Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [art] [noun] [vb mod] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The courts could systematically substitute their choice as to how the discretion ought to be exercised for that of the administrative authority ; they would in other words reassess the matter afresh and decide , for example , whether funds ought to be allocated in one way rather than another . |
| 2 | But when it comes to ensuring that public bodies act reasonably and within their powers , it is often felt to be much less clear how the law ought to be enforced . |
| 3 | That 's how the work used to be . |
| 4 | She left the car outside the churchyard in a space where the cockpit used to be and walked home . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll show you the place where the convent used to be in the Middle Ages . ’ |
| 6 | from where about , where the butchers used to be |
| 7 | The horizon had jumped up to where the sky used to be . |
| 8 | Er I do n't think it probably that it does decide help you decide where the location ought to be , but that having said that , I would not want to minimize in any way er the views of my authority er as to the importance erm of the look of contributions from the private sector . |
| 9 | It is the voice of the disillusioned and disgruntled George Bowling — ‘ nerves all worn to bits , empty places in our bones where the marrow ought to be ’ — in Orwell 's pre-war novel Coming Up for Air . |
| 10 | They put the emphasis where the emphasis ought to be : not on ‘ the syllabus ’ ( which in the upper secondary years has often deadened and stereotyped the teaching process ) but on the scheme of work . |
| 11 | belief is that er if you get the trustee balance right , that 's the first place where the decision ought to be made , but there should be a fall-back position which Good has given , which they the trustees could go to the regulator in the case of er not being able to solve things , but are feeling very much on surpluses , that the money is there first of all to pay pensions and until pensions are paid up to Inland Revenue levels , whatever they are , then no money should go back to the company . |
| 12 | I M P A Cs belief is that er if you get the trustee balance right , that 's the first place where the decision ought to be made , but there should be a fall back position which Good has given , which they they trustees could go to the regulator in the case of er not being able to solve things , but our feeling very much on surplus is that the money is there first for to pay pensions and until pensions are paid up to Inland Revenue levels whatever they are , then no money should go back to the company . |
| 13 | And then in the , where the bath used to be , in this little bathroom I had the cooker and the washer that 's it , I made it into a little kitchen so |
| 14 | There were bats where the roof used to be before . |
| 15 | And it was one of those such nights that at half past seven I 'd just got most of the fires set and ready to er er just on and going and I 'd half an hour to get everything straightened and ready for eight o'clock opening , and the door at the back went , which was where the office used to be . |
| 16 | The Cat House well that 's at , the Cat House , that 's wher that 's where the house used to be , where in er time erm , that 's where they used to put a cat in the window for the smokers . |
| 17 | Yeah that 's where the shop used to be , you 're right , yeah . |
| 18 | The place where the shrine used to be . |
| 19 | And the cellars were there , where the men used to be , but they 're all down now , y so you ca n't say anything about all that lot now . |
| 20 | Just about the time when a nome ought to be taking it easy . |