Example sentences of "[conj] ought to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one time the question was much debated whether meta-ethics can or ought to be neutral as between ethical theories , or indeed whether the two should be distinguished at all . |
| 2 | If we cling to an outmoded view of neighbouring , peering at it through deeply rose-tinted spectacles , we may make false assumptions about what is actually available to old people , or ought to be available . |
| 3 | That ought to be extinct . ’ |
| 4 | Also I know you had it bandaged up but the skin there has gone white and I honestly think that ought to be X-rayed . |
| 5 | Edges that ought to be significant are either absent from an image or almost so and the strongest changes in an image are often changes in illumination and have nothing to do with meaningful relations in a scene . ’ |
| 6 | Whatever the form of the link that is chosen at Labour Party Conference , that ought to be top of our agenda . |
| 7 | If he does then that ought to be bad news for McClair . |
| 8 | No doubt I will request our librarian to get me some of the original references cited but my point is that surely Chemistry in Britain is written for the general interest and education of chemists and ought to be comprehensible to the reasonably trained chemist . |
| 9 | The company should know what are the future consequences of its existing investments and commitments , and ought to be able to describe , at least in broad terms , some of the most probable scenarios it is likely to face during the next few years . |