Example sentences of "there [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | There ought to be a prayer that would do for all men , all the murdered bodies all over the world . |
| 32 | Well , if , if there is n't anybody else who wishes to compete with you for the Chair , er , then I think there ought to be a Vice Chair . |
| 33 | Right , that 's fine , well I , that would be very good if there was a group at the coll at the coll at the college , there ought to be one at the college |
| 34 | We discuss in Chapter 4 whether there ought to be ‘ public law ’ rights to compensation . |
| 35 | There ought to be a few strict rules which are obeyed to the letter . ’ |
| 36 | But there ought to be a hundred in each packet and Nick once counted a packet that he 'd done — Mr Evans , I mean — over again , and there were only ninety-seven . |
| 37 | Children will clearly need to be taught all these things and , as the Bullock report points out ( DES , 1975 ) , there ought to be little difficulty in teaching these things if , and it is a big if , they are taught in a practical manner so that children can see that they do actually help them . |
| 38 | you know I just keep thinking the stuff 's on the way round and there ought to be some way of doing it , but I , you know , I mean maybe Brian 's idea of the , the , the organizations in the ci ci but that does n't help me you know with a , with a |
| 39 | In which case , there ought to be more of her things here than mine . |
| 40 | But while there has been little analysis of the social relations of earlier , equally formal though smaller , or less formal and indeed informal institutions and associations , there ought to be some theoretical hesitation . |
| 41 | They relate what there is to what , in the authors ' views , there ought to be . |
| 42 | There ought to be leeway in that . ’ |
| 43 | Most will be adults , and there ought to be two discrete year classes smaller than those . |
| 44 | I think the drive next year there ought to be a theme . |
| 45 | Perhaps there ought to be a law like that , but there is n't at the moment . |
| 46 | There ought to be something very distinctive about the theory that describes the universe . |
| 47 | So if there are objects called black holes into which things can fall but not get out , there ought to be other objects that things can come out of but not fall into . |
| 48 | There ought to be something special and simple about the theory of everything . |
| 49 | There ought to be . |
| 50 | ‘ There ought to be a — ah ! |
| 51 | ‘ There ought to be some sort of dustbin for them . ’ |
| 52 | Nevertheless , the low sea level would have killed existing corals , which do not survive above low tide level as a rule , so that there ought to be discontinuities in the reefs , and , if those who believe in progressively lower interglacial sea levels are correct , the reefs should exhibit a terraced or stepped form . |
| 53 | Such persistence is not easy because there is nothing to go on except the general hunch that there ought to be an opportunity somewhere about . |
| 54 | There ought to be some news , but were you allowed to put ordinary news in love letters , or only love , all on its own ? |
| 55 | There ought to be some principle that picks out one initial state , and hence one model , to represent our universe . |
| 56 | The magic solution has lost its power — although if you want another performance just re-heat and re-cool the beaker … to be supersaturated means to have more dissolved than there ought to be … the cold supersaturated solution almost literally did not know what to do . |
| 57 | ‘ There ought to be wine and music and a boat on the river , ’ he said dreamily . |
| 58 | She pushed the papers back into the large Crockford and looked round the room , realising there ought to be a servants ' stair to the first floor continuing the one running from the ground floor to the basement . |
| 59 | Laura paused , the better to relish the effect of her words , then added , ‘ There ought to be a special word for a priest-slayer , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 60 | There ought to be one or two . |