Example sentences of "they [vb mod] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They feel they ought to be immune and , in their health , superior to lay people . |
| 2 | Those are words which could be used to describe the righteousness of Paul ; and they ought to be appropriate for us too . |
| 3 | The duty of the police when they arrest without warrant is , no doubt , to be quick to see the possibility of crime , but equally they ought to be anxious to avoid mistaking the innocent for the guilty … |
| 4 | It was in their interests to make work for the dental profession and sell vitamin C , not to let it get about that simply by keeping their hands where they ought to be young people could have healthy teeth and gums for life . |
| 5 | Whatever arrangements are made they ought to be convenient for the parents and not just for the school . |
| 6 | If anyone claims to be making a factual statement , then they ought to be able to state what observations would be relevant to determining the truth or falsity of that statement . |
| 7 | From there they ought to be able to gain a better notion of Balliol 's intentions . |
| 8 | Lord Denning recognised that " in our constitutional theory Parliament is supreme but he saw the judges as the real " guardians of our constitution " and he felt that they ought to be able to pronounce on the validity of the conventions and " ought to have a power of judicial review of legislation similar to that in the United States : whereby the judges can set aside statutes which are contrary to our unwritten constitution — in that they are repugnant to reason or to fundamentals " . |
| 9 | In either case the man would know the message : and in either case they ought to be able to find him . |
| 10 | Mm , that 's right and they 've got all the hassle of the airport , mind you they ought to be able to get a local airport I do n't know who they 're going , going with , who the erm Gavin said , I think Gavin said or somebody said something the , the original company have gone bankrupt |
| 11 | I would say that they ought to be able to spend at a level which is within the S S As that have been given both for the county and for the districts , and therefore we should be below the three hundred and seventy eight . |
| 12 | Firstly , erm , issues of principle , and I I 've outlined those in item nine one six , and then acquainted them with the Lincolnshire situation , special things that we thought applied in Lincolnshire , that they ought to be aware of . |
| 13 | In this universe they ought to be huge . |
| 14 | This poem uses lots of words that sound as if they ought to be proper words but are not . |
| 15 | They used to be bloody thirty odd quid , forty odd quid . |
| 16 | They used to be nice little lads and all going round and quiet and the they used to then the tram cars used to lo run along Road . |
| 17 | They used to be sharp if you was n't careful . |
| 18 | They used to be brilliant . |
| 19 | Better , yes , better than erm , some , in the old days when you used to take those photo 's they used to be awful did n't they , erm , everybody sort of look 's as if they were staring and sort of all |
| 20 | Erm , capital bonds , they used to be good rates , they , they 've deteriorated really , National Savings certificates well I 've covered index-linked , the only one I 'd really say er is n't super unless you 're a higher-rate taxpayer is the fortieth issue , which is paying under six percent , it 's not really worth picking up for five years . |
| 21 | And yet , years ago they used to be long , long trains . |
| 22 | they used to be cheap , there was a lot of one pound seventy , they 're only a little slab , drive me boring doing the little ones , so you might as well get two of the big ones once you 've done |
| 23 | they used to be alright did n't they ? |
| 24 | The neat , sturdy water-buses pass by , on their way to the railway station or over the Basin to the Lido ; they used to be steam-powered , which is why they are called vaporetti . |
| 25 | They used to be common in the Aberdeen Angus too . |
| 26 | And they used to er have er a film Of course they used to be silent films and then er er had er and there used to be what they call interval . |
| 27 | Where has those tomatoes gone , if you remember them , they used to be big ones an'all they were |
| 28 | They were brilliant times to live in he then me uncle Ed come on leave , from France , yeah I had a look at his rifle he used to bring all his equipment cos they did n't know if the units had moved when they got back and if they used to be lucky enough to get a leave , they used to have to bring all their equipment with them you see and he used to bring his rifle , everything on leave , and I , I always remember asking him why he had n't , if he 'd killed any Germans , why he had n't got any notches on his rifle he erm |
| 29 | They used to be alone among the plastic bags , sorting and grading whatever had been donated . |
| 30 | There used to be some nice serials for They used to be thrilling you know , er I can remember I wish they 'd show them now They used to be what we used to call , The voice on the wire and then there was another serial called , Peggo the Ring . |