Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE only predictable thing about Chelsea used to be their unpredictability , but you ca n't even bank on that right now . |
| 2 | The cattle of Scotland used to be of many colours but predominantly black and of the Highland or Galloway type . |
| 3 | In January 1928 he was invited back to speak at the Cambridge Union , on the motion that the Church of England ought to be disestablished . |
| 4 | The Bank of England used to be the City 's leader ; in recent times it has seemed content to be its cheerleader . |
| 5 | Finch , however , denounced the 1300 perambulation as ‘ false and erroneous ’ , and coerced the Grand Jury and Forest officers into returning a verdict ‘ that the Meetes and Boundes of the Forrest of Deane ought to be according to the Perambulations made ’ in 1228 and 1282 . |
| 6 | Finally , it suggested that interconnection with the Republic of Ireland ought to be re-eastablished . |
| 7 | What we can not countenance though sir , is any widening o of the route that they seek to go down , to have these sites included in the greenbelt , and that 's to say to entertain the argument that the whole of Skelton ought to be washed-over . |
| 8 | At a rough guess , Pierremont Gardens today stands where the real gardens of Pierremont used to be . |
| 9 | The people of Birmingham ought to be allowed to vote on this all-important issue . |
| 10 | The greater part of the property of Britain used to be surrounded by a kind of magic circle within which the law of honesty could not penetrate . |
| 11 | the hon. Member for Hemsworth ought to be more careful in his support for Boycott , or he will fall out with many of his own right hon. and hon. Friends . |
| 12 | ‘ It could find Floridia , so somewhere important like Blackbury ought to be no trouble . ’ |
| 13 | Just think — the days when Leeds vs Bradford used to be the big game of the season only a few years back ( One of which was my first leeds game ! ! ) |
| 14 | Reaching Tioman from Singapore used to be either a complex business of bus , taxi and boat , or a frustrating one of scarce seats on very small aeroplanes . |
| 15 | The toy section in this Oxfam shop in Oxford used to be a honeypot for children , but there 's not much to choose from in it now . |
| 16 | Feast day in Bellerby used to be the Wednesday after Whitsunday , but in 1933 it was moved to Whit Monday as people no longer had a holiday on this day . |
| 17 | There is a severe weakness in power , for Persia used to be the ‘ seat of mighty conquerors ’ . |
| 18 | Where a party can only be liable if negligent , a clause such as that in White v Warwick ought to be enough to protect against liability , even if parallel liability for failure to take reasonable care could be imposed in tort and contract ( Alderslade v Hendon Laundry Ltd [ 1945 ] KB 189 ) . |