Example sentences of "[adv] ought to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's my opinion we both ought to be glad for that . ’ |
| 2 | However , accountants , who also ought to be concerned with the concepts of accountability listed under Divisions I and II , have not traditionally played a major role . |
| 3 | Floy thought they probably ought to be afraid themselves , because the Tree Spirits were so inHuman and so wild and so clearly filled with strange woodland magic that once they had finished with Balor they might very well turn to the two Renascians . |
| 4 | A a and if it says Intercity it then it then it really ought to be maroon or the |
| 5 | Hence , the leaden delivery of some Euro-platitudes , by a woman who really ought to be able to do a better job of reading other people 's speeches after 40 years of doing little else , carries more political import than anything else that has been said about Europe since the election . |
| 6 | On the other hand we got into a discussion yesterday as to whether the medical profession is n't devoting too much of its energy just to keeping people alive who really ought to be dead . |
| 7 | It is recorded somewhat ruefully that , after years of struggle , when the Veterinarian had won its fight to get the course lengthened , students who had previously been apprenticed for three or four years to a practitioner claimed they at least ought to be able to leave the College after 12 months , and not have to stay the same period — two years — as the non-apprenticed . |
| 8 | Better access for Eastern Europe 's farm exports therefore ought to be manageable , even if losers went uncompensated . |
| 9 | When he died , the legacy had not yet vested , and so the trust too ought to be ineffective . |
| 10 | Servants too ought to be diligent and refrain from gaming and other dissolute pursuits , although at the same time they were fully entitled to ‘ competent wages and clothing with trew payments of the same ’ . |