Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] ought [adv] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both SBU managers and their superiors ought also to be aware of the time pattern of likely ROI development in each part of the group . |
| 2 | If the death penalty did deter , then so distinctive and so dramatic is the sanction that its effect ought also to be too marked to overlook or dispute . |
| 3 | But the parishes , and the parish missions , were central to the care of souls ; and their ministers ought always to be refreshing themselves in the truths of the Christian faith , so that they do not slip ‘ into versions of it which miss its height and depth and wonder ’ ; and those ministers ought always to make room in their lives for silence and the chance of realizing their nearness to eternity . |
| 4 | Clearly , it could not have enhanced it ; why obey a legal system in which senior officials publicly pose as against one thing but privately collude in its occurrence — not only ought they to be condemned as hypocrites but their laws ought also to be disregarded as mere propaganda concealing the lack of will to control corporate behaviour . |
| 5 | If it were , our decision ought obviously to be amenable to appeal . |
| 6 | " Since we 're engaging in histrionics , I believe your response ought now to be " By God , you swine , you 'll pay for this " . " |