Example sentences of "ought to [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | HALF THE pleasure of a southern Chinese meal ought to be the rice ; its humble utility need not obscure its noble worth . |
| 2 | This organization is very important because the business structure with which the act starts ought to be the one they have forever . |
| 3 | ‘ Two days later a letter appeared in the Signal ( signed ‘ Fiat Justitia ’ ) suggesting that Denry , as some reward for his public spirit , ought to be the next mayor of Bursley . ’ |
| 4 | Are we not being reminded in a very distinctive yet emphatic way that this ought to be the nature of the Church ? |
| 5 | For a start , a lectern ought to be the right height for each speaker . |
| 6 | It ought to be the easiest thing in the world . ’ |
| 7 | Once you 've got a man on the canvas , that ought to be the end of it . |
| 8 | A sartorial warning at this point — Center Parcs ' tabloid soubriquet ought to be the Costa del Shellsuit . |
| 9 | While the political literati lay waste to vast tracts of newsprint in their musings about the causes of Labour 's failure , and the shortcomings of the political system that compounded it , those people who constitute what ought to be the bedrock of oppositional electoral support are becoming increasingly alienated not only from the Labour Party , but from the entire political process . |
| 10 | My view has long been that 40 ought to be the cut-off age for parenting or you 'd be unfairly old for your child . |
| 11 | Their song is of regret and exile , its core the oxymoron of ‘ this far land ’ — ‘ this ’ land is the real land , Middle-earth , ‘ far land ’ ought to be the one Elbereth is in beyond the Seas . |
| 12 | The road continued past the cottages so there must be something down there and it ought to be the common itself . |
| 13 | Perhaps , however , the last word ought to be the message which Brunner received on his deathbed from his old colleague and adversary , ‘ If he is still alive , and it is possible , tell him again , ‘ Commended to our God ’ , even by me . |
| 14 | I suppose to be technical it ought to be the er it ought to be referred to as the Franco- German war . |
| 15 | This is officially the last of the Zodiacal constellations , though since it now contains the Vernal Equinox it really ought to be the first . |
| 16 | As to the question of where the resources should come from , avoiding the easy ( albeit probably correct ) let-out of ‘ abolish capitalism ’ , I would say simply that the transfer of money to unpaid workers ought to be the next stage in the redistribution of wealth , taking precedence over ‘ breadwinners ’ pay claims , tax-cuts or ‘ family ’ benefit increases . |
| 17 | This document , which was rich in wounding phrases , was by no means unwelcome to Chamberlain , particularly as it ended with a fairly clear hint that he ought to be the new leader . |
| 18 | One such concealed question is which majority , if any , ought to be the decisive one . |
| 19 | John I think this , this is wh , I think this ought to be the last contribution . |
| 20 | By day or by night , when its lights so insolently interrupt what ought to be the dark solitude of the mountains , this extension of Saint-Lary is an offence ; only when the weather closes in , and the clouds hang low , returning the high ledge on which it stands to a very satisfactory invisibility , is the valley 's honour temporarily saved . |
| 21 | Suffice it to say that , after referring to the ‘ extraordinary , and perhaps unique , jurisdiction of the Visitors to the Inns of Court , ’ he found that the judges possessed a residual jurisdiction by which , in an exceptional case , they might remit a matter to an Inn and direct it to reconsider , with the Inns ' Council and the Bar Council , what ought to be the criteria by which they should judge the question before it determined the application afresh . |
| 22 | When opened it played the chorus of ‘ Spread a Little Happiness ’ , although the book stipulated it ought to be the ‘ Wedding March ’ . |
| 23 | Like at the moment if there 's anything goes wrong with possessions , it really ought to be the project manager sorting it out . |
| 24 | Seduced by the flashy demonstrations or the apparent ease of use of the various environment managers , whether Apple 's , Windows or GEM , they adopted desktop publishing wholesale and gave it to secretarial staff on the assumption that those who produce the documents ought to be the ones who make it look pretty . |
| 25 | I was stiff and he was supple , and it ought to be the other way round . |
| 26 | Our most successful player at Peachtree was Eoghan O'Connell , a young Irishman who has a future which ought to be the equal of Claydon 's . |
| 27 | Which test ought to be the standard for judicial review ? |
| 28 | that the price of limited liability ought to be the maximum possible disclosure of information regarding the company 's financial position , |
| 29 | ‘ But it is , ’ he insisted , as if this somehow ought to be the best news she 'd ever heard in her life . |
| 30 | But the end of something ought to be the start of something else , and I ca n't yet feel what 's meant to be beginning . |