Example sentences of "[modal v] [prep] be [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second tendency is what used to be called Black nationalism but is now fragmented into multiple varieties , each with its own claim to ethnic particularity . |
| 2 | It has the difference , if there is the implication , that in many perhaps in most cases of AIDS , it could have been avoided by , what used to be called clean living . |
| 3 | The scientists and philosophers — and I think it 's significant that scientific study used to be called natural philosophy — they think in a big way , about yesterday and tomorrow , about the whole great sweep of mankind in the world . |
| 4 | First there are contributory benefits , which used to be called national insurance benefits . |
| 5 | At the conclusion of the hearing of this petition for special leave to appeal their Lordships announced that they would humbly advise Her Majesty that the petitioner ought to be granted special leave to appeal and that they would give their reasons later . |
| 6 | ‘ We ought to be subsidising public transport , Lewis ! ’ |
| 7 | On a less technical level , in any professional firm , whatever its size , two matters ought to be given particular attention : ( 1 ) the need to involve all its members and its professionally qualified employees in day to day management ; and ( 2 ) the need to keep under constant supervision the professional conduct of its members and employees . |
| 8 | By rights , she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now . |
| 9 | It is smaller than Sardinia ( just 22 acres , or roughly 13 football pitches , against Sardinia 's 16,000 square miles , or six million pitches ) which for purposes of containment ought to be counted pure gain . |