Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] ought to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Practical guidelines on the way in which an allegation of misconduct ought to be handled are available in the ACAS Code of Practice on disciplinary and other employment procedures , and in the handbook Discipline at Work . |
2 | Damages for the loss of dependency ought to be such that she will have available to her to spend each year , free of tax , a sum equal to the amount of the dependency . |
3 | Colonel John Custis of Williamsburg , a wealthy Virginian planter , was also advised by Collinson to purchase a copy of the Dictionary , a ‘ work of the greatest use ’ and one which ‘ no lover of gardening ought to be without ’ . |
4 | Sartre produces a persuasive formulation of the relation of the individual to the determining historical circumstance through his concepts of praxis and the practico-inert ; it is also obvious to him how the larger question of History ought to be solved . |
5 | As chairman of the Commission 's Joint Research Centre 's board of governors he has told the commissioner for science , Viscount Davignon , that European decision-making on science ought to be reformed to stop a repetition . |
6 | These other offences do not cover all eventualities , and , moreover , it may be argued with some force that child sexual abuse at home ought to be labelled separately . |
7 | erm I think that some sort of offer ought to be made . |
8 | Cheerful , too , as a place of worship ought to be . |
9 | In this paper , I have argued that , contrary to the thinking of some of the major representatives of the tradition which distinguishes the public world from the private one , the notion of autonomy ought to be extended to the private sphere . |
10 | The adapter , Andy de la Tour , used to be one of the unfunniest comedians on the alternative cabaret circuit , a chap with a black hole where his sense of humour ought to be . |
11 | There was a little discussion about the length of time a perfectly made cup of tea ought to be brewed and a little anguish because there was no milk to offer the guests . |