Example sentences of "it [modal v] [prep] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Light the paraffin stove now , he thought , crouching uncertainly with a box of matches , wondering if it ought to be propitiated in some way . |
| 2 | However important this is , it ought to be born in mind that what may appear to be the cheapest at the time may not necessarily be the most effective in solving a particular odour problem and consequently not the cheapest in the long term . |
| 3 | I suppose to be technical it ought to be the er it ought to be referred to as the Franco- German war . |
| 4 | I think that it is n't a general skill it at needs to be commented on , I think that it needs to commented on I think that it ought to be commented on in the comment box . |
| 5 | It may not be the first thing at the top of our minds when we 're , when we 're checking the thing but I think it ought to be checked for that . |
| 6 | In this epistle he indicates that he himself , at the time of writing , is a solitary attracted by the disciplined life of service in a religious order , but does not feel any burning conviction that that is his calling : I confess , alas , that I do not feel that burning spiritual desire for entry into religion , inspired by that divine grace , as it ought to be felt by those who from zealous devotion and pure desire of the mind plan to enter religion … |
| 7 | Thus , to George 's great indignation , he would arrive at a racecourse to hear that the cup for the 2.30 was about to be presented to the winner by Mrs Frank Coven , when he thought it ought to be presented by Lord Wigg . |
| 8 | Its reason for treating consensual anal intercourse separately is stated thus : ‘ This distinctive conduct has such potentialities of physical and psychological damage that it ought to be distinguished from lesser forms of sexual conduct . ’ |
| 9 | To achieve its maximum purgative effects , it ought to be digested by every intelligent Englishman who wants to win the war … |
| 10 | One thing we did discuss at committee but I think it ought to be put to the A G M we discussed the increase in the cost of er , admission erm we held our prices down for at least a couple of years we had a heavy outlay on cushions I do feel that erm we ought to put in to the meeting what we discussed at committee that be raised from two fifty and one twenty five to three pounds and two pounds for the concessions including students and erm the youngsters . |
| 11 | From saying that a thing ought to belong to a man , that it ought to be used for his benefit , you come to saying that it actually is his , ‘ in equity ’ or ‘ in conscience ’ . |
| 12 | erm When the the the job description is signed it ought to be passed by a job analyst just to make sure to check the things that erm it has been done properly and then it has to be signed by the erm job holder , the job holder 's manager and the head of division , and it has to be got to personnel . |
| 13 | But we all have our own ideas about the answers to these big questions and it ought to be left to the discretion of class teachers to allow their pupils to learn about life 's problems in their own time and at their own pace . |
| 14 | One of the points you make in your er evidence erm Mr is that because topic area D thirty nine is shown as being within the conservation area , that it ought to be included within the greenbelt . |
| 15 | If students are to be assessed on this aspect of their performance , it ought to be included in any teaching programme and in the teacher 's objectives . |
| 16 | And I said renting it , because it must of been occupied by animals ! |
| 17 | For a really weird effect , it could be combined with an actual camera movement in the opposite direction ( tracking in and tracking out , so called because it used to be done on tracks like tramlines rather than free wheels ) . |
| 18 | I have stopped telling customers that it used to be ripened under piles of manure , as it seemed to stop them from buying it . |
| 19 | It used to be regarded as a premium fuel for domestic and commercial use , now we just send it up the chimneys of power stations . |
| 20 | There are many large quintas in Monte as it used to be favoured by the rich who moved up to their summer houses when it became too hot and humid in Funchal . |
| 21 | By my bed there 's a wall and it used to be covered in orange- flowered wallpaper . |
| 22 | It used to be said with a considerable amount of justification that you could get as far as Inspector on your own bat but after that ‘ No ’ , you needed somebody pushing you — city councillor , anything . |
| 23 | In the old days , with casein , it used to be said of some of the aircraft in the tropics that they were held together by the assembly brads . |
| 24 | It used to be said in World War Two that careless talk cost lives . |
| 25 | A visitor can wander through rooms which reincarnate life as it used to be lived over the last centuries . |
| 26 | It used to be used as a punishment : they 'd make inmates clean up the hospital wing , that sort of thing . |
| 27 | More recently , this dock has been used for the importation of Fiat cars ( it used to be used for the export of British cars ) . |
| 28 | I was put off it from an early age because it used to be used in the by-lines in the Daily Telegraph and it sort of and it looked a bit wrong . |
| 29 | Traditionally Dexters were bred by mating Kerry cows to Dexter bulls , and it used to be known as the Dexter-Kerry . |
| 30 | It originated from the crossing of Shorthorns with the local Mancelle from 1830 and it used to be known as the Durham-Mancelle . |