Example sentences of "to what [modal v] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us suppose that , when invited to judge actions or persons , I appeal only to what is , never to what ought to be . |
| 2 | Moreover , Hume famously insisted , there is a prima facie gap between any assertion as to what is the case and any assertion as to what ought to be done , and this is best understood as the gap between reason 's detection of how things are and passion 's emotional response to their being so . |
| 3 | An emotivist will think that Butler is merely expressing and inviting an attitude whereby we favour this sort of system of self control , while an intuitionist will think that there is tacit appeal to an intuition as to what ought to be . |
| 4 | Untrained in any art school , commencing his career in the early 1930s , a homosexual , addicted to the sleazier pleasures of Soho , living for a large portion of his life in the same seedy studio in South Kensington , eschewing all official honours , and a stranger to what used to be called the ‘ salons ’ of high society , he succeeded in expressing in frightening imagery the horrors which lie embedded below the surface of life . |
| 5 | The arrival of Charlie , Louise , Timothy and Alexandra put an end to what used to be called ‘ normal life ’ , including quiet , civilised Christmas gatherings with friends over drinks . |
| 6 | When that breaks down , they 're sent to what used to be the poorhouse . |
| 7 | We 're going to go on to what used to be called club foot which is a fairly gross word word Right |
| 8 | Cynthia was given to what used to be known as the ‘ vapours ’ . |
| 9 | There 's an old lady living next door to what used to be the Armitage house ; she was there when Mrs Armitage was alive and Inez was her companion . ’ |
| 10 | All work has been concentrated on to what used to be the body plant . |