Example sentences of "one [modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After an absence of so many years , this kissing among men seems an odd thing , but one ought to be thankful for small mercies : at least it is only two kisses and not three , as is the Russian custom . |
| 2 | It is possible to make some observations of the law relating to obscenity and indecency which indicate that , while accepting that one ought to be guided by the rule of law in censorship matters , one would be better advised to come to decisions without reference to this or that piece of obscenity or indecency legislation . |
| 3 | Going out to tea always seemed to her a waste of time , but to refuse might have seemed churlish , and she knew that in the country one ought to be friends with one 's neighbours . |
| 4 | We put it in the grammatically imperative mood in order to show up starkly its difference from factual statements , but also to leave room to interpret it according to circumstances as the strong ‘ One ought to be aware of this ’ , or as ‘ It is a good thing to be aware of this ’ , or in diminishing degrees , as the prospect of something coming within one 's range of choice becomes remote , ‘ Other things being equal , it is better to be aware of it than not ’ . |
| 5 | To give this impression would ensure shipwreck on a reef which we shall in any case be lucky to avoid , the indifference of the reader who takes it for granted that we are trying to deduce imperatives from the facts of which one ought to be aware , and assumes in advance that there has to be a flaw somewhere , hardly worth the trouble of locating , as in a new proposal for a perpetual-motion machine . |
| 6 | Others , however , would rather maintain that these charges have sometimes been exaggerated , but that they do highlight genuine dangers of which one ought to be aware in reading Barth : dangers which lie partly in what he actually says , but also partly in what he can very easily be taken to be saying when his real meaning is subtly but significantly different . |
| 7 | My Lords , this appeal exemplifies the conflict between two principles , one that no one ought to be compelled to incriminate himself and the other that justice should be done between the parties to an action . |
| 8 | The less one is who one thinks one ought to be , the more one is who one is . |
| 9 | Suppose one went to Boston and found one ought to be in Chicago ? |
| 10 | This was an insensitive remark , and Ayling shamed her by suggesting that the things one ought to be able to do were often impossible . |
| 11 | If one can go north , one can turn around and head south ; equally , if one can go forward in imaginary time , one ought to be able to turn round and go backward . |
| 12 | Even if it is arguable for the purposes of theological discussion that the mode of being in which contemplative knowledge of God becomes a reality is superior to the demands of the active life , Augustine recognised that in the fallen world the two were indissolubly linked and complementary : for no one ought to be so leisured as to take no thought in that leisure for the interest of his neighbour , nor so active as to feel no need for the contemplation of God . |
| 13 | Extraordinary colouring , extraordinary , now 's the time one ought to be out and about , seeing that sort of thing . |
| 14 | That one must of been the day the boys come up from school |
| 15 | One used to be able to listen to light classical music on Radio 2 on a Sunday morning , but that has disappeared , and Radio 4 's topsy-turvy ‘ streamlining ’ has wrecked the listening habits of years . |
| 16 | One used to be in Bristol 's Cortinas , the other one was really called Greg and studied Physics and Astronomy at University College London . |
| 17 | And there used to be two on the Road , one used to be called Palladium and one used to be called the Palace . |
| 18 | One used to be called the bottoms and one used to be called the Meadow Flats and yet they both led to the same place . |
| 19 | Yes , yeah there used there used to be one go down , another one used to be coming up . |
| 20 | No , I think it 's a brown one according to Mary it looked brown it brown one not so bad , I mean if it was erm if it was a grey one would of been a sewer rat ! |