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

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1 This is exemplified by another argument against surrogacy , namely that since there are some risks attached to pregnancy , no woman ought to be asked to undertake pregnancy for another , in order to earn money .
2 If we believe that words can be ‘ reclaimed ’ , then woman ought to be at the top of the list .
3 Grant Allen , writer and biologist , who also stressed the importance of women 's sexual emancipation in a novel , The Woman Who Did ( 1895 ) , took up a similar cry : ‘ A woman ought to be ashamed to say she has no desire to become a wife and mother ’ .
4 ‘ If you will excuse me , ’ she said politely — no single woman ought to be talking alone with a man at nearly midnight — ‘ I will collect a new candle from the kitchen and retire again . ’
5 I believe women ought to be ordained to the priesthood .
6 If we 're , if we 're agreeing that women ought to be able to make informed choices , there 's so much information it 's actually very hard to make a , particularly if your
7 Where all women ought to be . ’
8 Now Sammy was a character in himself he was a bachelor and his wi his sister was Fanny the elocutionist er and , and er there the women used to , to go into old Sammy 's shop on a Friday night simply to be entertained by all the wisecracks and nonsense that used to go on in there , and somebody would say I suppose you 're off this weekend and he 'd say yes I 'm off to my little widow in Wales , he had n't got a little widow in Wales at all now but it would the start of the conversation going .
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