Example sentences of "ought to be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ East Coker ’ states ‘ old men ought to be explorers . ’ |
| 2 | The dispute brought out into the open the argument about the kind of Europe the Community ought to be building , an argument which had simmered beneath the surface for some time , but which until now , partly deliberately and partly unconsciously , had been successfully avoided . |
| 3 | There ought to be scope for feedback , a chance for you to express whatever thoughts or concerns you may have at the time . |
| 4 | It will not be something that ought to be part of our very definition . |
| 5 | And such a sentence need n't be confined to the characters of the Bible ; words like those ought to be part of the way that you and I speak about our lives . |
| 6 | has anyone got any comment on that , do you think that it 's , a , a sensible thing to happen or do you think men ought to be infants ' teachers . |
| 7 | … 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 . |
| 8 | Going out to tea always seemed to her a waste of time , but to refuse might have seemed churlish , and she knew that in the country one ought to be friends with one 's neighbours . |
| 9 | Lots of people want it to , er suggest that it ought to be holiday but |
| 10 | Three ought to be England . |
| 11 | The spirit of the Rome Treaty would suggest that there ought to be competition between airlines in respect of air fares on scheduled services between member states . |
| 12 | ON the face of it , Clive Efford and Geoffrey Smith ought to be Conservatives . |
| 13 | But Miller 's achievement was to liberate the District from feelings of guilt that the bulk of its provision really ought to be Tutorial Classes for manual workers in political and social studies . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , the low sea level would have killed existing corals , which do not survive above low tide level as a rule , so that there ought to be discontinuities in the reefs , and , if those who believe in progressively lower interglacial sea levels are correct , the reefs should exhibit a terraced or stepped form . |
| 16 | There ought to be leeway in that . ’ |
| 17 | In England the Lords of Trade certainly had no money to spend on the colonies ; and would have been quite as surprised as any earlier generations at a suggestion that they ought to be spending money on them . |
| 18 | It would have appeared a politically harmless work , if it had not contained a violent attack in the Preface on ‘ the impertinent and ignorant preachers ’ appointed by the Government , ‘ who think all religion is a sermon and all sermons ought to be libels against truth and old Governors , and expound chapters that the meaning may never be understood ’ . |
| 19 | I feel really angry I mean I 'm you might say because of my job that I I ought to be law abiding but I am a law abiding person and i like to think that I would go along with all all the laws because they are they are brought in for the benefit of all . |
| 20 | But one might also ask , why is the idea of faking orgasm , which ought to be nonsense , still given space in modern and sophisticated women 's magazines ? |
| 21 | ‘ Boys ’ , he said , ‘ ought to be boys ’ and nothing else . |
| 22 | Her face tilts to look up into the sky where there ought to be stars . |
| 23 | But , the system ought to be water tight , so that people are better off |
| 24 | It ought to be champagne . ’ |
| 25 | The obvious contender ought to be Lotus 1-2-3 ; the DOS version was one of the most successful software programs ever . |
| 26 | And for so long as the honours system continues in operation , there ought to be recognition of citizenship as a criterion . |
| 27 | ‘ It ought to be Gloucestershire , of course ’ , says Mrs Hewer . |
| 28 | ‘ There ought to be wine and music and a boat on the river , ’ he said dreamily . |
| 29 | The European Community reckons that what they call the ‘ decency threshold ’ ought to be £207.13 , while the minimum wage proposed by the Labour Party was £147.85 . |
| 30 | Social work help should be provided on a similar basis , and there ought to be continuity of care after discharge . |