Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [prep] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start , a lectern ought to be the right height for each speaker . |
| 2 | that the price of limited liability ought to be the maximum possible disclosure of information regarding the company 's financial position , |
| 3 | It therefore adjoins Ursa Major , and in ancient times Thuban or Alpha Draconis used to be the north polar star . |
| 4 | The one possible exception to this general rule used to be the jurisdiction of the court to quash a decision taken within the jurisdiction of the decision taker where an error of law appeared on the face of the record : Rex v. Northumberland Compensation Appeal Tribunal , Ex parte Shaw [ 1952 ] 1 K.B . |
| 5 | The concerns of administration used to be the maintenance of law and regulation , the sustaining of working relationships with voluntary organizations and denominational bodies and the planning and maintenance of programmes across a range of responsibilities . |
| 6 | Which test ought to be the standard for judicial review ? |
| 7 | Good Friday in East Anglia used to be the traditional day for planting potatoes . |
| 8 | The Bank of England used to be the City 's leader ; in recent times it has seemed content to be its cheerleader . |
| 9 | Partisan nomination of senior judges used to be the rule in Britain but has not really been so since the 1920s . |
| 10 | As the provision of day beds ought to be the responsibility of the trusts , will the Secretary of State take time today to condemn Labour 's vicious attacks on those individuals who have been selected to help run the trusts ? |
| 11 | As to the question of where the resources should come from , avoiding the easy ( albeit probably correct ) let-out of ‘ abolish capitalism ’ , I would say simply that the transfer of money to unpaid workers ought to be the next stage in the redistribution of wealth , taking precedence over ‘ breadwinners ’ pay claims , tax-cuts or ‘ family ’ benefit increases . |
| 12 | This room used to be the bike sheds . |
| 13 | What is now the ‘ over-sixties ’ rest room' used to be the Mining Men 's Reading Room . |
| 14 | Urea formaldehyde foam used to be the most common and the cheapest method , but this is not recommended now for use in high exposure areas such as hillsides , or in tall buildings . |
| 15 | ‘ This place used to be the Turkish administrative headquarters in Jaffa . |
| 16 | Quarrying and cement are boom industries in this part of the world — and now where farming used to be the only viable source of income , hundreds of people have found regular work , reveals Plain Tales from Northern Ireland : A Controlled Explosion ( BBC-2 , 8pm ) . |
| 17 | Similarly September , October and November used to be the seventh , eighth and ninth months , and March was the first month of the year according to the old Julian calendar instituted in 46BC . |
| 18 | In the sense that , in a way going on from what I was saying on the face of it south China ought to be the area where land reform will be easiest to achieve in the sense that here you 've got a society which is landlord dominated , heavily landlord dominated and therefore w where one would expect that the antagonism , antagonisms between landlords and tenants would be at their greatest . |
| 19 | The L M S used to be the biggest of the railways you see . |
| 20 | well he apparently spoke to erm , he had quite a lengthy conversation with Ron Atkinson apparently , cos Atkinson used to be the manager of Tettron did n't he ? |
| 21 | Cos it , W W F , Paul Hogan used to be the champion |
| 22 | Just think — the days when Leeds vs Bradford used to be the big game of the season only a few years back ( One of which was my first leeds game ! ! ) |
| 23 | The newly reopened galleries used to be the reception rooms of the Medici Pope Pius IV . |
| 24 | The development of new fonts used to be the business of companies like Linotype and Monotype , which built typesetters with proprietary technology . |
| 25 | A sartorial warning at this point — Center Parcs ' tabloid soubriquet ought to be the Costa del Shellsuit . |
| 26 | Yeah her mother and father used to be the , but they were sort of in the always in the scene erm , repertory and they were in charge of you know ? |
| 27 | Perhaps , however , the last word ought to be the message which Brunner received on his deathbed from his old colleague and adversary , ‘ If he is still alive , and it is possible , tell him again , ‘ Commended to our God ’ , even by me . |
| 28 | Oh yes , oh yes , oh mum went there for years and years every Saturday yeah , and as I say the wagonettes used to erm be stationed up by Albion Street , to take er shopping and , and er and Rushbrooks used to be the big confectioners then , that 's on the , it used to be on the corner of erm Albion , well there 's a market there , an indoor market now is n't there yeah they were the er the big confectioners Rushbrooks , and er bakers and confectioners and er all the barrels of flour used to be , you could see all that going in you know but er I do n't know whether it is , am I making it interesting , is it interesting for you ? |
| 29 | Sales promotion used to be the preserve of the junior brand manager but now companies are beginning to understand the importance of trade and consumer promotions . |
| 30 | The most popular size used to be the 4½in ( 108mm ) square tile , still available in a limited number of ranges , but displaced from the No 1 position by larger 152mm ( 6in ) square tiles , which are quicker to fix ( you need only 44 to cover a square metre of wall , compared with 86 of the smaller tiles , and there 's less grouting to do as well ) . |