Example sentences of "and [modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course there are , and ought to be , a thousand images of God in which we represent him as changing his mind , forgetting , being angry , being him , doing all kinds of creaturely things ; our language of worship , of gratitude for existence , has to be full of such metaphors and images ; we must take these metaphors seriously , but if we take them literally , if we mistake these images for God , we are idolaters . |
| 2 | Afterwards the general meeting was disappointed and some said that this commission was unrepresentative of the Churches and ought to be disregarded . |
| 3 | More can and ought to be done , however . |
| 4 | He knew he was good-looking and ought to be admired . |
| 5 | It was argued in Chapter 2.5 and 2.6 that social attitudes towards various sources of harm are too hidebound by convention and ought to be re-examined . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But the result , the Thomas Neal Centre , sparkles and ought to be a great success ; as a development it works well . |
| 8 | No doubt I will request our librarian to get me some of the original references cited but my point is that surely Chemistry in Britain is written for the general interest and education of chemists and ought to be comprehensible to the reasonably trained chemist . |
| 9 | Various Parliamentary Committees and the Royal Commission of 1906 seem to have believed that this was possible and ought to be encouraged . |
| 10 | But joy of joys , the New Moon in Scorpio on the 29th and some stunning planetary aspects in early November should spark off some kind of personal revival and no matter how many times you have been let down or left in the lurch in the past , emotionally this can and ought to be one of the happiest times you have ever known . |
| 11 | Such comparisons are always possible , and ought to be made , if the worse an to improve . |
| 12 | In the blue corner : life as she could , should and ought to be . |
| 13 | Or may it stand as it is , and ought to be ? ’ |
| 14 | The motion was ‘ That devolution is dead and ought to be laid to rest ’ . |
| 15 | What she is clear about is that rape is a war crime and ought to be prosecuted . |
| 16 | Oestreicher in respect of the ‘ serious arguments which are worth of consideration … which have been and ought to be addressed to Parliament ’ . |
| 17 | Its travelling lecturers were required to accept and transmit the proposition that slavery was ‘ a crime in the sight of God and ought to be immediately and forever abolished ’ . |
| 18 | The bodyguard eyed Grimm as though the Squat was some pet monkey of this merchant and ought to be on a lead . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The various NVQ grades were desirable and ought to be retained . |
| 21 | The aim of this book is to create a broad , multidisciplinary framework for thinking about what students are taught and ought to be taught on first degree courses . |
| 22 | Initially what we should all do is go back and look at those draft guidelines for the registration of nursing homes and be prepared to pull them to pieces , not so much for what they are saying but for what they are not saying and ought to be saying in order to be relevant . |
| 23 | Relatives are valuable and ought to be treated that way . |
| 24 | I meant only that this is a matter of your will , and ought to be seen by men to be carried out in your name and at your direction . |
| 25 | Good practice is conceptually and empirically problematic , and ought to be treated as such . |
| 26 | The company should know what are the future consequences of its existing investments and commitments , and ought to be able to describe , at least in broad terms , some of the most probable scenarios it is likely to face during the next few years . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | In other jurisdictions , an abuse of authority of this nature is clearly an offence and ought to be so in this country as well . |
| 29 | It does not just ‘ tell us how it is ’ but also how it can and ought to be ; like the South American novel , it combines realism with magic . |
| 30 | The female form is a thing of beauty and ought to be looked at . |