Example sentences of "[noun] it [vb mod] to be " in BNC.
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| 31 | Maybe , now that they know it works and if they are embold-Clare Shearer as Rosina ened , it will grow during the run into the big , bold bellylaugh it ought to be , forgetting operatic pretensions to high art and closer to situation comedy . |
| 32 | Well one year it used to be that she come to us at dinner time |
| 33 | Ehm is a it is n't actually a a erm a new school it 's Birchwood High School it used to be Margaret Dane which has been established a few years but Birchwood just been started for a year erm it has is some information but obviously there have n't been any feedback from the school so I starts there . |
| 34 | Besides , Britain is still not sure what sort of country it ought to be . |
| 35 | With the advent of softer leathers and fabric boots breaking in your boots is not the problem it used to be . |
| 36 | Although Good Friday is not the general holiday it used to be , it remains the most emotive day of the Christian calendar , and is celebrated by walks of witness and solemn services . |
| 37 | Now , I leave entirely on one side the question why on earth the present ratio between profits and incomes generally is so supremely right that for all time it ought to be preserved , or at any rate allowed only to diminish , regardless of anything else that happens , such as the growth of savings and accumulation of capital . |
| 38 | If he 's going to make a speech it ought to be before too much champagne goes to too many heads . ’ |
| 39 | For alliteration it ought to be Pablo or Picauo . |
| 40 | On those grounds it ought to be possible to argue that , if a trust has been created , it is actionable if the standard of care shown by the fathers was adequate in the judgment of a good man . |
| 41 | Just up there on your left it used to be when I was a young lad , with their little forecourt with a little office in the middle two petrol pumps , I always remember that |
| 42 | If , in addition to posing the difficulty , he could say that there is no authority in point and that Grant 's case is distinguishable , and could also suggest some reasons why on these facts it ought to be distinguished , he would get a first class on that question instead of a very doubtful pass . |
| 43 | But it was still a proper fog , a city fog , with a whiff of brimstone in it , a hint of the old sinner it used to be . |
| 44 | Further on , the road crosses open moorland to arrive at Grudie Bridge , which is not now the delightful picnic spot it used to be , the old stone bridge having been replaced and many of the noble pines sacrificed to road widening ; nothing , however , can diminish the majesty of Slioch directly across the water . |