Example sentences of "you ought to [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ought to be able to cope with a small invasion of your privacy now and then . |
| 2 | Well , as a very , very rough approximation , you ought to be able to get 3–4 pages of answer out of every page of case study text . |
| 3 | ‘ You ought to be able to see it , if you go up high enough . ’ |
| 4 | He once remarked that good prose is like a window-pane , meaning that you ought to be able to see through it without seeing it ; and anyone who has ever tried to write prose like that , or to see human creatures in life or fiction like Waugh 's early fictional characters , will know how much clutter of mind and words needs first to be cleared away . |
| 5 | ( You ought to be able to deduce at least five . |
| 6 | ‘ Now you cheap shamus , with the underhanded methods you use you ought to be able to figure this out before the cops get around to it . |
| 7 | " You ought to be able to see that with half an eye . |
| 8 | the point about membership is that you ought to be able to comment on those suggestions of change and get involved with them on a broad basis . |
| 9 | You ought to be able to drive up here did n't you ? |
| 10 | So quite honestly you ought to be able to make a a bit of something out of it there 's |
| 11 | The erm but most of us are when yo , when you first join something you can always see the things that you ought to be able to change . |
| 12 | In turn , we press our point and say , ‘ But it 's a cow , and this is a very simple word , and you ought to be able to understand it . ’ |
| 13 | Essentially what you 're saying is that a teacher who 's actually teaching you ought to be able to say to that teacher ‘ look , here 's a package , if you like , that you can insert into your range of skills , and these are of things that you can do with children which are worthwhile doing and fairly easily for you to acquire skills yourself , and they will be very good and helpful for the children ’ . |
| 14 | Essentially what you 're saying is that a teacher who 's actually teaching you ought to be able to say to that teacher ‘ look , here 's a package , if you like , that you can insert into your range of skills , and these are of things that you can do with children which are worthwhile doing and fairly easily for you to acquire skills yourself , and they will be very good and helpful for the children ’ . |