Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [modal v] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think the hon. Lady ought to be clear about what she means by assistance . |
| 2 | The volume of data being created is continuing to explode at a rate seemingly far in excess of what a diminishing workforce ought to be able to produce . |
| 3 | That Jurors ought to be duely impannelled and returned and Jurors which passe upon men in tryalls for high Treason ought to be free holders . |
| 4 | They accepted that the state had a duty to uphold morality and that private morality ought to be subject to the law as it affected society . |
| 5 | New clause 3 touches on those issues because it proposes that , after consultation with the Audit Commission , the chief inspector ought to be able to ’ undertake studies in connection with his functions to improve efficiency , economy and effectiveness in the management of schools ’ . |
| 6 | The Chief Inspector ought to be able to study wider criteria . |
| 7 | I fret often for the days when I lived and worked in the countryside , but one sad sight used to be that of herds of demented idiots vandalising the scenery and terrorising nature in their delirious lust for an innocent animal 's life . |
| 8 | For Marxist or Hegelian thought , such an age-old contradiction ought to be resolvable through the operations of dialectical logic . |
| 9 | This implies that E. coli 's chromosomal information ought to be stable . |
| 10 | The Tory nightmare ought to be that Labour revamps itself yet again and becomes truly a centrist democrat party , committed to sound money , tight budgets , and moderate taxation . |
| 11 | Some will say that , when there is doubt whether an apparent refusal of consent is valid in circumstances of urgent necessity , the decision of a doctor acting in good faith ought to be conclusive . |
| 12 | If so , this November 's mayoral election ought to be timely . |
| 13 | A good keeper ought to be able to become a better slip fieldsman than most of those NZ had there early in the international season . |
| 14 | I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking |
| 15 | To break the circle someone has to decide , by making a value-judgment , whether or not any particular function ought to be subject to public law . |
| 16 | The grazing question ought to be one of firm public policy , stated from the top . |
| 17 | A firm such as Cheshire Restaurants operating within a limited geographical area and with a standardized menu ought to be able to derive two important advantages from adopting a centralized production process : |
| 18 | ‘ Personal choice for a Western person used to be important . |
| 19 | The strength of the junction formed will depend on t which should be smaller than the reptation time τ , i.e. the mixed layer ought to be smaller than the size of the coil if an interfacial link is to be formed . |
| 20 | Classification of functions fell into disrepute because the classifications were often applied mechanically and without it being asked whether judicial review ought to be available , or whether the rules of natural justice ought to apply as a matter of fairness or policy . |
| 21 | The whole place ought to be full of rabbits . |