Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Blackguards like that ought to be shot . |
2 | But it is an option that I certainly would n't want to discount at this particular er stage erm because it depends on so many er factors , it depends for example whether er the site that er has been identified for up to two thousand and six , and which is developed up to two thousand and six , has the physical capacity to expand beyond two thousand and six , and I think that that ought to be one of the considerations perhaps that we ought to look at as we move towards the identification erm er of the new settlement , conversely , it could well be that ought to be looking at a second new settlement in a different location , erm I ca n't give an answer , a definitive answer , what I can say is , coming back again er to Mr Brook , this sort of issue er will not be picked up in nineteen eighty eight or nineteen eighty nine , er if we are all alive and kicking in North Yorkshire and the District Councils we will be looking at it regularly , we 'll be looking at it in two years time , one years time , erm erm that 's the way we work in Greater York , and it 's basically worked very successfully . |
3 | And so that shows that how that they I mean it implies that that 's happening and that that ought to be controlled . |
4 | The plaintiff 's case is that despite the difficulty with the landlord 's consent at the time the contracts were signed , it was made clear to them by Mr at this stage that that ought to be a formality and no one anticipated to expect this . |
5 | Yes , erm , erm obviously not made it very well , but erm , but the word acceptable ought to be altered to increased |
6 | That the worlds of business and education should learn from one another ought to be a truism , given that both worlds and cultures impinge on and shape most people 's lives . |
7 | Are we not being reminded in a very distinctive yet emphatic way that this ought to be the nature of the Church ? |
8 | The voters need no persuading that this ought to be so . |
9 | If children are allowed and encouraged to work in areas which interest them , this ought to be a useful means of demonstrating to them the usefulness of developing their reading skills . |
10 | John I think this , this is wh , I think this ought to be the last contribution . |
11 | A kind of ring fence is drawn around them and the onus lies on the government to show whether , why and to what extent this ought to be breached . |
12 | We do see scope for research into resource allocation but believe this ought to be quite different from the common practice of the 1980s of relating census variables to utilisation rates . |
13 | This ought to be one of the easier local economic problems to solve ! |
14 | Whether the Council I , I personally would be quite keen to go down there and see A , and we 'd need permission of the land owners , to do this , to see where the link could go across , you know , the best position , so that we , and I believe this is what Councillor is saying , so that we can actually come forward and maybe this ought to be a meeting with the Amenities Committee , maybe the Ramblers and bear in mind as I say again I hate to do these things and the land owner think we 're steamrollering 'em into something without their knowledge . |
15 | I think this ought to be thrown out not necessarily on the rights or wrongs of fox hunting but on a procedural thing that you 've brought about where a dictatorial attitude is brought about by the Labour party that have the right apparently to say exactly what 'll happen on someone else 's land . |
16 | And it 's my view , you see , that this ought to be more central to our planning and thinking about these things in allocating erm what are admittedly scarce resources . |
17 | Now , of course , I go along with the perception that being 40 these days is like 30 used to be . |
18 | This used to be a lot easier to do than it is now : for one thing , working in the profession means that you have to belong to the actors ' union , Equity . |
19 | This used to be a perception shared with Protestants . |
20 | This used to be one of my lucky venues and I have some real nice memories of bagging sessions and wads of notes . |
21 | ‘ This used to be a recreation room . |
22 | This used to be called a tight fiscal policy . |
23 | ‘ What does it mean here , where it says that this used to be a ‘ crubeen shop ’ ? ’ |
24 | ‘ This used to be a lord 's fishing lodge , ’ Mrs Knelle told me , with a slight laugh . |
25 | This used to be a bubbling mill stream |
26 | There was an added difficulty that the three of then , would break into convulsions of laughter , verging on hysterics , with Hopper somewhere off camera rolling around in the bushes and , according to Nicholson , ‘ totally freaked out ’ while Jack was forcing himself to be relatively straight , do his serious acting and hold the whole thing together : ‘ This used to be a helluva good country … ’ |
27 | Standard disc drive : This used to be the easiest data story to copy . |
28 | This used to be the Hotel Santa Clara but is now used by telephone engineers . |
29 | ‘ THIS USED to be a hell of a country , ’ muses drop-out Jack Nicholson , ‘ what the hell happened to it ? ’ |
30 | ‘ This used to be a happy place , ’ moaned the animals , ‘ until that beast came along . ’ |