Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people who run them shops ought to be tried at the Old Bailey and given years of 'ard labour . |
| 2 | It comes with 4Mb of RAM as standard , which in my books ought to be bumped up to 8Mb for a server . |
| 3 | Two of my brothers used to be car mechanics and would use ANYTHING washing up liquid , bleach , industrial strength cleaner to get those tell-tale oily fingernails clean before they ventured out on a date . |
| 4 | ‘ Their reactions ought to be recorded , ’ he believes , ‘ even if they get out of the City . ’ |
| 5 | The collected volume of his Seventy eight studies from Nature ( 1809 ) contains an 8-page discourse entitled ‘ A Few Observations with respect to the mode in which Plantations ought to be Conducted . ’ |
| 6 | I am depressed by the lack of provision for small children , because although we have things like the Equal Opportunities Commission and the S S R C funding , very generously research into what they call women 's under-achievement , educationally and occupationally and so on , that does n't seem to be the area in which things ought to be being done . |
| 7 | Here in the social services , which , in volume of resources involved , represent between one-third and one-half of the activities of the state , the question , it seems to me , can not be posed by disconnected , spasmodic pluses and minuses but by presenting a broad and large conception of the manner in which resources ought to be redeployed to meet modern realities , and this will not be done without soberly assessing but boldly facing the in-built obstacles to that redeployment . |
| 8 | Advising people how to arrange their belongings and how their rooms ought to be done ? |
| 9 | The following are the principal cases where that leave would be forthcoming : ( 1 ) relief is sought against any person domiciled in England or Wales ; ( 2 ) an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do an act or refrain from doing anything ( whether or not damages are also claimed in respect of a failure to do something or for the doing of that thing ) ; ( 3 ) the claim is brought against any person duly served within or out of England and Wales and a person out of England and Wales is a necessary or proper party thereto ; ( 4 ) the claim is founded on any breach or alleged breach of any contract wherever made , which : ( a ) according to its terms ought to be performed in England and Wales , or ( b ) is by its terms , or by implication , governed by English law , or ( c ) contains a term to the effect that a court in England or Wales shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action in respect of the contract ; ( 5 ) the claim is founded on a tort and the damage was sustained or resulted from an act committed , within England and Wales ; ( 6 ) the whole subject-matter of the proceedings is land ( with or without rent or profits ) or the perpetuation of testimony relating to land ; ( 7 ) the claim is brought to construe , rectify , set aside or enforce an act , deed , will , contract , obligation or liability affecting land ; ( 8 ) the claim is made for a debt secured on immovable property or is made to assert , declare or determine proprietary or possessory rights , or rights of security , in or over movable property , or to obtain authority to dispose of movable property ; ( 9 ) the claim is brought to execute the trusts of a written instrument , being trusts that ought to be executed according to English law and of which the person to be served with the originating process is a trustee , or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is brought ; ( 10 ) the claim is made for the administration of the estate of a person who died domiciled in England or Wales or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is made ; ( 11 ) the claim is brought in a probate action within the meaning of Ord 41 ; ( 12 ) the claim is brought to enforce any judgment or arbitral award ; ( 13 ) the claim is brought against a defendant not domiciled in Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of a claim by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for or in relation to any of the duties of taxes which have been , or are for the time being , placed under their care and management ; ( 14 ) the claim is brought in respect of contributions under the Social Security Act 1975 ; ( 15 ) the claim is made for a sum to which the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 15 March 1976 No 76/308/EEC applies , and service is to be effected in a country which is a member of the European Economic Community . |
| 10 | Their frustrations used to be articulated by Mrs Thatcher , but she is now as likely to be a cause of them as a cure . |
| 11 | Human subjects have always figured in the history of medicine and are now used widely in the testing of cosmetics and toiletries , and treatments for common diseases like influenza , although there are ethical limits to the severity of the ailments , or expected toxicity , to which humans ought to be exposed . |
| 12 | That 's what you scientists ought to be doing , improving food production , and finding ways to colonize the planets and the moon , instead of messing about with people and the children they have . |
| 13 | ‘ In the old times we hijras used to be like your zero zero seven . |
| 14 | The difference was more apparent than real , a question of ‘ words ’ in which ‘ all the details are important ’ in a new ‘ information environment ’ — meaning his words ought to be read in the light of the special status of the Communist Party organ , Pravda , and of glasnost . |
| 15 | But such a future , Eliot wrote , was not one in which he or his readers ought to be interested . |
| 16 | His grandparents used to be Gypsies and Jon realised from an early age that he would like to follow in their footsteps . |
| 17 | The truth is that Libya has been stiched up on several occasions since Libyan oil was nationalised in 1969 and Gaddafi refused to behave like the American client his predecessors used to be . |
| 18 | The art work is primitive but the silly little joke is what comics used to be about . |
| 19 | Further research on classroom exchanges would assist in determining where problems are and what steps ought to be taken to eradicate them and promote a gender-neutral environment in our classrooms . |
| 20 | The day to day routine of the Home Office in supervising prisons , the probation service and the police , including the handling of prisoners ' petitions and applications for the Royal Prerogative of Mercy , gives it a fund of practical experience of how the law is working and what changes ought to be thought about . |
| 21 | I would n't say there 's a consensus , but there are various consensuses , that 's the plural , which overlap , which are n't in opposition , about what communications ought to be about . |
| 22 | Questions relating to the way teachers perform their tasks can readily be translated into statements about what teachers ought to be doing ! |
| 23 | What diseases used to be common but now are hardly ever heard of ? |
| 24 | There are some widespread and questionable assumptions in nearly all this literature as to what societies used to be like before the advent of industrialism and capitalism . |
| 25 | An indication that the child knows what letters ought to be in the word , but ca n't remember clearly enough how they really look . |
| 26 | Your mnemonic is CHIC , which is what your notes ought to be C : Conclusions in the right-hand margin ( 40mm wide ) H : Headings in the left-hand margin ( 40mm wide ) I : Inside the margins for the notes C : Colour for punch . |
| 27 | The pull 's fairly heavy , but someone with your shoulders ought to be able to manage . ’ |
| 28 | from , from er the European Community or European Union erm , in fact Simon is sitting out there and I think this is the chap who 've er really responsible for putting forward er , er on the County Council side the bid and er , er I think that our thanks ought to be extended . |
| 29 | Our custodians used to be dressed in the same uniform as prison warders and their task was maintaining the monument and its grounds . |
| 30 | Yes yo your hands used to be purple an and the brass work on the dredger cos we had , we had a little bit of brass work they all used to turn green and to clean it , used to turn green . |