Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We ought to be on the top — on the top and in the open . " |
| 32 | That 's where we ought to be . |
| 33 | Now in this particular period if you were looking at these figures just like this , what would be your automatic reaction in terms of the type of holidays we ought to be providing ? |
| 34 | We ought to be more concerned as to exactly how they came into being . |
| 35 | Er , Switzerland is one country that has banned the use of animals for research , and I think we ought to be going along these lines that , if animals have rights we ought not to be using them for experimentation . |
| 36 | But erm I th they are worried certainly , one or two of them are worried , but er some of this equipment is left on , and left on unnecessarily and we ought to be encouraging people to switch off what is n't |
| 37 | But I do believe that we ought to be doing more in terms of making sure they do come out erm you know i , we know it 's only a a training exercise even though you leave one or two in there , but I think we ought |
| 38 | But anyhow have you if you have a look here there 's erm er the er er I think we ought to be thinking about er |
| 39 | Instead of thinking that it is natural for a moving object to carry on in a straight line at a steady speed , and then worrying about how the force of gravity manages to pull all objects — heavy ones and light ones — round in the same orbit , what we ought to be doing is thinking of the path they all follow as being the natural path . |
| 40 | I would suggest that initially one of the things we ought to be doing is making approaches to the private sector through their organisations where they exist and say , look we really have to begin to get into the kind of discussions that you have been talking about earlier between health and social work ; health , social work and the voluntary side to talk about the issues of planning and the issues of quality and the issues of the form and shape of services and what sort of developments are acceptable in client-need terms and what are not acceptable . |
| 41 | So I think we ought to be considering the entire sum of money but we ought also to be looking for ways in which we could be maximising the total impact . |
| 42 | I think we ought to be looking at ways of encouraging innovative developments in the range of services for those people who fall between long-stay in patient medical care and unsupported family care . |
| 43 | The private sector probably has even more flexibility to find imaginative ways of addressing those issues than the statutory services ; I think we ought to be prepared to give backing . |
| 44 | It 's absolutely the worst type of business we ought to be |
| 45 | procedures which are , do n't quite fit you , then I think what we ought to be looking for is a certain amount of common ground between your procedure and our procedure , so there is not something , you 're doing something completely different to the way the rest of us are doing it . |
| 46 | We ought to be telling people about the modern understanding of such basic concepts as space and time . |
| 47 | The lady did n't come alone , and I 'm not sure whether we ought to be doing anything about it . |
| 48 | No doubt our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be ; for all that , it felt like a step forward — and upward . |
| 49 | ‘ I thought we ought to be agreed , ’ Alexei said , and he smiled sourly . |
| 50 | We ought to be able to creep out easily when they 're all asleep , ’ he added and Fenella frowned at him , because they could not risk the giants guessing what they intended to do . |
| 51 | ‘ They say the Robemaker uses human fuel , ’ said Caspar , half to himself , and then , ‘ Fenella , do you really think we ought to be doing this ? |
| 52 | Er looking at this , if it 's actually a lot more central to what we ought to be doing . |
| 53 | ‘ If you 're sure you 're all right , James , we ought to be on our way . ’ |
| 54 | I feel we ought to be able to give you a better idea of the performance of different planning authorities . |
| 55 | also we ought to be treating it , are you not actually having any active treatment at the moment are you ? |
| 56 | With these concepts in mind , Professor James ' WHO group came to the view that we ought to be concentrating on the positive aspects of the benefits of fruit and vegetables . |
| 57 | " Unless it 's bolted on the inside we ought to be able to get in with these , " he said . |
| 58 | Just on that last point , it was suggested that we ought to be writing now , to these commissioners , saying that we as a parish council wanted to make comments to them when they were er in Nottinghamshire . |
| 59 | ‘ I suppose we ought to be grateful to Eleanor , ’ she said wryly . |
| 60 | ‘ Do you think we ought to be doing this ? ’ she said in a rather strangled voice . |