Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] ought to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew he was good-looking and ought to be admired . |
| 2 | In his " Home Thoughts from Abroad " he chose to talk about the state of British politics and how the " system " had gone wrong and ought to be changed and improved . |
| 3 | He said it was a playground for the idle rich and ought to be used to grow crops for the proletariat . |
| 4 | Various Parliamentary Committees and the Royal Commission of 1906 seem to have believed that this was possible and ought to be encouraged . |
| 5 | The argument developed in this chapter is that insider dealing is undesirable and ought to be regulated at all levels ; that the prohibition of the practice has a rational basis ; and that many of the arguments advanced by those who favour unfettered insider dealing are seriously flawed . |
| 6 | Relatives are valuable and ought to be treated that way . |
| 7 | Cheminage might be levied only ‘ in the places where it is accustomed and ought to be taken by ancient usage ’ , and only for wood from the king 's demesne woods . |
| 8 | The motion was ‘ That devolution is dead and ought to be laid to rest ’ . |
| 9 | The various NVQ grades were desirable and ought to be retained . |