Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All is not true , so not everything should be believed ; some things ought to be doubted . |
| 2 | This seems to suggest that the policy of the 1974 Act is the recognition that there is a need for industrial waste to be disposed of , and the companies doing so are providing a much needed service , but such operations ought to be closely controlled to ensure that any interference on the surrounding locality is minimal . |
| 3 | And if the law of homicide makes no special provision for mercy killings ( see Chapter 7.4(h) below ) or for killings during extreme emotional disturbance , despite a widely held view that such cases ought to be treated as less culpable than ‘ ordinary ’ murders , is there not an argument for a fairly broadly defined qualified defence ? |
| 4 | Unlike Bacon , who supposed that his method of inquiry would give certainty , he concluded that judgement on such matters ought to be suspended . |
| 5 | The development of such schemes ought to be assured since they were commended by the Royal Commission , are greatly valued by NACAB and has the support of the Law Society . |
| 6 | Lord Donaldson implied , however , that solicitors who exercised their new rights of audience in these cases ought to be expected to concentrate on advocacy . |
| 7 | These matters ought to be included in the 1991 advisory restructuring exercise ( Leeds City Council 1991c ) . |
| 8 | So the true task of adult education these days ought to be first and foremost to equip a sufficient body of ordinary citizens so that they are capable of forming rationally grounded opinions upon matters of public importance . |
| 9 | Taking the French system as an example , the huissier de justice engaged by the plaintiff will deliver the documents to the ministère public ; this is a body of officers attached to the court and primarily responsible for the public prosecution function in the criminal jurisdiction , and customarily and conveniently referred to as the parquet ( which literally means ‘ the well of the court ’ where these officers used to be placed ) . |
| 10 | Well these lights used to be quite easy , did n't mind being stopped by them . |
| 11 | Prices for these wines used to be considered advantageous , but no longer . |
| 12 | THE CHOICE of Sardinia — now confirmed as the venue for the opening stages of England 's 1990 World Cup campaign — satisfies the requirement laid down by Britain 's Minister for Sport , Mr Colin Moynihan , that these matches ought to be played ‘ on an island where the problem can be contained . ’ |
| 13 | " Two of these beams ought to be replaced , " he said . |
| 14 | Do n't you think , Mr Vansitart , that the really nice thing about human beings is the notion we do have that things ought to be somehow fair — though nowhere in nature do we have evidence that God understands the concept at all . |
| 15 | The imbalance between the parties does not mean that all disputes ought to be resolved in court , rather it suggests that there may be methods of organising dispute resolution which are fairer for the parties involved . |
| 16 | It would have appeared a politically harmless work , if it had not contained a violent attack in the Preface on ‘ the impertinent and ignorant preachers ’ appointed by the Government , ‘ who think all religion is a sermon and all sermons ought to be libels against truth and old Governors , and expound chapters that the meaning may never be understood ’ . |
| 17 | The Government 's proposition is simple : a person making a claim that may date back a great many years ought to be able to produce some evidence to back it up . |
| 18 | The substantive work has consequently shifted from the party headquarters , where all decisions used to be made , to the conference hall and the corridors . |
| 19 | Where all women ought to be . ’ |
| 20 | In other words , a lot more decisions ought to be taken at the committee level . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Erm so quite apart from fro from that , this approach to the whole question concentrating on parental investment and female choice would not only make us sensitive to female choice in the sense of either submitting to a male or not but secondly it would make us er wonder what happened even after a female had mated and we could predict could n't we that females ought to be discriminating abou about the subsequent fate of any fertilized erm zygote and indeed there 's plenty of evidence to show that human females highly discriminated and far from passive even after they 've been fertilized . |
| 23 | Now if the liberationist can persuade us that this passionate regard for normal young babies is based upon an unjustifiable prejudice in favour merely of our own species , and that apart from this , animals are no different , then consistency should require that both groups ought to be accorded the same treatment . |
| 24 | Most funds used to be of a general nature investing mainly in the UK . |