Example sentences of "[verb] what [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Archdeacon would know what ought to be done . |
| 2 | That would shatter Germany 's present mood of economic optimism , already faltering as the difficulties of modernising what used to be East Germany grow clearer . |
| 3 | Peter Rawlins , having failed in his mission to set up the stubbornly impracticable Taurus computer trading system , has done what used to be called the honourable thing . |
| 4 | Why do they go on the way they do , making a huge fuss about little things and then ignoring what ought to be much more important ? |
| 5 | Consequently , the court can not use what used to be called injunctions , either mandatory or prohibitory , to achieve that the child should live in a particular place . |
| 6 | Thus Science syllabuses may include material formerly taught under the separate headings of General Science , Nature Study , Rural Science and Health Education ; Social Studies syllabuses incorporate what used to be taught under History , Geography and Civics . |
| 7 | This has replaced what used to be known as the Widow 's Allowance . |
| 8 | During the weekend , Westons Cider will be open for tasting what used to be known as the wine of the West . |
| 9 | After all it is bad enough when you think you know what ought to be done , and instead it is decided to do something quite different . |
| 10 | Erm , they 've demolished all the north side , you know what used to be the dynamics and that 's all gone , it 's gon na become , you know , it 's not very , that 's becoming a , well , in the process of becoming a business park , but I mean , mean well , I mean , it , it , it 's all executive erm , and you know business stuff and on the surface , you know , we 're still reasonably busy with , with that sort of thing , but erm , no that , they have , the only one four six we see now is just on the company shuttle just you know until they complete the close down of the factory , they shuttle them up to Woodford , er , er , and back every day . |
| 11 | First , they may be designed not finally to determine what is to be done in certain circumstances but merely to determine what ought to be done on the basis of certain considerations . |
| 12 | The weight of development money from such a vast army of different interests behind it mean that it will dominate what used to be known as the data processing department however much the purists suck their teeth in fastidious disdain . |
| 13 | Network South East has spent a quarter of million pounds converting what used to be staff accommodation , into a kindergarten . |
| 14 | By day or by night , when its lights so insolently interrupt what ought to be the dark solitude of the mountains , this extension of Saint-Lary is an offence ; only when the weather closes in , and the clouds hang low , returning the high ledge on which it stands to a very satisfactory invisibility , is the valley 's honour temporarily saved . |
| 15 | Many men feel a very great sense of despair and discomfort upon entering what used to be their home with their wife , but what is now a house that seems to demand a lot of time-consuming work . |
| 16 | While the political literati lay waste to vast tracts of newsprint in their musings about the causes of Labour 's failure , and the shortcomings of the political system that compounded it , those people who constitute what ought to be the bedrock of oppositional electoral support are becoming increasingly alienated not only from the Labour Party , but from the entire political process . |
| 17 | It is all very well to hark back and praise what used to be then , over and above what is today , just because the aura of a past age hangs round it . |
| 18 | Perhaps because I was hot-tempered at times , I became what used to be called a ‘ natural ’ as a boxer . |
| 19 | Adjudicative authorities , one might say , are precisely those in which the role of the authority is to judge what are the reasons which apply to its subjects and decide accordingly , i.e. their decisions are merely meant to declare what ought to be done in any case . |
| 20 | For the man who owns this land , watching what used to be a wheat field turned into a race track has been an eye opener … although he 's well aware of the problems the sport can cause . |
| 21 | Relying on the Bible , Roman law , and the classics to explain what ought to be , John also drew on his own experience to describe the contemporary scene . |
| 22 | Day care facilities for the mentally handicapped include what used to be known as adult training centres . |
| 23 | From La Bourboule to Montluçon and Tours we traverse what used to be called la France profonde , a deep and unchanging rural France unaffected by progress and modern life . |
| 24 | Then indeed , after a long time , Childebert considered what ought to be added , and he instituted from 78 to 83 , which he is known to have imposed worthily , and so he transmitted these writings to his brother Chlothar . |