Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British bikes used to be kings of the road . |
| 2 | They reflected a concept that had been current for a number of years , that experiments in planning free zones ought to be devised ( Banham et al . , |
| 3 | All the young men were bucks — a young buck in the old days used to be a gentleman . |
| 4 | But trouble-makers in the old days used to be left there until they died . |
| 5 | All is not true , so not everything should be believed ; some things ought to be doubted . |
| 6 | The first parts of these Latin names used to be used in naming cations . |
| 7 | You might think that , that 's a book that social scientists ought to be primarily interested in . |
| 8 | ‘ East Coker ’ states ‘ old men ought to be explorers . ’ |
| 9 | Some of the English herds used to be milked in spite of the concentration on work and beef , but on the whole the Devon 's old milking traits have been neglected . |
| 10 | That 's how the old systems used to be with everything did n't they ? |
| 11 | In a publishing deal , the average splits used to be 50:50 . |
| 12 | This seems to suggest that the policy of the 1974 Act is the recognition that there is a need for industrial waste to be disposed of , and the companies doing so are providing a much needed service , but such operations ought to be closely controlled to ensure that any interference on the surrounding locality is minimal . |
| 13 | And if the law of homicide makes no special provision for mercy killings ( see Chapter 7.4(h) below ) or for killings during extreme emotional disturbance , despite a widely held view that such cases ought to be treated as less culpable than ‘ ordinary ’ murders , is there not an argument for a fairly broadly defined qualified defence ? |
| 14 | Unlike Bacon , who supposed that his method of inquiry would give certainty , he concluded that judgement on such matters ought to be suspended . |
| 15 | As to the question of where the resources should come from , avoiding the easy ( albeit probably correct ) let-out of ‘ abolish capitalism ’ , I would say simply that the transfer of money to unpaid workers ought to be the next stage in the redistribution of wealth , taking precedence over ‘ breadwinners ’ pay claims , tax-cuts or ‘ family ’ benefit increases . |
| 16 | The project engineer to agree with the client what the liquidem liquidated damages ought to be . |
| 17 | And the yeast used to come to the erm Station at er in wicker baskets , in sacks , little tiny sacks used to be , little Hessian bags sort of thing , pressed into it har , you know what yeast is , you 've seen yeast have n't you ? |
| 18 | Now , when you find management — the representatives of enterprise and risk capital — standing up in public and saying that they have a responsibility to keep prices stable , or lower them , that individual prices ought to be reported on by a commission , and that profits ought to attract special tax penalties if they exceed a certain level , then it is a sign that either the millennium has arrived or else something is going very seriously wrong indeed . |
| 19 | My gorgeous glossy dark locks used to be Mummy 's Delight when I was little , but now it was just wavy like the sea at Brighton and I wore it long with a flyaway fringe — well , it was flyaway if I could stick it solidly enough with gel or spray . |
| 20 | The development of such schemes ought to be assured since they were commended by the Royal Commission , are greatly valued by NACAB and has the support of the Law Society . |
| 21 | Lord Donaldson implied , however , that solicitors who exercised their new rights of audience in these cases ought to be expected to concentrate on advocacy . |
| 22 | These tough little animals used to be swum across the narrow straits ( or Kyles , hence the alternative name ‘ Kyloe ’ for the breed ) between the islands and the mainland . |
| 23 | These matters ought to be included in the 1991 advisory restructuring exercise ( Leeds City Council 1991c ) . |
| 24 | So the true task of adult education these days ought to be first and foremost to equip a sufficient body of ordinary citizens so that they are capable of forming rationally grounded opinions upon matters of public importance . |
| 25 | Taking the French system as an example , the huissier de justice engaged by the plaintiff will deliver the documents to the ministère public ; this is a body of officers attached to the court and primarily responsible for the public prosecution function in the criminal jurisdiction , and customarily and conveniently referred to as the parquet ( which literally means ‘ the well of the court ’ where these officers used to be placed ) . |
| 26 | Well these lights used to be quite easy , did n't mind being stopped by them . |
| 27 | Prices for these wines used to be considered advantageous , but no longer . |
| 28 | THE CHOICE of Sardinia — now confirmed as the venue for the opening stages of England 's 1990 World Cup campaign — satisfies the requirement laid down by Britain 's Minister for Sport , Mr Colin Moynihan , that these matches ought to be played ‘ on an island where the problem can be contained . ’ |
| 29 | " Two of these beams ought to be replaced , " he said . |
| 30 | And the first three rows used to be a ha'penny and the the others used to be a penny . |