Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] be by " in BNC.

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1 It used to be by shirt no for each game .
2 In consequence , European collaboration is fraught and costly : operational requirements are made more complex than they ought to be by the need for compromise ; sharing development leads to mismatches of components that have to be corrected late on in programmes ; and divided production and assembly increases overheads and puts up costs .
3 I think I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere , because we 're certainly not at Threlkeld , where we ought to be by now .
4 He was n't sure just how worried he ought to be by Therese Aschmann .
5 If we refuse it of course it will be our acceptance to the to submit an appeal which would then er ought to be by Secretary of State .
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