Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the finest examples used to be de Valois ' dance for the Three Comforters in Job . |
| 2 | Some of the English herds used to be milked in spite of the concentration on work and beef , but on the whole the Devon 's old milking traits have been neglected . |
| 3 | That 's how the old systems used to be with everything did n't they ? |
| 4 | All the young men were bucks — a young buck in the old days used to be a gentleman . |
| 5 | But trouble-makers in the old days used to be left there until they died . |
| 6 | In a publishing deal , the average splits used to be 50:50 . |
| 7 | But although they might be better mounted , by normal standards , they were not so well horsed for rough riding as were the Borderers on their tough , sure-footed hill ponies ; on this terrain the fleeing men ought to be able to keep ahead . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's like all the Italian restaurants used to be , is n't it ? |
| 9 | Gradually , through several cycles of modification and response , there emerged a style embodying an image of what the European consumers thought the Indian manufactures ought to be making for themselves . |
| 10 | Erm erm can I just say , just on the on the basis of Mr 's map erm I think that proves the point that er that I suggested at the outset of the discussion erm on this issue , that if you look at the distribution of settlements there outside the greenbelt , there 's nothing there that suggests that any of the particular sectors ought to be discounted . |
| 11 | The two things ought to be connected . |
| 12 | ‘ The best referees ought to be here , but some of them are not because the SRA is cutting back on everything , ’ said Davies . |
| 13 | But if it continues to gain in stature , as is the case at the moment , then the necessary resources ought to be put into it by those who hold the purse-strings of archaeology . |