Example sentences of "which ought to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument advanced here is that insider dealing is the sort of conduct which ought to be criminal . |
| 2 | I affirm it to have been a fine active stock of books which ought to be available in any good library service … |
| 3 | In summary , we can say that public law rules and principles ( including the rules of judicial review ) ought to apply to the exercise ( or non-exercise ) of public functions ; and that public functions are functions which ought to be subject to public law controls . |
| 4 | The vast and highly mechanized modern industry of printing , which can be found in every town and city in the kingdom , has been dispersed during five hundred years from this one spot which ought to be holy ground to the industrialist as well as the Christian . |
| 5 | The keys were rather dirty and the ribbon wearing out , which is why the letters which ought to be open , like the ‘ e ’ and the ‘ a ’ , are n't giving sharp outlines . |
| 6 | Strength of character and a confident decisiveness were implicit in the hardness of that darkly handsome face , and while the curve of his lower lip was disturbingly sensual , there was a fastidiousness there too which ought to be reassuring . |
| 7 | The question was thoroughly investigated by Johnson ( 1919 ) , who showed that the processes should result in differences in offshore profiles , which ought to be detectable in actual examples . |