Example sentences of "but [pers pn] ought to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wo n't tell anyone , ’ said Gabriel , ‘ but you ought to be wearing a cloak on a night like this . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Really , it just follows the principles of long-term contract accounting , but we ought to be able to do it better than SSAP 9 practitioners because , while they apply the theory to a handful of different contracts , we are applying it to 20m policies . |
| 3 | But we ought to be aware of what values we 're holding in in various |
| 4 | It could be that nothing can be done , but we ought to be seen to be taking action over this . |
| 5 | So we need to be looking forward , but we ought to be looking short-term , so the best way to look at objectives , is to look it in the short-term , which is in fact , year one if you like , medium term , years two and three , and long-term , years four and five . |
| 6 | But they ought to be encouraged to look over the fence at at er |
| 7 | It had worked very well last night with Fräulein Hubert , better than he 'd hoped , but he ought to be careful until his plans were all consolidated , then he could dump Ingrid and carry on where he 'd left off with that lovely little thing . |
| 8 | ‘ A lovely animal , ’ she said , and the sisters nodded in agreement , ‘ but he ought to be trained . ’ |
| 9 | Probably having keys would bee greeted with horror by some , but it ought to be possible to rationalise the finger holes . |
| 10 | It may not be a legal partnership , but it ought to be one ethically . |
| 11 | The Sports Council will await Universiade GB 's concurrence with the deal before nominating their man , but it ought to be one of their members with business acumen — which means either David Simon of BP , who is most unlikely to have the time , Raymond Michel , formerly with a distillery , or Norman Jacobs , a partner in one of Britain 's largest firms of solicitors . |
| 12 | For me , I think the last paragraph in my paper in the Speaker of the week before last [ ‘ Shadows of the Hills ’ ] was pretty good ; but it ought to be in verse . |
| 13 | But it ought to be easier . |
| 14 | The Health and Safety at Work Act has made us rather more concerned about smells and bangs and the dangers these cause , so perhaps life is a little bit less smelly than it was , perhaps a little less exciting , but it ought to be a little longer too . |