Example sentences of "[modal v] be surprised " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one should be surprised . |
| 2 | Given its structure and the circumstances of the time , no one should be surprised . |
| 3 | I should be surprised if a change at the top alters a necessary reorganization which is already under way . ’ |
| 4 | It was reasonable that Hester should be surprised , but her attitude was definitely hostile . |
| 5 | Nobody should be surprised about this . |
| 6 | What individualists the Greeks are ! ’ should be surprised by this . |
| 7 | If I am wrong , I should be surprised and disappointed if the so called ‘ rule of reason ’ and the purposive approach displayed by the Court of Justice of the European Communities in its application of such articles as 30 and 36 did not achieve the same answer . |
| 8 | I never took a meal with him , but I should be surprised to find that he ate with a good appetite . |
| 9 | Interestingly , the demand for credit was just as powerful , and I suppose , given the severe insularity , we should be surprised at how conceptually similar to the West their ideas were . |
| 10 | Unfamiliar as she was with the niceties of English social life , she wondered why she should be surprised . |
| 11 | Why she should be surprised , however , she had no notion . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know why you should be surprised . |
| 13 | I should be surprised if many Conservative Members opposed a review , although Opposition Members seem to be suggesting that reviews are a bad thing . |
| 14 | If by some mischance the Government are returned for a fourth term , I should be surprised if child benefit survives to the end of their term . |
| 15 | No one should be surprised by that stark contrast . |
| 16 | She was surprised to discover he was perfectly adept as a painter and decorator — though why she should be surprised she did n't really know , she reflected a touch grouchily as she watched him work . |
| 17 | ‘ Jane , you must be surprised that we do n't show any sadness at our uncle 's death . |
| 18 | The well , once a life-saver for the villagers of Stoke Row , is now an intriguing curiosity for visitors who must be surprised by this touch of India in an English landscape . |
| 19 | Although it can be very tempting to splash out on the first splendid specimen that catches your eye , you might be surprised at what you can find once you really start looking . |
| 20 | They might be surprised and a little ashamed . |
| 21 | Then , out of the blue , he pronounced ‘ Jim , the backs of your hands are very ugly — did you know that ? ’ in a tone that suggested I might be surprised and hurt . |
| 22 | Already you might be surprised to learn that the car in question is the flagship of the company 's revised new 626 medium range line-up . |
| 23 | Expert adjudication on technical issues in the haulage industry will usually meet with approval from experienced goods vehicle operators who might be surprised at the lack of specific expertise in road haulage matters among the ranks of the judiciary . |
| 24 | Anyone acquainted with the ethereal , blissed-out dance pop of Sunscreem 's two chart hits , ‘ Love U More ’ and ‘ Perfect Motion ’ , might be surprised to learn that live they are an adrenalin-soaked , all-singing , all-dancing , all flame-throwing event with the omnipresent thumping beat determinedly UP . |
| 25 | THOSE OF you who are old , sad , or obsessive enough to remember Social Distortion from their days as an early '80s San Francisco hardcore band might be surprised to learn that they now shift units by the truckload in America . |
| 26 | IBM Corp was scheduled to make an ‘ operational announcement ’ on its Adstar storage business in San Jose just after we closed on Friday , but we have to assume that it was not anything sufficiently dramatic that it would move the share price , otherwise the company would have had to announce it on the New York Stock Exchange before the market opened to prevent a false market operating in the shares ; the announcement was to be made by vice-chairman Jack Kuehler , and was also to include some personnel news ; IBM has been studying ways to separate Adstar from the rest of the company , Dow Jones & Co notes , and earlier this year , it hired Morgan Stanley & Co and the Boston Consulting Group to recommend ways to speed up the process , which could involve outside investors or a new class of IBM share — and those advisors were scheduled to be done with the preliminary work by now ; a first step would likely be the creation of Adstar as a wholly-owned subsidiary — it has kept separate books since last year ; but the IBM spokesman said some observers might be surprised by the announcement , which was to be concerned with Adstar 's ‘ operations as an IBM business unit and its future direction . ’ |
| 27 | If we analyse this scenario we can see why the manager might be surprised about the encounter . |
| 28 | You might be surprised that this needs mentioning ; but it is precisely because these same strategies are maladaptive in many domestic situations that horses are labelled stupid . |
| 29 | You might be surprised at what finds its way into the auction rooms as the old generation of carpenters and joiners die off . |
| 30 | The latter is a recognized field of work in its own right and some people in it might be surprised to find themselves called public relations operators , but the speciality derives from public relations and the counselling , reconciliatory and persuasive nature of the work comfortably fits it within the broader spectrum of public relations practice . |