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 | The first parts of these Latin names used to be used in naming cations . |
| 6 | You might think that , that 's a book that social scientists ought to be primarily interested in . |
| 7 | ‘ East Coker ’ states ‘ old men ought to be explorers . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | That 's how the old systems used to be with everything did n't they ? |
| 10 | In a publishing deal , the average splits used to be 50:50 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The project engineer to agree with the client what the liquidem liquidated damages ought to be . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The main home of the Irish polled cattle used to be in the north west . |
| 18 | ‘ In those days casual wayfarers used to be housed in the Institution . |
| 19 | The matter boiled down , in part , to simple morality ; innocent prisoners ought to be freed . |
| 20 | So many famous families used to be living here . |
| 21 | If this is accepted then odours per se , destroying as they do any feeling of well-being , the enjoyment of food and home , are prejudicial to health and adequate legal measures ought to be available to ensure their control . |
| 22 | Flat fees used to be the rule , but since 1 January 1991 the Law Society has introduced a sliding scale of up to £1,000 : see Appendix B. The ISVA charge no fee . |
| 23 | Close friends and certainly married couples ought to be very familiar with the ideas and opinions held by their partner . |
| 24 | Mr Ivor Stanbrook ( C Orpington ) said it was imperative the law should be applied and those encouraging breaches ought to be prosecuted for the common law offence of incitement to commit a crime . |
| 25 | So dramatic were the claims for some of these anti-ageing products that there were rumblings to the effect that such powerful preparations ought to be classified as ‘ drugs ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's like all the Italian restaurants used to be , is n't it ? |
| 27 | Just as disturbingly , the draft guidance goes on to suggest that in order to allow future generations to have some reserves after 2011 , some of these potentially very damaging permissions should to be held in reserve to satisfy the principle of sustainable development ! |
| 28 | Just as disturbingly , the draft guidance goes on to suggest that in order to allow future generations to have some reserves after 2011 , some of these potentially very damaging permissions should to be held in reserve to satisfy the principle of sustainable development ! |
| 29 | To reach a solution several fundamental questions ought to be answered : |
| 30 | But although they might be better mounted , by normal standards , they were not so well horsed for rough riding as were the Borderers on their tough , sure-footed hill ponies ; on this terrain the fleeing men ought to be able to keep ahead . |