Example sentences of "should [adv] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such findings should perhaps not come as too great a surprise . |
| 2 | He was thinking of Hilbert 's shot-gun that he still had but which he should perhaps not keep much longer . |
| 3 | Children are seen to be innocent of life 's problems and should somehow not have to face all the difficulties of death . |
| 4 | To resolve these differences a meeting was called by the Chief of the Air Staff , at which I was present , and the result for Bomber Command was as follows : the first tour should consist of 30 sorties and the second tour should normally not exceed 20 sorties . |
| 5 | It was late at night and I decided , I was just sort of talking I 'd say , I ca n't get rid of this headache , and I do n't know what I 'm gon na do , I do n't whether I should just not worry about it cos I 'm not that old , and I was really pouring my heart out to him , and he turns round and he says , yeah , you need a new clutch you really need a new clutch . |
| 6 | You should thus not attempt this diet : |
| 7 | And if that gentleman wants to go off and have and and marry again and raise more children he should still not leave his |
| 8 | That the alternative religious explanation should still not know what value to put on ‘ music of the flute ’ — this will be experienced by some as a cruel disappointment , by others as a welcome acknowledgement that dogmatic certainty on the large scale can comprehend uncertainties on the small . |
| 9 | One risk should preferably not exceed 7,000 m 3 . |
| 10 | We should also not make the rather simplistic assumption that co-residence implies a strong bond between relatives . |
| 11 | We should also not rule out the possibility that one may properly look to a historical explanation , just as a historical explanation underlies the fact that the comparatives of tired and spoilt — derived from verbs — are analytic , as in : ( 56 ) Declan is more spoilt than Karen Declan 's mother is more tired than Karen 's mother rather than the synthetic forms — tireder , spoilter — which we should expect from the monosyllabic adjectives which they have become . |
| 12 | It should also not take the place of fresh funds from Western banks , Mr Christophersen said . |
| 13 | It should also not take the place of fresh funds from Western banks , Mr Christophersen said . |
| 14 | Children are more susceptible to caffeine than adults and should probably not drink more than one or two colas a day . |
| 15 | There are many other DOS commands that you may eventually use ( some are shown listed below ) , but most of these should really not concern you until you have become more familiar with your new machine and it 's basic abilities . |
| 16 | On the face of it one might say that an upstanding , law-abiding trade should have nothing to fear where this is concerned ; they should simply not deal in masterpieces without a provenance . |
| 17 | She did not even go as far as her room — the sound of the door being unlocked , opening and closing again should surely not carry down to the hall . |
| 18 | If the parents do not know what has happened they should either not interfere in the upset or equally attribute blame knowing that a row can not happen without two parties being involved . |
| 19 | Her position as expressed to me was that if the private sector wanted to use its own money for the tunnel then we should certainly not stand in the way . |
| 20 | It is not a calculation which any member of the public should attempt by himself or herself and it should certainly not tend to discourage people from seeking legal advice on problems when they need it . |
| 21 | But we should certainly not mistrust or feel the need to apologise for pursuing the past because of the present . |
| 22 | Discursive conversations such as took place in the present case may be unfair , and should certainly not take place . |
| 23 | However , you should take care not to risk overloading the electrical wiring in the process , and you should certainly not attempt to use photoflood bulbs in ordinary domestic fittings as they not only draw a lot of current but they also run very hot and could possibly cause a fire . |
| 24 | Computer or no computer , I should certainly not have been able to handle the mathematics myself but John Cook likes that sort of thing and using the Mercury computer at Farnborough he was able to map the stresses very close to the tip of a crack which had a finite tip radius . |
| 25 | For some the state should ideally not get involved in public communication . |
| 26 | These might have been held to be missing links in a chain of which the links were very small in some places , and large ( so far ) in others ; but this idea conflicted with the notion that God would have created the best of all possible worlds , which should therefore not change over time since all change must be for the worse . |
| 27 | The British Foreign Secretary , John Major , attending his first EC Council meeting , stressed that the undertaking to maintain a majority of European programmes was non-binding , and should therefore not cause offence to the US . |
| 28 | This fact is known to managers and should therefore not come as a surprise each time it arises . |
| 29 | Britain should therefore not hesitate to use whatever powers and diplomatic skills she possesses to ensure that it does not come about . |
| 30 | Officials let it be understood that Turkey would not object to Kurdish autonomy in a federal Iraq , but Özal , interviewed on March 29 , said that the Kurdish leaders " were clearly told they should definitely not consider a separate state " . |