Example sentences of "what [noun pl] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The art work is primitive but the silly little joke is what comics used to be about . |
| 2 | Further research on classroom exchanges would assist in determining where problems are and what steps ought to be taken to eradicate them and promote a gender-neutral environment in our classrooms . |
| 3 | The day to day routine of the Home Office in supervising prisons , the probation service and the police , including the handling of prisoners ' petitions and applications for the Royal Prerogative of Mercy , gives it a fund of practical experience of how the law is working and what changes ought to be thought about . |
| 4 | I would n't say there 's a consensus , but there are various consensuses , that 's the plural , which overlap , which are n't in opposition , about what communications ought to be about . |
| 5 | Questions relating to the way teachers perform their tasks can readily be translated into statements about what teachers ought to be doing ! |
| 6 | What diseases used to be common but now are hardly ever heard of ? |
| 7 | There are some widespread and questionable assumptions in nearly all this literature as to what societies used to be like before the advent of industrialism and capitalism . |
| 8 | An indication that the child knows what letters ought to be in the word , but ca n't remember clearly enough how they really look . |