Example sentences of "[noun] that [modal v] to [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead it 's a confused product of jobbing hacks and sad people out of their depth — none more so than George ‘ Columbus ’ Corraface , a handsome trier reminiscent of those blokes that used to be out-acted by skeletons in Sinbad films . |
| 2 | Though the standard approach to agoraphobia is an overtly behavioural one of graded exposure , many of the aspects of exposure that used to be described as ‘ non-specific ’ , such as arriving at a realistic interpretation of the week 's events , or at accurate expectations for the future , or dealing with reservations about treatment , are now described in cognitive terms . |
| 3 | In reality husbands demand meals at specific times , small children cry when their stomachs are empty , the hour that might be spent cooking competes with the hour that ought to be spent washing the floor or changing the beds . |
| 4 | Consider for example the distinctive variety that used to be known as ‘ motherese ’ ( now usually called ‘ caretaker register ’ or ‘ child-directed speech ‘ ) . |
| 5 | The following are the principal cases where that leave would be forthcoming : ( 1 ) relief is sought against any person domiciled in England or Wales ; ( 2 ) an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do an act or refrain from doing anything ( whether or not damages are also claimed in respect of a failure to do something or for the doing of that thing ) ; ( 3 ) the claim is brought against any person duly served within or out of England and Wales and a person out of England and Wales is a necessary or proper party thereto ; ( 4 ) the claim is founded on any breach or alleged breach of any contract wherever made , which : ( a ) according to its terms ought to be performed in England and Wales , or ( b ) is by its terms , or by implication , governed by English law , or ( c ) contains a term to the effect that a court in England or Wales shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action in respect of the contract ; ( 5 ) the claim is founded on a tort and the damage was sustained or resulted from an act committed , within England and Wales ; ( 6 ) the whole subject-matter of the proceedings is land ( with or without rent or profits ) or the perpetuation of testimony relating to land ; ( 7 ) the claim is brought to construe , rectify , set aside or enforce an act , deed , will , contract , obligation or liability affecting land ; ( 8 ) the claim is made for a debt secured on immovable property or is made to assert , declare or determine proprietary or possessory rights , or rights of security , in or over movable property , or to obtain authority to dispose of movable property ; ( 9 ) the claim is brought to execute the trusts of a written instrument , being trusts that ought to be executed according to English law and of which the person to be served with the originating process is a trustee , or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is brought ; ( 10 ) the claim is made for the administration of the estate of a person who died domiciled in England or Wales or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is made ; ( 11 ) the claim is brought in a probate action within the meaning of Ord 41 ; ( 12 ) the claim is brought to enforce any judgment or arbitral award ; ( 13 ) the claim is brought against a defendant not domiciled in Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of a claim by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for or in relation to any of the duties of taxes which have been , or are for the time being , placed under their care and management ; ( 14 ) the claim is brought in respect of contributions under the Social Security Act 1975 ; ( 15 ) the claim is made for a sum to which the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 15 March 1976 No 76/308/EEC applies , and service is to be effected in a country which is a member of the European Economic Community . |
| 6 | Knowledge of the neurotic afflictions of individuals has well served the understanding of the major social institutions , for the neuroses ultimately reveal themselves as attempts to solve , on an individual basis , the problems of wish compensation that ought to be solved socially by institutions . |
| 7 | It 's a poem by a fellow called the Earl of Rochester that used to be recited when someone was elected . |
| 8 | It carries paternal antigens and is therefore a foreign body that ought to be attacked , and to obviate this there are probably blocking factors that prevent the paternal antigens from eliciting any reaction . |
| 9 | In any case Campion tells us that there exists in the archives of Norwegian Radio a preferable version of the Rhapsody conducted by Tuxen that ought to be issued — as should other hidden treasures in radio and other archives to which Campion refers . |
| 10 | Great Britain is the richest empire on the globe : she has one imperial metropolis , and one small quarter of the general capital devoted to her public offices ; if , therefore , there are any ten acres on the globe that ought to be covered with externally imposing and conveniently constructed public edifices , they are those adjoining Whitehall . |
| 11 | Pat has sketched the jig that ought to be used when punching holes . |
| 12 | I 'm a bit stirred up just now and find myself unable to control those feelings that ought to be controlled . ’ |
| 13 | erm There seems on the whole to be general agreement throughout Western Europe about the kinds of things that ought to be covered by health and social security system _ industrial accidents , sickness , provision for old age and so on — and all the countries of the European Community , for example , have some kind of system that provide these sorts of benefits . |
| 14 | ‘ the relationship that used to be called that of master and servant . |
| 15 | It sets free nuclear explosives that used to be tucked away in superpower arsenals , and must now be disposed of |
| 16 | If there is a need for legislation in areas of prison policy , surely this is one area that ought to be considered very quickly by the Government . |
| 17 | Assisting with the creation of a viable payments union in the area that used to be described as the Soviet Union would be the single most important contribution that the Twelve could make to that unstable and dangerous part of the world . |
| 18 | street in central London ; name derived from a chain that used to be thrown across the roadway to prevent its use during divine service in St Paul 's Cathedral . |
| 19 | As well as lines , Sumitomo had to install filters at each end of the lines to check that traffic that ought to be kept on the LAN does not disappear on to the WAN . |
| 20 | There was the the cod liver what would for animals , that well , the method that used to be used , put it into the copper boiler . |
| 21 | By the end of the century , there was a growing feeling that finds and monuments belonged to a past that ought to be recorded , and around 1585 William Camden wrote his book Brittania . |
| 22 | But if this be the case it is for Parliament , not for the judiciary , to decide whether any changes should be made to the law as stated in the Acts , and , if so , what are the precise limits that ought to be imposed upon the immunity from liability for torts committed in the course of taking industrial action . |
| 23 | But at its finest , it reaches heights of eloquence that can not have been most on the leaders of the next generation and it is music that ought to be heard in our halls . |
| 24 | It is harder to tap international markets for short-term capital ( though not impossible : Eurocommercial paper provides a way ) , but it is the cost of long-term capital that ought to be compared with potential investment projects . |
| 25 | There must be oodles of territory in Saxony and Thuringia that used to be owned by the East German government . |
| 26 | Eldorado Close got its name from a kind of needle that used to be made locally . |
| 27 | Standards that ought to be raised . |
| 28 | erm And of course there 's a great deal of history which is now being written which is much more exciting than most of the history that used to be written in the past . |
| 29 | I know that he has first-hand experience of the benefits of GM schools , as the school that used to be known as Wold Newton transferred to grant-maintained status a few months ago and is showing the way and what can be achieved as a result of a move to grant-maintained status . |
| 30 | Mr. Taylor : As many of the laws that used to be made in the House of Commons are now made by the Council of Ministers , and as we can discuss its decisions for only one and a half hours after 10 o'clock at night , does the Lord President agree that this makes nonsense of democracy and deprives the public of the knowledge of what is going on ? |