Example sentences of "should do " in BNC.

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1 Of course at school they always tell you that you should do a secretarial course , which was absolutely dreadful , and they put you off the idea of a career in the theatre just as much as they can .
2 But it should do more these days about practical matters — like the tax system and keeping yourself together while you 're out of work and waiting for the next job , for that is fifty percent of what you 'll be doing .
3 Excuses not to do the work we think we might or should do , excuses not to be kind or considerate or whatever it is we feel we should be ?
4 For let me tell you something : I 've respected myself far more for doing cleaning jobs well than for doing teaching jobs badly — and it is entirely appropriate that I should do so .
5 She 'll know exactly what you should do . ’
6 ‘ I think we should do it . ’
7 Then one lady wrote and said that the ladies of the local church should do it for us .
8 If pilots are apprehensive about cable breaks it probably means that they are uncertain about what they should do in all situations , and whether they can manage .
9 But there are two important things you should do :
10 ‘ We should do some work , ’ said Lucy .
11 Obviously you can not know in advance which type of mat will be used at a particular tournament , so you should do your final training on any type of mat , just to get used to the feel , and then try to use any free time you may have on the actual competition areas to get a little practice in beforehand .
12 If time off is needed for counselling or treatment , you should do everything you can to grant it .
13 Both types of stretching increase flexibility , and as a basic rule you should do static stretching before exercise and both ballistic and static after exercise .
14 I asked how he thought I should do it and he said buy a tenoner .
15 Legal precedents have established that the Secretary of State 's duty under Section 3 of the Act is qualified by an understanding that he should do so ‘ within the resources available … ’ .
16 Perhaps we should do a little bit of matchmaking , ’ she suggested .
17 Everyone is telling Mr Honecker what he should do , the East and West Germans openly , the Soviets more subtly : ask yourselves why people are leaving and save your country through reform .
18 Meanwhile speculation is mounting in the West that hardliners are beginning to dictate what he should do , and he is no longer in full control .
19 What the programme should do now , however , is concentrate more on the politics of rugby : both the internal politics of the game itself ( which are omnipresent ) and the politics of the game in relation to the outside world .
20 ‘ The truth is that Patrick was partly terrified of Peter , who came up behind him and thought he knew better what he should do .
21 There had been no suggestion from the company 's bankers or major institutional shareholders to date that he should do so .
22 Mrs Thatcher should do either as the Mail demands and replace Mr Lawson with a Chancellor of whose policies she can wholeheartedly approve or , as Mr Heseltine urges , lift her veto against the only course which could give credibility to an exchange rate policy .
23 WEALTHY businessmen who have benefited from low tax rates should do more to subsidise the arts , the chairman of the Arts Council said yesterday .
24 He and Mrs Thatcher are having to face up to a crisis they have made worse by trying to deny it , and now they can not agree on who should do what or how or why .
25 Line Of Vision , who finished second to the highly rated Argentum at Nottingham , should do best of the pair , but may fail to hold the impressive Brighton winner , Alysardi ( 3.40 ) , who at $205,000 as a yearling , cost almost 10 times as much .
26 ‘ What do you think we should do with him , Piper ? ’ asked the Corporal .
27 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 .
28 But the actual letter survives and only a mind predisposed to suspect the sender could think it pompous : ‘ After the most careful consideration I have decided , if you are willing that I should do so , to recommend your name for the succession to the see of Durham . ’
29 Also , the manager is expected to use his or her best endeavours to promote the artist 's career , while the artist should do nothing to jeopardize the reputation of the manager .
30 There are various reasons why a songwriter/artist should do this .
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