Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This chapter aims to reflect the reality of interdisciplinary contacts while maintaining that the pivot for the development of early learning opportunities for all children is educational and that , therefore , the ‘ lead department ’ in local authorities as far as under-fives ( including of course special needs ) is , or ought legitimately to be , education . |
| 2 | A firm must take all reasonable steps to ensure that it does not give investment advice to , nor effect , a discretionary transaction with or for , a private customer , unless that advice or transaction is suitable for him having regard to the facts disclosed by that customer or other relevant facts about the customer of which the firm is or ought reasonably to be aware . |
| 3 | Despite huge debts and a still disproportionate reliance on farming , an enviable record of strong growth and low inflation matches an appetite for change that ought not to be surprising in a society where half the population is under 28 ( and more than half the nuns and priests are over 60 ) . |
| 4 | Laterality effects in normals are notoriously sensitive to experimental manipulations that ought not to be influential if what is being measured is some fixed attribute of cerebral organisation . |
| 5 | First , while the efficient creation of wealth may be regarded as a high social priority , we also recognise individual and collective interests and values that ought not to be sacrificed in its pursuit . |
| 6 | The identification of non-natural user with conduct creating an abnormal risk that ought not to be borne by the public has given to the courts a device for determining liability in accordance with what they consider to be public policy . |
| 7 | I would n't like to tell them anything that ought n't to be widely known . |
| 8 | I have to acknowledge too that since you ought to be aware from your fellow 's viewpoints and incline towards their benefit as well as your own , and ought also to be aware that individuals can not benefit themselves or each other by community without agreeing on common rules , the rules you follow in acting towards your fellows should be those of your community and not of mine . |
| 9 | ‘ The comparing power , the judgement , is not at that age active , and ought not to be forcibly excited — ’ You do n't like this ? |
| 10 | The Abbess of Barking complained that her wood of Alderfen , belonging to her manor of Tollesbury , had been recalled into the Forest of Essex , ‘ although she says the wood is not in the forest and ought not to be ’ . |
| 11 | He added : ‘ It is more important than the general election itself that we maintain a constitution that has served us well for generations , and ought not to be lightly tampered with for party political purposes in the midst of the general election . ’ |
| 12 | Hart in his book Law , Liberty and Morality ( 1963 ) argued that the law was not and ought not to be a tool for ‘ the enforcement of morals ’ , in particular in the field of sexual morals , where the activities condemned may ‘ involve nothing that would ordinarily be thought of as harm to other persons ’ . |
| 13 | But the child looked grossly overburdened and ought not to be so far from home . |
| 14 | At the same time it would be wise for Geoff Cooke and his team to recognise that the squad should still be supremely fit after the World Cup and ought not to be flogged to death by being put through intensive squad weekends . |
| 15 | In BSL interpreting , at present , many of the processes seem to be active which need not be and ought not to be . |
| 16 | An interview with this adviser subsequently confirmed that the self-appraisal was not accorded great importance : ‘ On the role of the self-appraisal , it seems to me that the whole thing has been made into a very big deal and ought not to be . |
| 17 | In cases of doubt , a trustee may protect himself by obtaining , at the cost of the trust property , the direction of the court , and the Trustee Act 1925 , s. 61 , had enabled the court to relieve a trustee , who has acted honestly and reasonably and ought fairly to be excused , from liability for breach of trust . |
| 18 | A letter is ‘ the familiar and mutuall talke of one absent friend to another ’ ( a definition taken from Erasmus , who took it from Libanius ) , and ought therefore to be ‘ simple , plaine , and of the lowest and meanest stile , utterly devoyde of anye shadowe of hie and loftye speeches ’ . |
| 19 | Regarding differences in moral values , X may feel that insider dealing is quite simply immoral or unfair and ought therefore to be prohibited . |
| 20 | Chapter Four proceeds on the premise that the misuse of insider information is a moral and economic ‘ bad ’ and ought therefore to be regulated . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't , ’ Markby said tentatively , ‘ like to interfere with the chef 's methods , but ought there to be that burning smell ? ’ |
| 22 | Also , the district judge ‘ … should endeavour to secure that the parties make all such admissions and agreements as ought reasonably to be made by them … . ’ |