Example sentences of "[modal v] to be [verb] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GOOD drawing ability used to be considered important at school , not only as a skill that might give expression to a child 's aesthetic and artistic inclinations , but also one that would be useful in practical ways — in recording flora and fauna in nature study , for example . |
| 2 | about necessarily taking it , but I think they certainly ought to be made aware of sort of what it involves and and what it really means . |
| 3 | He 's the boy no burglar ought to be left alone with . |
| 4 | Your specific tasks within that given work are assigned to you by a person called your manager ( or boss or supervisor ) , who ought to be held accountable for the work you do . |
| 5 | In determining whether the defendants ought to be held liable under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher , the learned judge considered that he ought to pay regard to ( i ) the quantities of combustible materials which the defendants brought onto the land ; ( ii ) the way in which they stored them ; and ( iii ) the character of the neighbourhood . |