Example sentences of "[coord] it ought to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon someone will have to say boo to this goose fattened up for foie gras , and it ought to be someone British . |
| 2 | I 'm not all that religious , I reckon you can be good without goin' to Church , and that , but I know wickedness when I see it , and it ought to be put a stop to . ’ |
| 3 | The road continued past the cottages so there must be something down there and it ought to be the common itself . |
| 4 | I was stiff and he was supple , and it ought to be the other way round . |
| 5 | But we all have our own ideas about the answers to these big questions and it ought to be left to the discretion of class teachers to allow their pupils to learn about life 's problems in their own time and at their own pace . |
| 6 | relationship , I mean do set up , I mean , if you get into , if you establish relations with me then it 's an ongoing thing , it can be , and it ought to be , so you actually do see the same people over a period of time , and you do establish a modicum of trust , not entire trust , because it 's asking too much for entire trust in all circumstances , but at least there is a certain understanding , particularly with the , on the , on the local basis . |
| 7 | Probably having keys would bee greeted with horror by some , but it ought to be possible to rationalise the finger holes . |
| 8 | It may not be a legal partnership , but it ought to be one ethically . |
| 9 | The Sports Council will await Universiade GB 's concurrence with the deal before nominating their man , but it ought to be one of their members with business acumen — which means either David Simon of BP , who is most unlikely to have the time , Raymond Michel , formerly with a distillery , or Norman Jacobs , a partner in one of Britain 's largest firms of solicitors . |
| 10 | For me , I think the last paragraph in my paper in the Speaker of the week before last [ ‘ Shadows of the Hills ’ ] was pretty good ; but it ought to be in verse . |
| 11 | But it ought to be easier . |
| 12 | The Health and Safety at Work Act has made us rather more concerned about smells and bangs and the dangers these cause , so perhaps life is a little bit less smelly than it was , perhaps a little less exciting , but it ought to be a little longer too . |