Example sentences of "there [modal v] to " in BNC.

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1 There is no need to be intimidated by the formality of a staid institution 's catalogue , or to neglect popular magazines ; as for writing in various academic disciplines , there ought to be no barrier to learning about an interesting topic .
2 ‘ We run a proficiency award scheme and would like that to continue because there ought to be an award for young anglers in particular to show they are not just good anglers but caring conservationists as well , ’ said Peter .
3 There ought to be a law against them .
4 Both the farmers and the conservationists agree that there ought to be a debate .
5 There ought to be a right to protest in public , it might be argued , and where the bona fide exercise of this right happens to lead to some form of disorder , it is wrong to visit the perpetrators with severe sanctions .
6 There ought to be a space or an empty page or maybe even a change of typography to show that I have been for the past three and a half hours out in the streets or sitting full of thought on that gilded and trembling bridge over these lazy waters .
7 There ought to be a law against cutting off power supplies in the middle of February .
8 The authority of the verderers , like that of the coroners , had ended with the previous reign , so the king sent out orders to the sheriffs to make arrangements for the election of ‘ as many verderers as there ought to be and used to be ’ in nineteen forests south of Trent , and in Sherwood Forest north of it , ‘ as no verderer is as yet elected therein by command of the King ,
9 Ideally there ought to be one standard level of stiffness and severity for galloping courses like Cheltenham , Newbury or Sandown Park and another for fast tracks like the Mildmay .
10 THERE ought to be a law against it .
11 Perhaps there ought to be an intelligence extradition agreement that all defectors are immediately put on the first aircraft back home .
12 There ought to be a law .
13 And for so long as the honours system continues in operation , there ought to be recognition of citizenship as a criterion .
14 That is why the game is called a dilemma , why it seems so maddeningly paradoxical , and why it has even been proposed that there ought to be a law against it .
15 Nails said defiantly , ‘ There ought to be a reserve in this team , in case .
16 There ought to be consideration of the animal 's perspective when formulating laws ; almost all the laws are to protect a certain kind of human interest .
17 Animals on farms , in laboratories , in zoos , those kept as pets ; there ought to be tighter laws saying what conditions are acceptable .
18 There ought to be scope for feedback , a chance for you to express whatever thoughts or concerns you may have at the time .
19 Social work help should be provided on a similar basis , and there ought to be continuity of care after discharge .
20 … And it seemed there ought to be music , so Esther Allan , the music teacher at the school where I was the most reluctant member of the Art Department , got roped in .
21 Just as there ought to be a Radio 2 equivalent of John Maddox 's excellent Scientifically Speaking ( which seems , unaccountably , to have disappeared ) , so such widely relevant debates should find a place on BBC 1 .
22 The subject clearly merits serious study , if only because there ought to he money in it .
23 There was n't , but there ought to be — Jess thought .
24 There ought to be a law against it .
25 In 1836 , the Bill now having been passed , he suggested to Gladstone that there ought to be more enfranchisement to cure the effects of it ; if the pyramid were extended at the base and the lower classes given some power , this would counter the preponderance of the manufacturers .
26 There ought to be a law against it , ’ replied Dorothy emphatically , as she banged knives and forks down on to the table .
27 Dirac worked out mathematical equations that indicated that there ought to be a counterpart to the electron but having a positive electrical charge .
28 There ought to be enough intelligence sloshing around in the world for humans to have some too .
29 Bob Groves insisted there ought to be a public inquiry into the proposal , and called on Chelmsford Tory MP Simon Burns to take up the residents ' cause : they were less than happy with the MP 's response to date .
30 ‘ Hmmnn , more bruising than there ought to be .
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