Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even with interests , it ought not to be casually assumed that all interests are automatically legitimate , or that compromises can and should be made to accommodate them . |
| 2 | ‘ The comparing power , the judgement , is not at that age active , and ought not to be forcibly excited — ’ You do n't like this ? |
| 3 | But I ca n't get rid of the idea that we 've got an extra player … somebody who ought not to be here at all . ’ |
| 4 | But his course-work ought not to be irredeemably F. If the teacher is any good , he should be teaching his pupils all the time , so as to improve their historical understanding and their powers of accurate expression , to raise them from F to E and D and beyond . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Yet it ought not to be long before some healthy doubts begin to disturb this mood of self-congratulation . |
| 7 | But the child looked grossly overburdened and ought not to be so far from home . |
| 8 | She paused then added more seriously , ‘ Actually I ought not to be so excited . |
| 9 | She used not to be so censorious of others ' behaviour but her own betrayal had , she thought , seared her more than she understood . |
| 10 | I would n't like to tell them anything that ought n't to be widely known . |
| 11 | She had decided it ought n't to be too difficult to slip into the stables and up the ladder first , but this time she did n't even reach the water pail . |
| 12 | She ought n't to be as far down river as this . |
| 13 | I think he probably did not so regard it for he said : ‘ She is independent minded and strong minded enough for her will not to be readily overborne by her husband . ’ |