Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [noun] [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simple mouse-and-icons approach means putting together new forms or reports ought to be a doddle ; and for functions like queries or browsing , you ca n't do much better than the GUI . |
| 2 | Gloucestershire 's schools and colleges used to be cleaned by the county council 's own in house contractors — gloucestershire services . |
| 3 | Differences due to different methodologies or techniques ought to be identifiable ( e.g. remote sensing vs. direct measurements ) . |
| 4 | Yeah , the fat one 's Donna 's sister and Geraldine used to be best friends with Kelly and she lives in Big Ben . |
| 5 | In fact , Shane ‘ Patrick Number Six ’ MacGowan and Shaun used to be in a group together at school long before The Pogues and the Mondays were formed . |
| 6 | In general terms , where any tax or duty was paid by a citizen pursuant to an unlawful demand , common justice seemed to require that that tax or duty ought to be repaid , unless special circumstances or some principle of policy required otherwise . |
| 7 | The well-meaning piety of one who is neither leader nor musician ought to be used elsewhere than in the direction of the Church 's music . |
| 8 | Oh yes , yes she does , but , that 's about all she 's got two cousins , that 's right , and one of them 's married and got children and she used to have in the north , the great friend Sylvia from school days and Sylvia would of been one of the first Anglican Deacons to be ordained as a , as a priest |
| 9 | She remembered how close Connor and Rosie used to be ; he had always been very fond of his half-sister — there was no doubt about that . |
| 10 | Similarly September , October and November used to be the seventh , eighth and ninth months , and March was the first month of the year according to the old Julian calendar instituted in 46BC . |
| 11 | Oh yes , there ha , I mean there are economies of scale in agriculture , it 's just that they 're , the scope of them er , is less than er the scope in manufacturing so I mean , farms used to be a lot smaller and throughout this century , this last century we 've witnessed an increase in farm size alright , but the I think the optimal , the optimal farm size is erm , I think it 's about three hundred hectares okay , er erm , with three hundred hectares you 'll produce a , a pretty squit proportion of erm total output but farms used to be sort of one , two , three , ten hectares in size as we 've gone through the farms have amalgamated and increased in size and that 's primarily due to economies of scale , but there are a great deal of economies to be reached , once you 've got a combine harvester , once you 've got big machinery alright . |
| 12 | Many people might think that a person who causes death whilst using an unlawfully held firearm or explosives ought to be convicted of murder because there is , generally speaking , no excuse for using such dangerous equipment . |
| 13 | However , a number of comments and qualifications ought to be made . |
| 14 | Strategy and tactics ought to be preoccupying the leadership rather than this simple advance . |
| 15 | In the time of Nicholson Baker 's Vox , God help us , his voice and voices ought to be heard in the land . |
| 16 | Do you remember that George and Mildred used to be on telly in comedy ? |
| 17 | What sort of , erm , pressure or involvement or leadership ought to be given , or wh , yeah , what pressure ought to be put on the business sector , in order that it should sort of , conform conform is not a very good word , in order , it 's ability to contribute to the voluntary sector , and engage with it , should not be based upon individual and enlightened examples , such as I B M's , but should pull upwards the rest of the business sector , in other words , should N C V O actually says to the business sector as a whole , look , we think globally this is what you ought to be doing . |
| 18 | Mm , what did erm the dentist and hospitals used to be like before the New Town was built ? |
| 19 | The final message for the politicians and consultants ought to be ‘ back to the drawing board ’ . |
| 20 | Yeah her mother and father used to be the , but they were sort of in the always in the scene erm , repertory and they were in charge of you know ? |
| 21 | Some suggested that the whole estate and house ought to be taken over . |