Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] which ought to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , the extension of this system might well reach the stage when directives are given from political headquarters as to the line of action which ought to be taken locally . |
| 2 | I affirm it to have been a fine active stock of books which ought to be available in any good library service … |
| 3 | Chicherin believed not only that serfdom was immoral but also that it was acting as a brake on the economy , that it could not be justified as a bastion against pauperism , and finally — a somewhat unusual argument — that it entailed the improper transference to the gentry of responsibilities which ought to be exercised by the state . |
| 4 | In creating the conservation plan the Trust 's initial purpose was not to create a special reserve for rare species , but rather a haven for the common things of Nature which ought to be on any farm — meadow and hedgerow flowers and grasses , butterflies , dragonflies , lizards , frogs , newts , hedgerows and owls . |
| 5 | The argument advanced here is that insider dealing is the sort of conduct which ought to be criminal . |
| 6 | ‘ You still have the kind of face which ought to be in the business of launching ships . ’ |
| 7 | When this is translated into personal terms , it means among other things that at some point in his or her career a teacher will have to look at its pattern and will have to pay attention to changes which ought to be made in his or her work-role . |