Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one time the line of the defences used to be regarded as a significant rural-urban divide , but the repeated recognition of extensive extra-mural suburbs has necessarily shifted the emphasis of enquiry . |
| 2 | Taking into account the annual exemption , indexation and rebasing , the shareholders ought to be in a better tax position than if the amounts distributed had been classified as a company distribution . |
| 3 | While , as stated , some of the concepts used now have their origins in the nineteenth century and earlier , there were nevertheless different views taken of how far the courts ought to be reviewing tribunals and other inferior bodies . |
| 4 | The substantive limits which the courts ought to be imposing on the exercise of discretion is a complex question which can not be answered merely by dwelling upon individual cases . |
| 5 | The rules ought to be laid down based on common sense , not like one-way systems , things like that . |
| 6 | But the rules ought to be changed . |
| 7 | There ough the rules ought to be hardened up to stop this kind of thing going on |
| 8 | The offices used to be in West Byfleet in Surrey . |
| 9 | What did the shops used to be like cos you used to have to go to the Old Town did n't you ? |
| 10 | The kids used to be standing there one time — well , we hit them a few times with the cape and it had a bottle in it . |
| 11 | Some of the preachers used to be very enthusiastic , not to say a trifle over-active , when delivering their message . |
| 12 | Well is er Mr the issue which the inspectors ought to be er addressing themselves whether or not this land serves a greenbelt purpose , or not ? |
| 13 | Is one of the matters to which the inspectors ought to be applying their mind whether or not this land is more appropriately regarded as countryside or part of the village ? |
| 14 | Is one of the matters to which the inspectors ought to be applying their mind Would development of the site these sites amount to encroachment into the countryside ? |
| 15 | In determining whether the defendants ought to be held liable under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher , the learned judge considered that he ought to pay regard to ( i ) the quantities of combustible materials which the defendants brought onto the land ; ( ii ) the way in which they stored them ; and ( iii ) the character of the neighbourhood . |
| 16 | Well , the cleaners ought to be at work ; and they might have left the outer door open . |
| 17 | The offences used to be ‘ knowingly selling intoxicating liquor ’ and ‘ selling tobacco to a person apparently under the age of sixteen years ’ . |
| 18 | The chapels used to be full , the chapels used to be full . |
| 19 | The chapels used to be full , the chapels used to be full . |
| 20 | And somewhere through the hotel muzak lurks the sensation that things used to be different , that we ( my brother and I ) had n't always been wrapped in jumpers , silent , staring at the screen , that the days used to be hot and long . |
| 21 | ‘ Then the workers ought to be stronger . ’ |
| 22 | The electricity cable laying to give 'em a job so you could play for the Ipswich Electric Supply Team and we had a jolly good team , we won the cup for the first three years that it was in being but the finals used to be on Portman Road and course that was in those days a thing to be looked forward to . |
| 23 | the standard undertaking with the banks ought to be reviewed to include the phrase ‘ out of monies received by us ’ , to avoid the implication that the performance of the undertaking was outside the control of the solicitor . |
| 24 | Part of the buildings used to be an old cobbler 's shop , hence the ‘ Cobblers ’ wine bar and restaurant . |
| 25 | The monks used to be responsible for the education of the boys , teaching them the three Rs and the elements of Buddhism , the learning being almost entirely by rote , so that approaching a village one could often hear from a distance the shrill boyish voices as they repeated the lesson after their teacher . |
| 26 | far from happy with the plan print room with the er er o o o and suggest that the businesses ought to be concerned about the way that their records are stored in their plan room . |
| 27 | In July 1857 even Kiselev believed that because emancipation with land was for the time being impossible , freeing the serfs ought to be postponed for the foreseeable future . |
| 28 | I remember the Carpenters used to be on here you know . |
| 29 | They cause no great problem to anybody , and what ought to happen is that the gipsies and certainly the tinkers ought to be encouraged to buy sites and develop them and police them themselves . |
| 30 | Buckets , well every night time , when we finished dredging , you had to wash down , wash the decks down cos I mean that the decks used to be covered in mud and slush , so all we had then was an old draw bucket on a bit of rope , over the side , there were n't no hoses then , we used to the bucket and then we used to swing all the mud back in there , in the river . |