Example sentences of "[modal v] to be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it is because Sri Lanka 's politicians have , in the past , been people of some stature , and the army used to be kept small . |
| 2 | ‘ I used to be called Shorty all through school because I am so small . |
| 3 | The second tendency is what used to be called Black nationalism but is now fragmented into multiple varieties , each with its own claim to ethnic particularity . |
| 4 | It has the difference , if there is the implication , that in many perhaps in most cases of AIDS , it could have been avoided by , what used to be called clean living . |
| 5 | They used to be called blue-green algae because they appeared to be close relatives of the green algae that are common in ponds , but now that their very primitive character is recognised , they are referred to as cyanophytes or simply , blue-greens . |
| 6 | The scientists and philosophers — and I think it 's significant that scientific study used to be called natural philosophy — they think in a big way , about yesterday and tomorrow , about the whole great sweep of mankind in the world . |
| 7 | First there are contributory benefits , which used to be called national insurance benefits . |
| 8 | His great strength is that he looks a small-'c' conservative , with that appealing moderation which used to be thought Tory . |
| 9 | The direct start to Canol , Joe Brown 's classic E1 on Craig Ddu in the Llanberis Pass , is a hard pitch which used to be graded Severe because Doug Belshaw , who ascended it first , ‘ only led severes ’ . |
| 10 | THEY used to be considered dirty , slow , noisy and uncomfortable . |
| 11 | It used to be considered obvious that time flowed on forever , regardless of what was happening ; but the theory of relativity combined time with space and said that both could be warped , or distorted , by the matter and energy in the universe . |
| 12 | Prices for these wines used to be considered advantageous , but no longer . |
| 13 | GOOD drawing ability used to be considered important at school , not only as a skill that might give expression to a child 's aesthetic and artistic inclinations , but also one that would be useful in practical ways — in recording flora and fauna in nature study , for example . |
| 14 | What used to be considered basic back-to-school items — schoolbags , pencil cases , stationery , lunch boxes and the like — have now become fashion accessories in the classroom . |
| 15 | In most primary schools certain teachers have , or can acquire , special strengths which ought to be made available , on a rational division of labour , to children outside their class and to their colleagues . |
| 16 | If a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence is to be given the opportunity to make representation to the Secretary of State concerning the length of his tariff , as in my judgment he should be , then , for those representations to be effective , he ought to be made aware beforehand of the nature of the judge 's advice . |
| 17 | about necessarily taking it , but I think they certainly ought to be made aware of sort of what it involves and and what it really means . |
| 18 | I think it ought to be made clear that the the voices that you can hear , or will be hearing in the next half an hour or so will be that of the television . |
| 19 | At the conclusion of the hearing of this petition for special leave to appeal their Lordships announced that they would humbly advise Her Majesty that the petitioner ought to be granted special leave to appeal and that they would give their reasons later . |
| 20 | ‘ We ought to be subsidising public transport , Lewis ! ’ |
| 21 | Instead of Bible teaching , he ought to be translating fine words into deeds . |
| 22 | He ought to be wearing black . |
| 23 | So we need to be looking forward , but we ought to be looking short-term , so the best way to look at objectives , is to look it in the short-term , which is in fact , year one if you like , medium term , years two and three , and long-term , years four and five . |
| 24 | She ought to be called Lucky , Lucky Something , a double-barrelled name like a smart horse , not just ordinary Lucky like an old mongrel . |
| 25 | There is a type of expression which is frequently included in the category of idiom , but which , it will be argued , ought to be kept distinct , and that is what is sometimes called ‘ frozen ’ or ‘ dead ’ metaphor . |
| 26 | On a less technical level , in any professional firm , whatever its size , two matters ought to be given particular attention : ( 1 ) the need to involve all its members and its professionally qualified employees in day to day management ; and ( 2 ) the need to keep under constant supervision the professional conduct of its members and employees . |
| 27 | He 's the boy no burglar ought to be left alone with . |
| 28 | I think she ought to be left alone . ’ |
| 29 | Your specific tasks within that given work are assigned to you by a person called your manager ( or boss or supervisor ) , who ought to be held accountable for the work you do . |
| 30 | In determining whether the defendants ought to be held liable under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher , the learned judge considered that he ought to pay regard to ( i ) the quantities of combustible materials which the defendants brought onto the land ; ( ii ) the way in which they stored them ; and ( iii ) the character of the neighbourhood . |