Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [that] ought to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reality husbands demand meals at specific times , small children cry when their stomachs are empty , the hour that might be spent cooking competes with the hour that ought to be spent washing the floor or changing the beds . |
| 2 | Pat has sketched the jig that ought to be used when punching holes . |
| 3 | Great Britain is the richest empire on the globe : she has one imperial metropolis , and one small quarter of the general capital devoted to her public offices ; if , therefore , there are any ten acres on the globe that ought to be covered with externally imposing and conveniently constructed public edifices , they are those adjoining Whitehall . |
| 4 | All the beauty that ought to be but rarely is , all the promises of perfection are caught in a few moments of that iridescent light . |
| 5 | But there is little doubt in my mind that the future will only go to the large company if that large company is really able to release the energies and the synergies that ought to be a part of the grand design and make more than the sum of the parts . |
| 6 | Joe 's behaviour can also be s\described as mildly odd : his fear of returning to prison shows in his encouragement of the local children to play policeman games , telling them he will put bad boys into his private jail , and a sense of contrition over the faulty aircraft parts means he can not bear having anything the house that ought to be thrown away . |
| 7 | By the end of the century , there was a growing feeling that finds and monuments belonged to a past that ought to be recorded , and around 1585 William Camden wrote his book Brittania . |
| 8 | ‘ I wonder if it 's a fire that ought to be ! ’ |