Example sentences of "[coord] ought not to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The comparing power , the judgement , is not at that age active , and ought not to be forcibly excited — ’ You do n't like this ? |
| 2 | The Abbess of Barking complained that her wood of Alderfen , belonging to her manor of Tollesbury , had been recalled into the Forest of Essex , ‘ although she says the wood is not in the forest and ought not to be ’ . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ It is more important than the general election itself that we maintain a constitution that has served us well for generations , and ought not to be lightly tampered with for party political purposes in the midst of the general election . ’ |
| 4 | Hart in his book Law , Liberty and Morality ( 1963 ) argued that the law was not and ought not to be a tool for ‘ the enforcement of morals ’ , in particular in the field of sexual morals , where the activities condemned may ‘ involve nothing that would ordinarily be thought of as harm to other persons ’ . |
| 5 | But the child looked grossly overburdened and ought not to be so far from home . |
| 6 | At the same time it would be wise for Geoff Cooke and his team to recognise that the squad should still be supremely fit after the World Cup and ought not to be flogged to death by being put through intensive squad weekends . |
| 7 | In BSL interpreting , at present , many of the processes seem to be active which need not be and ought not to be . |
| 8 | An interview with this adviser subsequently confirmed that the self-appraisal was not accorded great importance : ‘ On the role of the self-appraisal , it seems to me that the whole thing has been made into a very big deal and ought not to be . |