Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people who run them shops ought to be tried at the Old Bailey and given years of 'ard labour . |
| 2 | Yeah well she 's friendly , well my mum used to be really really good friends with her and then my parents split up and , and like they , they went like water to my dad 's side |
| 3 | It comes with 4Mb of RAM as standard , which in my books ought to be bumped up to 8Mb for a server . |
| 4 | Jay had no inclination to go through the who are you , what do you do , oh really , gosh my brother-in-law used to be in the same field . |
| 5 | Two of my brothers used to be car mechanics and would use ANYTHING washing up liquid , bleach , industrial strength cleaner to get those tell-tale oily fingernails clean before they ventured out on a date . |
| 6 | Now he 's got his arm round where my waist used to be . |
| 7 | My name used to be Rhodesia . |
| 8 | ‘ My father used to be a member of the County Cricket Club . ’ |
| 9 | That gap where my fireplace used to be , |
| 10 | I felt sickly occasionally but I felt really happy throughout my pregnancy.I used to be quite shy but since I found out I was pregnant I felt very confident in myself . |
| 11 | I run the tips of my fingers over this beard at difficult moments and am reassured by its fibrous smoothness as much as my son used to be , when he was a little younger , by the feel of his old piece of blanket . |
| 12 | My mother used to be in |
| 13 | ‘ Their reactions ought to be recorded , ’ he believes , ‘ even if they get out of the City . ’ |
| 14 | When our modern ladies shall follow such examples in everything their plea ought to be allowed in this . |
| 15 | While the BBC had remained a monopoly , television viewers had no programme choices nor , for that matter , could there be any argument as to which institution ought to be allocated the revenue obtained from the licence tee . |
| 16 | This would imply that if supplemental oxygen is given its administration ought to be extended into the postgastroscopy period . |
| 17 | Which test ought to be the standard for judicial review ? |
| 18 | Their influence used to be great . |
| 19 | The collected volume of his Seventy eight studies from Nature ( 1809 ) contains an 8-page discourse entitled ‘ A Few Observations with respect to the mode in which Plantations ought to be Conducted . ’ |
| 20 | It should be said that there are certain other features of the case to which attention ought to be drawn . |
| 21 | I am depressed by the lack of provision for small children , because although we have things like the Equal Opportunities Commission and the S S R C funding , very generously research into what they call women 's under-achievement , educationally and occupationally and so on , that does n't seem to be the area in which things ought to be being done . |
| 22 | Here in the social services , which , in volume of resources involved , represent between one-third and one-half of the activities of the state , the question , it seems to me , can not be posed by disconnected , spasmodic pluses and minuses but by presenting a broad and large conception of the manner in which resources ought to be redeployed to meet modern realities , and this will not be done without soberly assessing but boldly facing the in-built obstacles to that redeployment . |
| 23 | Advising people how to arrange their belongings and how their rooms ought to be done ? |
| 24 | The following are the principal cases where that leave would be forthcoming : ( 1 ) relief is sought against any person domiciled in England or Wales ; ( 2 ) an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do an act or refrain from doing anything ( whether or not damages are also claimed in respect of a failure to do something or for the doing of that thing ) ; ( 3 ) the claim is brought against any person duly served within or out of England and Wales and a person out of England and Wales is a necessary or proper party thereto ; ( 4 ) the claim is founded on any breach or alleged breach of any contract wherever made , which : ( a ) according to its terms ought to be performed in England and Wales , or ( b ) is by its terms , or by implication , governed by English law , or ( c ) contains a term to the effect that a court in England or Wales shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action in respect of the contract ; ( 5 ) the claim is founded on a tort and the damage was sustained or resulted from an act committed , within England and Wales ; ( 6 ) the whole subject-matter of the proceedings is land ( with or without rent or profits ) or the perpetuation of testimony relating to land ; ( 7 ) the claim is brought to construe , rectify , set aside or enforce an act , deed , will , contract , obligation or liability affecting land ; ( 8 ) the claim is made for a debt secured on immovable property or is made to assert , declare or determine proprietary or possessory rights , or rights of security , in or over movable property , or to obtain authority to dispose of movable property ; ( 9 ) the claim is brought to execute the trusts of a written instrument , being trusts that ought to be executed according to English law and of which the person to be served with the originating process is a trustee , or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is brought ; ( 10 ) the claim is made for the administration of the estate of a person who died domiciled in England or Wales or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is made ; ( 11 ) the claim is brought in a probate action within the meaning of Ord 41 ; ( 12 ) the claim is brought to enforce any judgment or arbitral award ; ( 13 ) the claim is brought against a defendant not domiciled in Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of a claim by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for or in relation to any of the duties of taxes which have been , or are for the time being , placed under their care and management ; ( 14 ) the claim is brought in respect of contributions under the Social Security Act 1975 ; ( 15 ) the claim is made for a sum to which the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 15 March 1976 No 76/308/EEC applies , and service is to be effected in a country which is a member of the European Economic Community . |
| 25 | Their frustrations used to be articulated by Mrs Thatcher , but she is now as likely to be a cause of them as a cure . |
| 26 | which substance used to be known as brimstone ? |
| 27 | which substance used to be known as brimstone ? |
| 28 | Question seven , which substance used to be known as Brimstone ? |
| 29 | Human subjects have always figured in the history of medicine and are now used widely in the testing of cosmetics and toiletries , and treatments for common diseases like influenza , although there are ethical limits to the severity of the ailments , or expected toxicity , to which humans ought to be exposed . |
| 30 | their office used to be there , now they got a place on the dock |