Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [prep] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking into account the annual exemption , indexation and rebasing , the shareholders ought to be in a better tax position than if the amounts distributed had been classified as a company distribution . |
| 2 | The offices used to be in West Byfleet in Surrey . |
| 3 | The menu was 600 francs , and while the food was very simple it reminded me of what Provençal restaurants used to be like in the days before even the most ordinary of Provençal dishes became a " speciality " listed on the menu as a supplement at 750 francs . |
| 4 | Most funds used to be of a general nature investing mainly in the UK . |
| 5 | Latin American nations used to be among the most prosperous of the nations of the South . |
| 6 | It 's only the ground floor , really , and it is set out with a bar at the back and refreshments like the old music halls used to be with every so often , every few seats there is a table so that it 's a thing to have your drink and refreshments to hand at the table . |
| 7 | Handy accepted the appointment in 1977 as an alternative to joining the church , and his management thinking has always been marked by a belief that companies ought to be about more than performance and profitability . |
| 8 | Well , the cleaners ought to be at work ; and they might have left the outer door open . |
| 9 | Dorcas had led the way into the best kitchen , as charming a room as best kitchens used to be in farmhouses which had no parlours — the fire reflected in a bright row of pewter plates and dishes ; the sand-scoured deal tables so clean you longed to stroke them ; the salt-coffer in one chimney corner , and a three-cornered chair in the other , the walls being handsomely tapestried with flitches of bacon , and the ceiling ornamented with pendent hams . |
| 10 | The electricity cable laying to give 'em a job so you could play for the Ipswich Electric Supply Team and we had a jolly good team , we won the cup for the first three years that it was in being but the finals used to be on Portman Road and course that was in those days a thing to be looked forward to . |
| 11 | Within yards of the station , you can catch trout for tea , sup Yorkshire ale , and see how things used to be at Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life . |
| 12 | The main home of the Irish polled cattle used to be in the north west . |
| 13 | ‘ In the old times we hijras used to be like your zero zero seven . |
| 14 | As a rough guide two strands wound together make something approximately like three-ply in thickness and three together are usually reckoned to be about a four-ply. these fine industrial yarns used to be in the ‘ odds and ends ’ bins , but the manufacturers have caught on to the fact that they are popular with machine knitters , so now they can be bought under a brand name . |
| 15 | Sir : Increasing the recycling of plastics ought to be near the top of Britain 's environmental priorities , as your article ‘ The search to escape a plastic nightmare ’ ( 27 September ) suggests . |
| 16 | I remember the Carpenters used to be on here you know . |
| 17 | One of The Lemon Trees used to be in The Waterboys . |
| 18 | All I 'm saying is the forms that are mentioned in the procedure that have to go in those wallets ought to be in those colours , so red , so pink . |
| 19 | Mm , what did erm the dentist and hospitals used to be like before the New Town was built ? |
| 20 | There are some widespread and questionable assumptions in nearly all this literature as to what societies used to be like before the advent of industrialism and capitalism . |
| 21 | An indication that the child knows what letters ought to be in the word , but ca n't remember clearly enough how they really look . |
| 22 | Other claims used to be to a maximum of £5000 . |
| 23 | That 's how the old systems used to be with everything did n't they ? |