Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | if you worked abroad , any tax relief that might be associated with your periods overseas ought to be considered . |
| 2 | Mr John Bates for the prosecution [ when six football supporters were charged ] said : ‘ While a football match years ago used to be regarded as one of the perks of the job by the police , it is now the reverse . |
| 3 | I remember I remember years ago used to be , |
| 4 | The moorlands also used to be a larder for great raptors : hen harrier and short-eared owl , quartering the heather in endless search of prey . |
| 5 | Servants too ought to be diligent and refrain from gaming and other dissolute pursuits , although at the same time they were fully entitled to ‘ competent wages and clothing with trew payments of the same ’ . |
| 6 | I think those points perhaps ought to be taken up at the General Purposes Committee since er we have the problem of their decisions . |
| 7 | And rail railways really ought to be far better developed than they are in this country , eh . |