Example sentences of "as it [modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bingham ca n't take his eyes off Ali ; the still life of his friend , tethered so completely , seems as incomprehensible to him as it would to others who followed the radiated glow of Ali 's invulnerability . |
| 2 | ‘ A gang war would be as damaging to Connelly as it would to us . |
| 3 | Furthermore , his body will respond to this self-made reality precisely as it would to what we now regard as ‘ the ’ universe . ’ |
| 4 | The view is never as good as it ought to be . |
| 5 | Moreover , the surveyor will feel you do n't wish to involve yourself and his allegiance will be inclined towards the building society or bank , instead of to you which is as it ought to be . |
| 6 | I was surprised , therefore , to read ( in All Across the Telegraph : a Bob Dylan handbook edited by Michael Gray and John Bauldie , published by Futura ) an essay about the real William Zantzinger ( as it ought to be spelled ) who committed the murder in 1963 and as of 1984 was a respected and prosperous businessman in the same state , Maryland , where he had committed it . |
| 7 | In my view this is as it ought to be . |
| 8 | The way things look now , Greece 's public sector is not going to be cut as much as it ought to be . |
| 9 | Admittedly , he says that he is describing ethical discussion as it is , rather than as it ought to be . |
| 10 | The Realist approach , he remarks , gets its name from precisely this point : that it deals with human nature as it is and not as it ought to be , and with historical events as they have occurred , not as they should have occurred . |
| 11 | ‘ [ Just as ] feminism identifies interrelatedness and mutuality-equal , respectful , and nurturing relationships — as the basis of the world as it really is and as it ought to be , we can find no better understanding and image of the divine than that of the perfect and open relationships of love . |
| 12 | This is not as straightforward as it ought to be , because the statement of claim is long and complex and in some respects obscure . |
| 13 | He stared at the T'ang , wondering if he knew what he had become ; if the doubt that he professed was as thorough , as all-inclusive as it ought to be . |
| 14 | It 's not quite as crisp as it ought to be . |
| 15 | In this epistle he indicates that he himself , at the time of writing , is a solitary attracted by the disciplined life of service in a religious order , but does not feel any burning conviction that that is his calling : I confess , alas , that I do not feel that burning spiritual desire for entry into religion , inspired by that divine grace , as it ought to be felt by those who from zealous devotion and pure desire of the mind plan to enter religion … |
| 16 | You could recognise the style of a weather report , an Agony Aunt all sorts of different types of writing , er , you could probably , if your reading is as wide as it ought to be , recognise the style of a leader from er , pretty heavy newspaper , Guardian , Independent , Observer , that sort of thing , could you ? |
| 17 | Harrowing stuff with emotions , hormones and nerve ends aching , but for all the quality of the acting and the script , it does n't seem as moving as it ought to be but it is hard to define why not . |
| 18 | No , no I ca n't I just ca n't eat so I 'm not forcing myself to eat , what I 'm trying to do is only to eat the right things and I must start vitamin supplements I think I 've got the age when I probably need that , I mean , this cold is a warning to me that my immune system is not as strong as it ought to be , I should n't have had another cold so soon after getting rid of one ! |
| 19 | The Army ca n't play the same role as it used to . |
| 20 | Appropriate too , because the sudden greening of British politics , the rediscovery of the quality of life ( QOL , as it used to be known among Labour ministers on a previous incarnation ) introduces a catalytic ingredient into the brew known as Thatcherism . |
| 21 | If the county championship was still there as it used to be , then I could pick only northern-based players and in two or three years I 'd have a very strong side . ’ |
| 22 | Producing a coupe derivative , even in the limited numbers envisaged by Bentley with the Continental R , is not as easy as it used to be . |
| 23 | But is Royal Ordnance still able to serve the country as it used to ? |
| 24 | But now nothing on the political-economic front is as clear-cut as it used to be . |
| 25 | They were , after all , Soviet citizens , who lived in the Soviet Union , not Russia or Kirghizia as it used to be called . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's not as black and white as it used to be . |
| 27 | I 'm certainly forced to admit I 've noticed it in myself — my thinking has n't been nearly as controlled as it used to be . |
| 28 | Counselling Help and Advice Together ( address on page 154 ) , an organisation for nurses , says that this difficulty is not as common as it used to be as fewer nursing staff actually ‘ live in ’ . |
| 29 | For another , it does not hand out new cars as it used to . |
| 30 | It 's not as financially viable as it used to be ’ |