Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [prep] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly — though the outcome is happier — with Craig 's votes : all of them , the original as well as the transferred , contributed to his surplus , so all of them ought to be taken into account in its transfer . |
| 2 | I ought to be used to it , but I 'm not . |
| 3 | Well first of all I 'd go down Street and up Street West and up to the top of Street and there was some puddling furnaces , the new side iron works and I 'd watch those men they 'd produce wrought iron and during the process the metal boils up and I 'd have to get a big rubbling bar and rubble they 'd call rubble into a ball , there 's a little wagon put underneath the put under the wagon and off he goes to the steam hammer , now I used to be fascinated with this and Saturday after Saturday I used to go up there and watch one of the heats and as soon as they 'd finished doing they used to go into the Forge and Hammer for a drink , I mean it was such hard work so they 'd do a heat go up the Forge and Iron and come back and then do another heat when I 'd |
| 4 | When I ask him how he feels he is viewed by the medical profession these days , he replies , ‘ I used to be seen as someone who was totally way-out . |
| 5 | Oh yes , I used to be known in , in , in , in my area as the kitchen man , you know , and sort of , people used to talk in the pubs and they 'd say , oh well you know , my missus wants a new kitchen . |
| 6 | The fact I used to be married to Ursula is completely irrelevant . ’ |
| 7 | And my little boy was he was only about three at the time and I used to be used to angry at him and my neighbour used to come in and take him . |
| 8 | I 'll do all I can To be freed of the |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I 'll tell ye — nine hundred and ninety-nine of them are glued to the Holy Writ of Economic Theory ; the remaining one , which ought to be fixed on Ireland , is blind . ’ |
| 10 | the House of Lords must give leave on the basis that the case is one which ought to be heard by the House . |
| 11 | Chicherin believed not only that serfdom was immoral but also that it was acting as a brake on the economy , that it could not be justified as a bastion against pauperism , and finally — a somewhat unusual argument — that it entailed the improper transference to the gentry of responsibilities which ought to be exercised by the state . |
| 12 | At this juncture I have an experience to relate , perhaps one which ought to be recorded in the Guinness Book of Records . |
| 13 | In the course of a Second Reading Debate on the contentious Courts and Legal Services Bill in December 1989 , Lord Hailsham spoke scathingly about the fact that the bulk of the proposals arose from within the Government machine , so disregarding ‘ almost every principle of the methodology … which ought to be followed in law reform ’ . |
| 14 | As a result , ‘ governmental assemblies , whose chief activities were of the kind which ought to be limited by law , became able to command whatever they pleased simply by calling their commands ‘ law ’ ' . |
| 15 | When this is translated into personal terms , it means among other things that at some point in his or her career a teacher will have to look at its pattern and will have to pay attention to changes which ought to be made in his or her work-role . |
| 16 | Moreover , even at common law a lease which ought to be made by deed but is not will not completely fail of effect , if possession is taken and rent paid under it ; the tenant will be treated as tenant from year to year upon the terms of the lease so far as they are applicable to such a tenancy . |
| 17 | Not just truth-telling , but sincerity ; not just intelligibility , but empathy ; these are values which ought to be taken on board . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | However , just as the latter might be thought to have an intuitive grasp of affairs automotive which ought to be taken into account by anyone prone to theorising about the motor car , so it is conceivable that the way theoretical physicists regard the objects of their study might be a factor to be taken into account in assessing their significance . |
| 20 | The hotel industry , the entertainment business , and gambling are all facets of tourist facilities which ought to be taken into consideration . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | English court procedure at present gives no rights of intervention to third parties ; and it might be argued that if they were significantly extended , this would increase even further the role of the courts in resolving disputes which ought to be settled by political , not legal , means . |
| 23 | They should identify themselves to a responsible official before entering , except in very rare cases where information which ought to be disclosed in the public interest could not otherwise be obtained . |
| 24 | We 've got to look at it in those terms , and so it is not necessary in my submission for anyone to prove at the moment there is at least five thousand dwellings short , erm that that is something which ought to be considered over a much longer time period . |
| 25 | Probably an el well certainly an element which ought to be considered within the umbrella of the R P G but lets |
| 26 | In this chapter we can only suggest some of the factors which ought to be considered in beginning to think of answers to them . |
| 27 | Their use of subterfuge can be justified only to obtain material which ought to be published in the public interest and could not be obtained by other means . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The main change is likely to be a fall in the number of young people , which ought to be reflected in the prison population . |
| 30 | Edgar Snow , in a review of it , said , ‘ Here is a young man with a message which ought to be read by every Indian who hopes to see his country free . |