Example sentences of "[adv] it [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ It is sad to see all this emptiness , and remember how it used to be . ’ |
| 32 | That 's how it used to be though |
| 33 | The final determination of the ley theory 's status is obviously desirable ; if it is a mare 's nest in Britain , unlike in South America , then it ought to be despatched as quickly as possible . |
| 34 | According to Gandhi , if it is at all possible for man to describe this power then it ought to be called Truth ( Satya ) , which is a derivative of Sat , which literally means that which is or exists . |
| 35 | However , if some people in the game are getting money then it ought to be shared out . |
| 36 | The increase in the number of prosecutions did not result , however , in a feeling of sympathy for homosexuals , but rather the feeling , as John Wolfenden expressed it , that ‘ nobody had any idea how much of it there was … but there was an impression that it was increasing ; and there was a feeling that if it was then it ought to be curbed ’ . |
| 37 | That used to be all stage you know not pictures then it used to be all stage . |
| 38 | Oh oh yes yes the union did erm get that er sorted out you know , and er and then when the buses began to run it made it easier for those worked in Willenhall and er and it just be about threepence of fourpence in our money go there then , but erm and then the hours were altered you see , eight o'clock and finish at six o'clock and er and then it used to be seven to seven you see . |
| 39 | I mean , it used to be on a Friday , then it used to be on a Saturday , only sometimes like I used to watch it . |
| 40 | You think that 's especially true and like say Aberdeen if you go in a shop there and and , at least it used to be the case , and asked for something you be thought you were speaking fine but they would just say , Oh my you down from Orkney for a holiday ? |
| 41 | But it is hard to resist this plan put before me and indeed it ought to be tried since I have no other resource . |
| 42 | However it ought to be possible to bring the reasons for it out into the light , and by doing so to show that whatever may be said of Tolkien 's view of reality , it was neither escapist nor thoughtless . |
| 43 | The apostrophe in ‘ Please Respect Owner 's Rights ’ is n't where it ought to be . |
| 44 | Where 's the ray-gun gone ? ’ she asked , looking to where it used to be on the side wall . |
| 45 | So that is a Jacquard , and that 's an electronic Jacquard , means you can do all sorts of different patterns now , where it used to be limited it 's unlimited now . |
| 46 | Oh yes , oh yes each side and er there , some , a few came round erm where it used to be the old picture house , a few came around up as far as Rushbrooks and erm further up towards erm now then The Central , there 's a school that they used to call it The Central but erm |
| 47 | The air fares have gone up , , cos she 's got relatives there and she said where it used to be about . |
| 48 | The way in which forests are disappearing , land is becoming desert , erm food is not being grown in areas where it used to be grown , those are disasters , but what we 're talking about is the , the rather more sudden event which , which you know reaches a crescendo , even if it does take a long time to develop , like a famine , nevertheless the disaster is considered to be that point when perhaps thousands of people are in very desperate need of food . |
| 49 | However , it is undeniably the case that the statute is less clear and concise than ideally it ought to be . |