Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb mod] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well look erm , my Lord the fact that , I , I think the answer would go like this , that , if the agent had sued the name then the defence would of been similar to that which is raised here , erm , but it would probably , it would of had additional elements because the name would have been enforcing through a , a , a slightly a slightly different |
| 2 | Figure 1.1 on page 4 drew attention to six qualities which the whole of the curriculum ought to be encouraging . |
| 3 | The citizen ought to be able to find the basic law , the principal law , in statutory form . |
| 4 | Did , did the racecourse used to be busy ? |
| 5 | The chapels used to be full , the chapels used to be full . |
| 6 | The chapels used to be full , the chapels used to be full . |
| 7 | And somewhere through the hotel muzak lurks the sensation that things used to be different , that we ( my brother and I ) had n't always been wrapped in jumpers , silent , staring at the screen , that the days used to be hot and long . |
| 8 | That it would be out of place to use scientific discoveries in the course of the investigation ought to be clear : if science is optional , it would be improper to use results deriving from that science in justifying it ; and , if scientific results are held , tentatively , at arm 's length anyway , they are not certain beliefs that would be appropriate for philosophical argument . |
| 9 | The Purchaser ought to be entitled to rely on the details of the Business which the Vendor has volunteered . |
| 10 | Commercial contractual relations had become valuable rights which could be regarded as entitled to at least some of the protection given by the law to property and while it was argued that the plaintiff ought to be satisfied with his action for breach of contract against the party induced , the latter might be incapable of paying all the damages . |
| 11 | The place used to be lousy with them . |
| 12 | The monks used to be responsible for the education of the boys , teaching them the three Rs and the elements of Buddhism , the learning being almost entirely by rote , so that approaching a village one could often hear from a distance the shrill boyish voices as they repeated the lesson after their teacher . |
| 13 | But a breach in the wall à la ITV or even Dallas does not in itself destroy the fundamental nature of the existing system ; it may contain within it forces which threaten it but a well established and respected institution such as the BBC ought to be able to adapt to change . |
| 14 | The race used to be cash-orientated but these days attracts more enthusiasts than those determined to be first over the line , said Mr Brown , who was reminded of the film made about the race when they saw a man in a huge Alvis wearing what appeared to be an animal . |
| 15 | far from happy with the plan print room with the er er o o o and suggest that the businesses ought to be concerned about the way that their records are stored in their plan room . |
| 16 | Then he said the father ought to be ashamed of himself , using children who should be in school to make money , and that one day the police would find him . |
| 17 | Anyway , the debate ought to be fun since what is certain is that American audiences , or at least distributors , have at least as much contempt as those here for independent features without bankable stars , car chases and expensive special effects . |
| 18 | Choose three or four and pick the ones that most need correcting , that is , the words the pupil ought to be able to spell at this stage ( see What goes wrong ? , page 6 ) . |
| 19 | Thus , faced with words with a medial e sound like : head bed thread or led health except the pupil ought to be clear that because there is a spelling choice , he is encouraged to use the dictionary to check which is the correct form for this context . |
| 20 | I think all the staff ought to be able to rely ( as they can in colleges of FE ) on this full-time professional service , particularly where there are nearly 1500 customers and 80 members of staff . |
| 21 | It 's terrible what 's happening to him , it really is , the Government ought to be ashamed of itself . |
| 22 | Do you think the Church ought to be open to change ? |
| 23 | The catapult ought to be safe so long as nobody knew its name . |
| 24 | Bishop , you and Hrolf and the physicians ought to be busy . |
| 25 | The attempt to launch new London evening papers reflected an enduring belief that the capital ought to be able to support more than one . |
| 26 | The Support Force crossed the great divide and for that the profession ought to be grateful . |
| 27 | I suspect it 's an assumption Switchboard shares with the wider white-dominated gay community — a reflection that , for once , the organization ought to be ashamed of . |
| 28 | All the parishes used to be different and it used to be possible at one time to know approximately where in Orkney somebody came from . |
| 29 | maybe a bit younger the fashion used to be winkle-picker shoes . |
| 30 | If the Germans can provide this , we should be grateful to them just as the world ought to be grateful to us for having a zero line of longitude running constantly through Greenwich ’ . |