example sentences of "a [noun sg] should do " in BNC.
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| 1 | To hell with the risk , I had three minutes to create an impact ( being carried off on a stretcher should do it ) . |
| 2 | He did not like an excess of specialization and thought that a university should do what it could to counteract the trend , and help arts undergraduates to learn a bit of science or vice versa . |
| 3 | One might say , of course , that this is not what a dictionary should do . |
| 4 | Some parents worry that rewarding good behaviour is a type of bribery , and believe that a child should do the right thing as a matter of course , simply because it is right . |
| 5 | Given a few ideas either way on what a girl should do , I think family and friends should support her on her own decision . |
| 6 | Chop up your milk-fed lamb — a kilo should do for four people — into whatever size you fancy . |
| 7 | That a gentleman should do it showed an uncommon understanding of the difficulties involved in running businesses with too much debt outstanding . |
| 8 | But he owed it to Lefevre ; better a friend should do it than a semi-stranger like Davout , or even his commanding officer . |
| 9 | Having a ticket should do the trick . |
| 10 | There are various reasons why a songwriter/artist should do this . |
| 11 | I have quoted these latter points at length because I can readily agree with them , and consider them important , but what I find politically weakening is the dichotomy between promoting socialist developments which do not depend on the existence of a socialist government and the stigmatised ‘ scheming ’ as to what such a government should do . |
| 12 | Oh a kettle should do , after that lot . |
| 13 | What considerations should be taken into account when deciding on the amount of prospecting a salesperson should do ? |
| 14 | regardless of what they want to do , the rest of the organization , I think that we as an organization should do something like that . |
| 15 | What an anniversary should do for Mozart |