Example sentences of "[Wh det] it [vb mod] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 11 ) If a licensing board is not elected at the time at which it ought to be elected , or an insufficient number of members is elected for a board , the Secretary of State may by order provide for the holding of an election or elections for supplying such fault or deficiency in election at such times and in such manner as he may think expedient . |
| 2 | The ridge is formed by the algal genus , Porolithon , not by Lithothamnion after which it used to be named . |
| 3 | Mr Ford has shown an absence of leadership and an absence of grasp of what this country is and what it ought to be . ’ |
| 4 | To say what it ought to be would be to express attitudes of his own , which he does not regard as the task of the kind of philosopher like himself who is , in his professional work , trying to understand ethical discussion rather than to participate in it . |
| 5 | He did not concern himself with the business of creating such a society , only with the description of what it ought to be like : the actual propositions in the book are not to be taken literally , in other words , since he was offering only the ideal model of a better civilization . |
| 6 | At the same time he was prone to a feeling of guilt that his art was not what it ought to be . |
| 7 | The minister could never say to the board , ‘ right , now you have a logical remit , go away and fulfil it and so long as your rate of return is what it ought to be , we will not interfere ’ ( SCNI 1968 : 431 , 434–6 ) . |
| 8 | ON FARM after farm around us the potato harvest is coming in — but the lifting of spuds is not what it used to be . |
| 9 | ‘ Nostalgia ai n't what it used to be , ’ interjected Andrew , quoting the latest college graffiti . |
| 10 | But they said the number was only a fraction of what it used to be . |
| 11 | It is a great name , though some say the atmosphere at the ‘ Kempi ’ is not what it used to be . |
| 12 | Gerald Peach , sing secretary , said that , though it was not what it used to be , ‘ it is a tradition we are anxious to maintain ’ . |
| 13 | Of course that is just what it used to be for before the invasion of the television and the mobile office . |
| 14 | My wife was the first to notice it : running a bath was n't what it used to be ; no more gush of water , just a diminishing trickle . |
| 15 | Payola is n't what it used to be . |
| 16 | The future ai n't what it used to be |
| 17 | English cricket is n't what it used to be . |
| 18 | ‘ First , I thought French was a chic language , ’ he explained , ‘ and then you know , I saw all those photos of Germany before the war and I thought life would never be what it used to be . |
| 19 | Fleet Street ai n't what it used to be . |
| 20 | my acuity is not what it used to be |
| 21 | My voice is n't what it used to be . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Dear diary , history is n't what it used to be . ’ |
| 23 | My intention was to arrive here during hours of daylight , but the charity of our road-users is not what it used to be . |
| 24 | Two fine , upstanding members of staff attend a Christmas party in the staff canteen , c.1971 — which just goes to show that Christmas in the National Library is not what it used to be ! |
| 25 | But even though nostalgia may not be what it used to be , even for these people there are good reasons for staying in touch . |
| 26 | That 's what it used to be . |
| 27 | Except that their role is more obscure to the public eye , the authorities ' influence over short-term interest rates is not very different from what it used to be when they announced an MLR each week and expected institutions to comply . |
| 28 | Its suspension is not what it used to be . |
| 29 | " Change is not what it used to be " ( Handy 1989 ) . |
| 30 | My eyesight is not what it used to be . |