Example sentences of "the [noun] [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 | All the grouse used to be brought to my dad , who was awful particular about displaying them . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This is set out as follows : ( 2 ) Where a person has entered into a contract after a misrepresentation has been made to him otherwise than fraudulently , and he would be entitled , by reason of the misrepresentation , to rescind the contract , then , if it is claimed , in any proceedings arising out of the contract , that the contract ought to be or has been rescinded , the court or arbitrator may declare the contract subsisting and award damages in lieu of rescission , if of the opinion that it would be equitable to do so , having regard to the nature of the misrepresentation and the loss that would be caused by it if the contract were upheld , as well as to the loss that rescission would cause to the other party . |
| 7 | The guardian ad litem takes the view that this decision is against the interests of the child and that in some way the inconvenience of the decision ought to be got round . |
| 8 | belief is that er if you get the trustee balance right , that 's the first place where the decision ought to be made , but there should be a fall-back position which Good has given , which they the trustees could go to the regulator in the case of er not being able to solve things , but are feeling very much on surpluses , that the money is there first of all to pay pensions and until pensions are paid up to Inland Revenue levels , whatever they are , then no money should go back to the company . |
| 9 | I M P A Cs belief is that er if you get the trustee balance right , that 's the first place where the decision ought to be made , but there should be a fall back position which Good has given , which they they trustees could go to the regulator in the case of er not being able to solve things , but our feeling very much on surplus is that the money is there first for to pay pensions and until pensions are paid up to Inland Revenue levels whatever they are , then no money should go back to the company . |
| 10 | THE WELSH used to be a hindrance rather than a help to the All Blacks but , by giving Grant Fox permission to practise his goalkicking at the Arms Park prior to tomorrow 's game with Cardiff , they might be contributing to their own downfall . |
| 11 | Erna Wright , one of the chief apostles of Dr Grantly Dick Read in England , wrote , ‘ The experience ought to be shared as part of Togetherness . ’ |
| 12 | The rules ought to be laid down based on common sense , not like one-way systems , things like that . |
| 13 | But the rules ought to be changed . |
| 14 | There ough the rules ought to be hardened up to stop this kind of thing going on |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll show you the place where the convent used to be in the Middle Ages . ’ |
| 16 | It seems to be true that the cottage used to be his home , but you do n't carry a big old-fashioned key like that around in your pocket for years , so I do n't see how else he got it . |
| 17 | Good educational software for the PC used to be few and far between — the graphics were normally poor , the interface fiddly and most were totally over priced . |
| 18 | Figure 1.1 on page 4 drew attention to six qualities which the whole of the curriculum ought to be encouraging . |
| 19 | There were bats where the roof used to be before . |
| 20 | the industry ought to be spending £310 million a year to maintain the system in its existing state . |
| 21 | ( 4 ) An action of which the value is £50,000 or more shall be tried in the High Court unless : ( a ) it is commenced in a county court and the county court does not consider that the action ought to be transferred to the High Court for trial ; or ( b ) the High Court considers that it ought to transfer the case to a county court for trial ( art 7(4) ) . |
| 22 | The Phoenix used to be such a good pub . |
| 23 | Half-way down these walls , one of which backed onto the bathroom , slightly below waist-height there was a wide slate slab on which the pig used to be salted to preserve it through the winter . |
| 24 | The offices used to be in West Byfleet in Surrey . |
| 25 | What did the shops used to be like cos you used to have to go to the Old Town did n't you ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The two main issues in the crime of indecent assault are therefore : whether the crime ought to be divided into two grades so that the more serious forms of sexual assault can be labelled separately ; and how to draw the line between indecent and non-indecent contact with another . |
| 28 | The adjudication system places the position of an unfinished game before a moderately strong player ( usually about 2200 ) , who then decides what the result ought to be . |
| 29 | The citizen ought to be able to find the basic law , the principal law , in statutory form . |
| 30 | I think the inside of the mouth ought to be a bit darker . |