Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] they [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact this difference is not usually of much consequence because in both cases the practical strengths are well below what they ought to be . |
| 2 | It has been generalist rather than specific , its programme being based upon each child 's interests and abilities ( rather than upon an external authority 's projection of what they ought to be ) . |
| 3 | Is he aware that that has not been the case in large parts of the national health service , where food , cleaning and laundry services have been put out to competitive tender , and where , as a result , standards have often fallen far short of what they ought to be ? |
| 4 | Many , for example , talked about the gangs they had once been involved in but these gangs , if they remained at all , were not , as one Town Boy said , ‘ a shadow of what they used to be ’ . |
| 5 | All these actions led to the reduction of oil prices until they dropped to half of what they used to be … |
| 6 | ‘ They are fiercer than they have been for years , right back to what they used to be , ’ he said . |
| 7 | What I do n't understand if all they need to do is revert back to what they used to be and come straight through on the on the ordinary route . |
| 8 | But he gave up on that to tell us this — things ai n't a patch on what they used to be . |