Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A right is a claim which is , or ought to be , enforceable against others . |
| 2 | The problem in part is ( or ought to be ) one of generalising successful practice , shaping it up so that it encompasses the whole school and motivates all the teachers , not just those who are keen , or authoritatively skilled , in transacting bits and pieces . |
| 3 | This view takes into account the general view that crime is or ought to be those actions which are considered so immoral or damaging that they should be subject to punishment . |
| 4 | If we cling to an outmoded view of neighbouring , peering at it through deeply rose-tinted spectacles , we may make false assumptions about what is actually available to old people , or ought to be available . |
| 5 | This easily translates into the notion that law is , or ought to be , on their side ; yet like other popular movements , the peace movement has found itself involved with ‘ the law ’ in a complex variety of ways , both passively and actively . |
| 6 | The negative criticisms of Communist strategy and conduct are largely valid , though implicit in them is — or ought to be — an even greater criticism of the Anglo-French policies that deprived the Republic of aid save from a Soviet regime whose diplomatic overtures the British and French governments spurned . |
| 7 | In the same way lovers and connoisseurs of beauty are what everyone else is , or ought to be working for , on Moore 's scheme . |
| 8 | At one time the question was much debated whether meta-ethics can or ought to be neutral as between ethical theories , or indeed whether the two should be distinguished at all . |
| 9 | Constructivist rationalism , which Hayek associates with the thought of Descartes , Hobbes , Rousseau , and Bentham , is founded on a belief that social institutions are , or ought to be , the product of deliberate design . |
| 10 | The acceptance of such a scheme meant that the government had accepted , albeit for economic and demographic reasons , the principle that ‘ society should include in its economic structure some form of direct financial provision for the maintenance of children , instead of proceeding on the assumption that , save in cases of exceptional misfortune , this is a matter which concerns only individual parents and should be left to them because normally men 's wages or salaries are , or ought to be and can be made to be , sufficient for the support of their families ’ ( Rathbone , 1940 ) . |
| 11 | It is easy to say that the years of Unionist rule were a travesty of what democracy is , or ought to be . |
| 12 | There are so many towns to be seen , and each must be — or ought to be — approached for the first time on foot : certainly all the smaller towns . |
| 13 | There is an unavoidable personal involvement in the consequences of political decisions and therefore the details of policy execution are , or ought to be , ‘ political matters ’ . |
| 14 | No adverse imputations need be or ought to be levelled at any of those witnesses . |
| 15 | But , unfortunately , there is by no means universal agreement on what the standards of appropriateness are or ought to be . ’ |
| 16 | Legitimacy … does not deal so much with whether activities of government are lawful as whether they accord with what are generally perceived to be or what have for long been held up to be , the fundamental principles of the constitution according to which government is or ought to be conducted . |
| 17 | Of course , such considerations may turn out to be erroneous ; but the choice is , or ought to be , a reasoned one . |
| 18 | Sixty seven of the pleadings bundle which are the further and better particulars this year and you can see that er looking back to page sixty six , what the plaintiffs have been asked to state was to give particulars of the change in financial position which had been outlined to Mr on the telephone and er your Lordship will see first of all that in answer eighty little A , there is a reference to er a letter of the twenty seventh of February nineteen ninety two which was a letter from the plaintiff 's solicitors to the defendant 's solicitors which , this is been incorporating in the front or ought to be in the bible , erm I do n't think it has been but there are copies if I can hand your Lordship it was missed out in error I am sorry . |
| 19 | But the issue penetrates , or ought to , rather deeper than the fine weave of legal technicality . |
| 20 | To pay all rates taxes assessments charges and outgoings which now are or may at any time hereafter be imposed assessed or charged upon the premises whether payable by the owner or occupier thereof |
| 21 | A prerequisite to making such an order is that the court is satisfied that the transaction was entered into by the debtor for the purpose either of putting assets beyond the reach of a person who is making , or may at some time make , a claim against him , or of otherwise prejudicing the interests of such a person in relation to such a claim : subsection ( 3 ) . |
| 22 | 1 Use of pipes The right to the free and uninterrupted passage and running of water sewage gas electricity telephone and other services or supplies from and to other parts of the Centre or any Adjoining Property in and through the Pipes which now are or may during the Term be in under or over the Premises This is a standard reservation and the tenant may wish to ascertain at the outset just exactly which are the pipes at the commencement of the term that will be the subject of this right . |
| 23 | so let's go back to home for a moment you say it was updated or should of been updated twenty one months later , as the first update |
| 24 | I do not consider that the fact that Parliament has legislated extensively in this area means that no principle of recovery at common law can or should at this stage of the development of the law be found to exist . |
| 25 | Once all water which contains or could on present trends contain , 50 mg/litre nitrate is designated ‘ vulnerable ’ , steps would have to be taken to reduce nitrate pollution . |
| 26 | 32 ( 1 ) Subject to subsection ( 3 ) below , where in the case of any action for which a period of limitation is prescribed by this Act , either — ( a ) the action is based upon the fraud of the defendant ; or ( b ) any fact relevant to the plaintiff 's right of action has been deliberately concealed from him by the defendant ; or ( c ) the action is for relief from the consequences of a mistake ; the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the plaintiff has discovered the fraud , concealment or mistake ( as the case may be ) or could with reasonable diligence have discovered it … |
| 27 | companies whose equity share capital has been subject to a marketing arrangement as described in Section 163(2) ( b ) of the Companies Act 1985 at any time during the 10 years prior to the relevant date ( e.g. companies whose shares have been traded on the USM or used to be traded on the 3rd Market ) ; |
| 28 | It also applies to companies resident in the Irish Republic if they are listed on the Stock Exchange , are traded on the USM , or under Stock Exchange Rule 535.3 or used to be traded on the 3rd Market . |
| 29 | I 've always thought of class in the following way — I think that , that class is broadly , or used to be broadly , ways in which people live . |
| 30 | All information , matters and circumstances relating to the Business which are or would on reasonable enquiry be known to the Vendor and which are material to be known by a purchaser for value of the Business have been disclosed in writing to the Purchaser . |