Example sentences of "things ought to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantage of having trekked with a World Challenge Expedition is that another time she will know how things ought to be planned . |
| 2 | All is not true , so not everything should be believed ; some things ought to be doubted . |
| 3 | It involves not only a judgment about the way things are but also the way things ought to be . |
| 4 | Things ought to be more equal . ’ |
| 5 | Do n't you think , Mr Vansitart , that the really nice thing about human beings is the notion we do have that things ought to be somehow fair — though nowhere in nature do we have evidence that God understands the concept at all . |
| 6 | Meg , who thought things ought to be done properly , invited Alan 's parents round for tea , just before Christmas . |
| 7 | Changed circumstances also mattered to Waters ( 1979 : 47 ) who described outstanding schools as places which were run by heads " with flair , wisdom , energy and that sense of knowing how things ought to be " but who emphasized , too , that these qualities needed to be partnered with an ability in organization and management in a wide variety of fields . |
| 8 | The increasing importance of a senior participant 's ability in management and organization led to the conversion of traditional heads from being people of experience and goodwill ( and who had a sense of how things ought to be ) into planners and implementers . |
| 9 | The two things ought to be connected . |
| 10 | One of the central ideas here is that persuasion through the use of enthymemes relies on what is expected , habitual and assumed , and not on truth , reality , or the way things ought to be . |
| 11 | I am depressed by the lack of provision for small children , because although we have things like the Equal Opportunities Commission and the S S R C funding , very generously research into what they call women 's under-achievement , educationally and occupationally and so on , that does n't seem to be the area in which things ought to be being done . |