Example sentences of "[noun] it ought to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that whenever there 's a programme it ought to be agreed above and below er a hierarchy . |
| 2 | Forgetting the past is obviously not the positive action it ought to be if it results in waves of violence towards anyone perceived as not sufficiently ‘ German ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I think in any rural town it ought to be possible to find an hour or so to stroll round , just to talk to people about this and that . |
| 4 | By asking such questions it ought to be possible to begin to address systematically some of the sources of organizational diversity which both modernity and postmodernity present to us in their many authentic ways , rather than trying to push them all into a limited number of boxes made to a dominant pattern . |
| 5 | There is a standard lie for each club , but for a short person it ought to be one or two degrees flatter . |
| 6 | But that 's his ‘ sic ’ , not mine — I deny all responsibility — so by rights it ought to be in square brackets instead . |
| 7 | We do n't yet know whether the Coal Board 's action is illegal but sure as hell it ought to be . |
| 8 | If the world did n't contain those beautiful creatures , he 'd decided , it was n't half the world it ought to be . |
| 9 | The first is deciding what kind of investment bank it ought to be . |
| 10 | Maybe , now that they know it works and if they are embold-Clare Shearer as Rosina ened , it will grow during the run into the big , bold bellylaugh it ought to be , forgetting operatic pretensions to high art and closer to situation comedy . |
| 11 | Besides , Britain is still not sure what sort of country it ought to be . |
| 12 | Now , I leave entirely on one side the question why on earth the present ratio between profits and incomes generally is so supremely right that for all time it ought to be preserved , or at any rate allowed only to diminish , regardless of anything else that happens , such as the growth of savings and accumulation of capital . |
| 13 | If he 's going to make a speech it ought to be before too much champagne goes to too many heads . ’ |
| 14 | For alliteration it ought to be Pablo or Picauo . |
| 15 | On those grounds it ought to be possible to argue that , if a trust has been created , it is actionable if the standard of care shown by the fathers was adequate in the judgment of a good man . |
| 16 | If , in addition to posing the difficulty , he could say that there is no authority in point and that Grant 's case is distinguishable , and could also suggest some reasons why on these facts it ought to be distinguished , he would get a first class on that question instead of a very doubtful pass . |