Example sentences of "[conj] it [modal v] not to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who advocated reform argued consistently that it ought not to be interpreted as a permissive move for two reasons . |
| 2 | Mrs Maugham would often abuse this garden and the widower 's laziness , with a self-righteous , alarming complacency , saying that it was a scandal and a disgrace , and that it ought not to be allowed : and when one day Clara , exasperated , as she sometimes rashly was , out of her usual silence , asked her what harm it was doing anybody , Mrs Maugham had snapped triumphantly that it was harming everybody in the street , because it helped the weeds to spread . |
| 3 | Our view then , which is undiminished today and is at the centre of the debate , is that it ought not to be the function of the social security system to support students , not only because of the administrative burden placed on the Department 's local benefit offices and local authorities , but because there already exists a maintenance system for those in full-time education . |
| 4 | And therefore if we are doing , thinking one department 's doing something that you know that it ought n't to I think it would be very helpful if you . |
| 5 | There is a deal within sight and it ought not to be like this between friendly nations . ’ |
| 6 | But it ought not to be able to choose either to rescind or complete and preserve its right to claim damages . |