Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It ought to be possible to get to a position where we can say with regard to a specific query : ‘ These are the most inherently valuable sources available worldwide ‘ about ’ that subject . ’ |
| 32 | If the general approach is fairly robust , it ought to be that the relationship between population and land cover is fairly stable , so that we would expect the model coefficients to be similar to those obtained from the ward data . |
| 33 | When one hears and sees the grids and axes within which the teachers are being encouraged to monitor the progress of each child , it ought to be sufficient to give any sane person pause for thought ! |
| 34 | However important this is , it ought to be born in mind that what may appear to be the cheapest at the time may not necessarily be the most effective in solving a particular odour problem and consequently not the cheapest in the long term . |
| 35 | On those grounds it ought to be possible to argue that , if a trust has been created , it is actionable if the standard of care shown by the fathers was adequate in the judgment of a good man . |
| 36 | It ought to be self-evident , but perhaps is not , that schools differ sharply from each other , as do colleges . |
| 37 | If students are to be assessed on this aspect of their performance , it ought to be included in any teaching programme and in the teacher 's objectives . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | For alliteration it ought to be Pablo or Picauo . |
| 40 | With so many variable factors , it ought to be possible to provide a ‘ fit ’ to almost any curve ; the interesting point of the study is whether or not the scale factors put into the equations seem to be saying anything that would lead to an elucidation of the influences at work . |
| 41 | If there is a change of harmonic outlook in a piece , I prefer to feel , rather than to know whether it might arrive as a surprise , whether it should be prepared and how , and whether it ought to be pointed out at all ! |
| 42 | ‘ Well , she said a lot of good things about how housework and things were essential social work — you know , saying it was work , hard work , servicing other people , not that airy fairy labour of love stuff , and how it ought to be recognised , and how it was because women were seen as wives and mothers that they got low wages , no money when they were at home looking after small kids . |
| 43 | It ought to be flamboyantly seductive . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | Bas said it ought to be called Chuck-up because it 's always being sick . ’ |
| 46 | They need no persuading that it ought to be done . ’ |
| 47 | I was surprised , therefore , to read ( in All Across the Telegraph : a Bob Dylan handbook edited by Michael Gray and John Bauldie , published by Futura ) an essay about the real William Zantzinger ( as it ought to be spelled ) who committed the murder in 1963 and as of 1984 was a respected and prosperous businessman in the same state , Maryland , where he had committed it . |
| 48 | Forgetting the past is obviously not the positive action it ought to be if it results in waves of violence towards anyone perceived as not sufficiently ‘ German ’ . |
| 49 | Turning 30 , 40 or 50 can be the start of something great Sex with a younger man — it ought to be on prescription ! |
| 50 | Essentially , I am suggesting that what I am calling private metaphors were developed by managers as a means of coping with the dissonance between what is commonly accepted as being management theory and what they thought for themselves it ought to be in actuality . |
| 51 | Only then will our worship become the sweet fragrance to God that it ought to be . |
| 52 | To achieve its maximum purgative effects , it ought to be digested by every intelligent Englishman who wants to win the war … |
| 53 | As you indicated , it ought to be possible to let unsold units in the normal way , and even to let owners ' units on an agency basis . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | The road continued past the cottages so there must be something down there and it ought to be the common itself . |
| 56 | Of course this figure tells one nothing at all about why the material has the strength which it has and whether it ought to be stronger . |
| 57 | or 170 MN/m 2 which is round about the average for laboratory glassware , window panes , beer bottles and most of the other common forms of glass but was something between a fiftieth and a hundredth of what he reckoned it ought to be . |
| 58 | If we are sensible it ought to be against San Marino in February . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ If you 've done it right it ought to be four thousand three hundred and three pounds and fifty pence . |
| 60 | However , if some people in the game are getting money then it ought to be shared out . |