Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] ought to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How do you think schools ought to be ? |
| 2 | If Smith and Goodman are right , becoming literate ought to be an easy achievement which normal children can readily accomplish . |
| 3 | I believe women ought to be ordained to the priesthood . |
| 4 | Me and my mates , we do n't think Britain ought to be taking Poland 's side against Russia . |
| 5 | ‘ I adopted what I conceived to be a classless accent , ’ he said , ‘ as that is what I thought Byron ought to be and that is what I am . |
| 6 | Meg , who thought things ought to be done properly , invited Alan 's parents round for tea , just before Christmas . |
| 7 | However , Mill was against a secret ballot , Mill thought votes ought to be cast publicly and the reason for this is that he thought people ought to be voting on their view of what is right and so therefore they ought to be publicly accountable . |
| 8 | So land-holding companies were not in favour , while the idea that land should be held by a great individual landlord fitted the way people thought society ought to be run . |
| 9 | He received visits in the asylum , and Boswell reports that on one occasion , probably in 1760 , Dr Johnson thought Smart ought to be locked up ; his opinion varied , as no doubt did Smart 's condition , from time to time . |
| 10 | change the way that we thought children ought to be and educa |
| 11 | At first glance this may seem a tedious and unnecessary task , for any nurse aspiring to teach others ought to be sufficiently proficient at nursing not to require this kind of reminder . |
| 12 | The notoriously atheist and materialist Holbach was explicit about whom he meant by " the people " : By the word people I do not mean the stupid populace Every man who can live respectably from the income of his property and every head of a family who owns land ought to be regarded as a citizen . |
| 13 | However , Mill was against a secret ballot , Mill thought votes ought to be cast publicly and the reason for this is that he thought people ought to be voting on their view of what is right and so therefore they ought to be publicly accountable . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | packed up smoking , that makes you feel healthier , you 'll feel healthier if you packed up smoking , mm everybody ought to pack up smoking , I think smoking ought to be banned , ban smoking |
| 16 | Mr John Dyer , chairman of the Barlow Clowes Investors ' Group , which was set up to fight for compensation , said : ‘ I really think investors ought to be deeply grateful . |
| 17 | It 's just not true , and I think people ought to be warned . ’ |
| 18 | I think government ought to be interested in giving money to the arts . |
| 19 | The question , for instance , whether the goods of a person who dies intestate ought to be divided among his relations according to the rules of English or of some foreign law , will be decided by an English court , not according to the citizenship , but according to the domicile of the deceased at the time of his death . |