Example sentences of "government [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are two things that governments ought to be doing . |
| 2 | It was a category , a catch-phrase , a summation ; and it also provided a mild but pleasing joke because it used ‘ government ’ to refer to its absence , and because the arabi ( ‘ people 's government ’ ) of tradition contrasted with the sha bi ( ‘ people 's government ’ ) of the present regime , seen in this context to be the opposite of what real people 's government ought to be . |
| 3 | I think government ought to be interested in giving money to the arts . |
| 4 | It 's terrible what 's happening to him , it really is , the Government ought to be ashamed of itself . |
| 5 | Angola 's Marxist government used to be as inhospitable to aid workers as Sudan . |