Example sentences of "[coord] we [modal v] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But erm I th they are worried certainly , one or two of them are worried , but er some of this equipment is left on , and left on unnecessarily and we ought to be encouraging people to switch off what is n't |
| 2 | It was clever of humankind to invent science and art to supply the deficiencies of nature , and we ought to be proud . |
| 3 | And we used to be able to get all the gear in John Illsley 's car … ! ’ |
| 4 | We used to get help from the Co-ops because they used to give us lists of new members and we used to be able to canvass those . |
| 5 | ‘ Really , it just follows the principles of long-term contract accounting , but we ought to be able to do it better than SSAP 9 practitioners because , while they apply the theory to a handful of different contracts , we are applying it to 20m policies . |
| 6 | But we ought to be aware of what values we 're holding in in various |