Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [pron] [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The railway had come from Belfast in 1842 , the original station having been at Seagoe and some will still recall the old sidings which used to be near the signal-box there . |
| 2 | Recently some areas which used to be moorland have been enclosed and ploughed , mainly on Exmoor . |
| 3 | ‘ In Victorian times they used to be about 35 inches wide ; now they can be as narrow as 30 inches . |
| 4 | By asking such questions it ought to be possible to begin to address systematically some of the sources of organizational diversity which both modernity and postmodernity present to us in their many authentic ways , rather than trying to push them all into a limited number of boxes made to a dominant pattern . |
| 5 | The problem is that there is no satisfactory way of drawing a line between decisions of corporate managers which ought to be respected because they are based solely on the expertise of the directors and those which should be challenged as based on personal considerations or other non-corporate purposes . |
| 6 | In ancient times , about the 12th century , on these wooded slopes there used to be a watchtower , which later developed into a kind of fortified residence . |
| 7 | I said that we ought to er somebody asked me er from one of the national papers which ought to be put in place there and I did suggest that we ought to have a statue like just been mentioned to somebody from Beeston they 've got a nice man on a bench there . |
| 8 | If , in addition to posing the difficulty , he could say that there is no authority in point and that Grant 's case is distinguishable , and could also suggest some reasons why on these facts it ought to be distinguished , he would get a first class on that question instead of a very doubtful pass . |
| 9 | Oh yes , yes , we , the we had an extremely large rooms , I do n't know went , what , what , what went wrong the architect but we had two enormous rooms which could of been quite easily divided into three , but we could of had two bedrooms instead of one and the conse |
| 10 | It merely indicates that it is the duty of ‘ every person responsible for public records … to make arrangements for the selection of those records which ought to be permanently preserved and for their safe-keeping ’ . |
| 11 | On those grounds it ought to be possible to argue that , if a trust has been created , it is actionable if the standard of care shown by the fathers was adequate in the judgment of a good man . |
| 12 | It was not so much that the match was any more frantic or violent than usual , but rather that there were in evidence throughout the afternoon , a lot of faces quick to register those expressions which used to be peculiar to spoiled infants whose worn-out parents had cracked and dared to cross their wills . |
| 13 | After 16 years you ought to be fluent in the language and , if you make this a priority now , you 'll be enhancing this phase of your life instead of simply waiting for it to pass . |
| 14 | Simple measures such as keeping doors and windows closed , providing adequate containers for odorous material , covering the contents , refrigeration where necessary and the careful disposal of odorous or potentially odorous waste , are just a few preventative measures which ought to be taken in all trades , but particularly so in the animal byproduct industry , where putrescible matter is concerned . |
| 15 | Yes , he says , he does meet fellow Vietnamese workers who used to be in Germany but , no , they do not discuss politics . |
| 16 | My hypothesis is that these varying conceptions in the mind have real psychic and political consequences which ought to be taken into account when considering change strategies in organizations and , more fundamentally , when considering what we mean by the term ‘ quality of working life ’ . |
| 17 | And then these other men they used to be sort of a freelance , working a day here and a week there . |
| 18 | It can be argued , to the contrary , that the more the courts are opened up to arguments based about the interests of the public or of significant sections of it rather than of particular individuals , the more likely are the judges to be drawn into political battles which ought to be resolved in the political arena and not in courts . |
| 19 | In most primary schools certain teachers have , or can acquire , special strengths which ought to be made available , on a rational division of labour , to children outside their class and to their colleagues . |
| 20 | In his pre-sponsorship days he used to be known as ‘ the surfer who lived in a car ’ ; in France he had a tent on the beach . |