Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [noun sg] ought [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 If there is anything in the distinction I believe that the term Cabinet Committee ought to be kept for Ministerial committees and perhaps for committees of officials directly subordinate to a Ministerial committee ; but I am far from certain that the distinction is worth making .
2 Er I wanted to talk to Jim Bowen you see about this quiz show host ought to be a a little nicer than they are and apparently his answer machine is on at home .
3 A reduction in interest rates will result in a fall in the size of this subsidy , and the phasing in of a cash ceiling approach ought to be timed to such a favourable point in time .
4 But it , it need n't necessarily be erm the kind of direct material gain in terms of well we need to go beyond rent reduction because rent reduction is not , has n't given us enough , because in theory rent reduction ought to be giving you as much you need .
5 However , it must be stated that anyone who has used a code driven word processing program ought to be capable of achieving results fairly quickly .
6 Erm Mrs Moody from Hucknall thinks that er that leaf stem thing ought to be off in a garden somewhere .
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