Example sentences of "[subord] [ex0] [modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The centre is One , the outer fringe is Six ; zones where there used to be neighbourhoods . |
| 2 | Where there used to be a great big island . |
| 3 | Only in Mile End , where there used to be a fair crop of breweries , could you find a good pub with a good pint of beer . |
| 4 | ‘ Hmmnn , more bruising than there ought to be . |
| 5 | The magic solution has lost its power — although if you want another performance just re-heat and re-cool the beaker … to be supersaturated means to have more dissolved than there ought to be … the cold supersaturated solution almost literally did not know what to do . |
| 6 | This means that at a time of crisis , such as death , there are fewer people to turn to than there used to be when it was the norm to live much nearer to kinfolk . |
| 7 | There were more of them than there used to be , he was sure of it . |
| 8 | Yet ( while there are more lifers than there used to be ) most of them have a great deal to lose . |
| 9 | This attitude has changed somewhat over the years and there are now fewer homes than there used to be . |
| 10 | Although further London spine points have been introduced and the amount of extra pay given to people working in London has therefore increased , there is more flexibility in the system than there used to be . |
| 11 | At a time when the school curriculum is becoming increasingly prescriptive , when there seems less flexibility than there used to be , it might seem difficult to set up collaborative teaching projects . |
| 12 | There 's more violence on the buses than there used to be . |
| 13 | Yes , I think that 's true , but at the same time there is a debate going on as to whether in fact there 's more violence now than there used to be , some people say there is more violence , other people say that , that erm that 's not the case . |
| 14 | There are fewer jobs in chemistry than there used to be . |
| 15 | The winners will be those with the most innovative ideas , especially for getting unemployed people work — so there ought to be plenty of scope fro an input from the ES . |
| 16 | yeah , but she charges five pound cos there must of been some little bits over |
| 17 | Cos there used to be a lot of houses under the shops along there as well . |
| 18 | Ten shillings from Saturday morning , from when they when the men left off at half past four on a Saturday till six o'clock Monday morning , we got ten shillings and if and if we were on watch on th on the night time , cos we used to do one watch one week and one night one week and two nights next , cos there used to be the mate and erm three more sailors , used to take turns , well there was only four nights so the man who done the Monday night , they done the Friday night . |
| 19 | and that , well th well that was cos there used to be all hot cinders you know like coke , red hot coke and they always had clogs then with leather tops . |
| 20 | But I mean there was er , they were so kind to them in the hospital if there would of been any sign of distress they would of , you know , usually anyway you do n't usually have distress at the end you 're usually at peace are n't you ? |
| 21 | ‘ We run a proficiency award scheme and would like that to continue because there ought to be an award for young anglers in particular to show they are not just good anglers but caring conservationists as well , ’ said Peter . |
| 22 | ‘ Because there used to be a pond there , and that had water in it ’ . |
| 23 | We discuss in Chapter 4 whether there ought to be ‘ public law ’ rights to compensation . |
| 24 | The authority of the verderers , like that of the coroners , had ended with the previous reign , so the king sent out orders to the sheriffs to make arrangements for the election of ‘ as many verderers as there ought to be and used to be ’ in nineteen forests south of Trent , and in Sherwood Forest north of it , ‘ as no verderer is as yet elected therein by command of the King , |
| 25 | Just as there ought to be a Radio 2 equivalent of John Maddox 's excellent Scientifically Speaking ( which seems , unaccountably , to have disappeared ) , so such widely relevant debates should find a place on BBC 1 . |
| 26 | If you are turned down for a grant or loan or you are unhappy with the amount given , there is no right of appeal to an independent tribunal as there used to be . |
| 27 | As she uncovered herself to him — ‘ for I love , and there is no loneliness , no misery , no doubt and ignorance , no hoping for that which seems vain as there used to be , but never will be again ’ — one glimpses the ideal that enabled her to accept without question the life that lay before them . |
| 28 | Oh dear , well I could say er work has got a lot easier for a start , a lot easier and they ai n't as , they ai n't as , there ai n't so much night work as there used to be . |
| 29 | In either case ( the Bank selling more or buying fewer bills ) , there will be a knock-on effect on interest rates throughout the economy , just as there used to be with MLR . |
| 30 | There 's not as many as there used to be . |