Example sentences of "[coord] we ought [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | So can you see why we 're looking at perhaps a , a , or we ought to be considering a figure a big higher than three hundred thousand . |
2 | We are only two of us now and we ought to be closer . |
3 | It was clever of humankind to invent science and art to supply the deficiencies of nature , and we ought to be proud . |
4 | After all , British taxpayers are picking up the £60 million bill and we ought to be told a lot more about why it happened and why so much damage was caused . |
5 | But erm I th they are worried certainly , one or two of them are worried , but er some of this equipment is left on , and left on unnecessarily and we ought to be encouraging people to switch off what is n't |
6 | ‘ Really , it just follows the principles of long-term contract accounting , but we ought to be able to do it better than SSAP 9 practitioners because , while they apply the theory to a handful of different contracts , we are applying it to 20m policies . |
7 | But we ought to be aware of what values we 're holding in in various |
8 | It could be that nothing can be done , but we ought to be seen to be taking action over this . |
9 | So we need to be looking forward , but we ought to be looking short-term , so the best way to look at objectives , is to look it in the short-term , which is in fact , year one if you like , medium term , years two and three , and long-term , years four and five . |