Example sentences of "[pron] ought [not/n't] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a personal creditor of the heir has been sent into possession in order to protect his property , and has obtained an object left under trust to me , it is agreed that I ought not to be prejudiced by him in any way ; no more than if he had received that object as a pledge from the heir himself . |
| 2 | ‘ I — I ought not to be telling you this , but Lady Lavinia told me she would … leave me something . ’ |
| 3 | She paused then added more seriously , ‘ Actually I ought not to be so excited . |
| 4 | But I 'm sorry , David , I ought n't to be bothering you with all this at such a time . |
| 5 | A great writer can have , at a particular time , a pernicious or merely deadening influence ; and this influence can be most effectively attacked by pointing out those faults which ought not to be copied , and those virtues any emulation of which is anachronistic . |
| 6 | It would be a deliberate flouting of the principles of the Act , with a view to achieving a result which ought not to be sought , to embark on that course . |
| 7 | ‘ Then surely you consider that an honour which ought not to be declined , ’ he said gravely . |
| 8 | She ought not to be left , and if her breathing gets worse , prop her up . |
| 9 | Judgment was given for the defendant ; the jury had found that she was not negligent and the court held that she ought not to be liable for an extraordinary act of nature which she could not reasonably anticipate . |
| 10 | She ought not to be going , but she could not help herself . |
| 11 | She ought n't to be as far down river as this . |
| 12 | The Puritans had declared that Roman Catholics were ‘ dogs , swine , unclean beasts , foreigners and strangers from the Church of God ’ , who ought not to be admitted to its services . |
| 13 | But I ca n't get rid of the idea that we 've got an extra player … somebody who ought not to be here at all . ’ |
| 14 | The nineteenth century brought a new kind of search for the basis and foundation of theology itself ; a fresh attempt to bring human awareness and experience into the centre of theological study ; the forging of more specialised techniques for the literary and historical study of the Bible , techniques whose application helped to raise what were often felt to be disturbing and challenging questions about its meaning and relevance as well as about the standing and authority of established Christian doctrines ; and the sharp new question whether Christian theology itself ought not to be subsumed under some more general study of religion and religions . |
| 15 | These sorts of courses are needed by anyone who keeps animals , and you ought not to be allowed to keep animals unless you have attended such a course . |
| 16 | ‘ Mr Wormwood , ’ she said , ‘ if you think some rotten TV programme is more important than your daughter 's future , then you ought not to be a parent ! |
| 17 | A man like you ought not to be in possession of any Russian works of art ’ . |
| 18 | I think we have got a bit more confident as the Project has gone on and said to them : well really , you ought not to be buying this . |
| 19 | He said well really for some reason you ought not to be a nurse . |
| 20 | Earlier we find little trace of it generally , and so we ought not to be surprised to find it missing from the ordinary Person 's consciousness of time in those days . |
| 21 | Er , Switzerland is one country that has banned the use of animals for research , and I think we ought to be going along these lines that , if animals have rights we ought not to be using them for experimentation . |
| 22 | In 1781 , he wrote : " We ought not to be affected by causes which seldom act , and whose action is always sudden and violent . |
| 23 | Syria has a very significant role now to play and we ought not to be seeking ways of annoying them . |
| 24 | The fundamental message of the Bible , with its portrayal of the love of God for every individual and of the unity of those who are ‘ in Christ ’ through baptism , suggests that there ought not to be any distinctions in Church rules on grounds of gender . |
| 25 | and in some of these cases there ought not to be a prosecution . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's all wrong , ’ said the woman , ‘ they ought not to be in white homes . |
| 27 | It could be argued that since these are indefensible when applied , as they are currently , to conventional criminals , they ought not to be extended to corporate criminals . |
| 28 | Physical anthropologists and socio-cultural anthropologists have different fields of interest but their respective territories are not separated by an impenetrable wall ; or at any rate they ought not to be . |
| 29 | They ought not to be doing , literally . |
| 30 | Good job too , a young thing like her ought n't to be out late on a pestilential night like this . |