Example sentences of "thing [vb mod] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advantage of having trekked with a World Challenge Expedition is that another time she will know how things ought to be planned . |
| 2 | All is not true , so not everything should be believed ; some things ought to be doubted . |
| 3 | It involves not only a judgment about the way things are but also the way things ought to be . |
| 4 | Things ought to be more equal . ’ |
| 5 | Do n't you think , Mr Vansitart , that the really nice thing about human beings is the notion we do have that things ought to be somehow fair — though nowhere in nature do we have evidence that God understands the concept at all . |
| 6 | Meg , who thought things ought to be done properly , invited Alan 's parents round for tea , just before Christmas . |
| 7 | Changed circumstances also mattered to Waters ( 1979 : 47 ) who described outstanding schools as places which were run by heads " with flair , wisdom , energy and that sense of knowing how things ought to be " but who emphasized , too , that these qualities needed to be partnered with an ability in organization and management in a wide variety of fields . |
| 8 | The increasing importance of a senior participant 's ability in management and organization led to the conversion of traditional heads from being people of experience and goodwill ( and who had a sense of how things ought to be ) into planners and implementers . |
| 9 | The two things ought to be connected . |
| 10 | One of the central ideas here is that persuasion through the use of enthymemes relies on what is expected , habitual and assumed , and not on truth , reality , or the way things ought to be . |
| 11 | I am depressed by the lack of provision for small children , because although we have things like the Equal Opportunities Commission and the S S R C funding , very generously research into what they call women 's under-achievement , educationally and occupationally and so on , that does n't seem to be the area in which things ought to be being done . |
| 12 | And somewhere through the hotel muzak lurks the sensation that things used to be different , that we ( my brother and I ) had n't always been wrapped in jumpers , silent , staring at the screen , that the days used to be hot and long . |
| 13 | Within yards of the station , you can catch trout for tea , sup Yorkshire ale , and see how things used to be at Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life . |
| 14 | It is pointless.and harmful to hark back to how things used to be , although the conflict of loyalties may be hard to handle . |
| 15 | Through events of different kinds we are likely to be put in touch with aspects of ourselves which previously have been overlooked — we are given a jolt , and have to make a bridge between how things used to be and how they threatened . |
| 16 | ‘ Let's get back to the safe , sure way things used to be , ’ was its implicit message , ‘ back to the virtues and verities that have served ‘ us ’ since time immemorial . ’ |
| 17 | No , the way things used to be was working very well thank you . |
| 18 | If she knew a thing ought to be done she would really push hard . " |
| 19 | Erm Mrs Moody from Hucknall thinks that er that leaf stem thing ought to be off in a garden somewhere . |
| 20 | No , I mean this flue thing should of been . |