Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People ought to treat one another as people , as autonomous beings , in love-making , as elsewhere . |
| 2 | Governments ought to acknowledge that . |
| 3 | Section er , I was very surprised indeed that er Hilary asking for a review of the service because in fact all one 's experience and I am sure as well tells us that this is a success story , it is something that petition after petition that we 've asking to keep it that way , shows that it is one of the services that the County provides which is very much appreciated by the recipients and we ca n't say that in all County Councils ' services but you can say it about er the section seventeen and I think you ought to acknowledge that Chairman . |
| 4 | I think on those Work in Progress meetings , I think you ought to circulate those , the minutes of those meetings , to the whole group , it would be helpful . |
| 5 | The British government , for the sake of the world trading system and the welfare of its people , ought to support this vulnerable initiative . |
| 6 | While non-evangelicals and atheists might agree that there have been historically specific benefits from Protestantism , and that we ought to preserve such benefits , the evangelical adds a more direct link with the belief that God will punish us if we deviate further from his commands . |
| 7 | If concern for B 's predicament as a pure matter of justice were not sufficient to convince the Court that it should have exercised its discretion in B's favour , the Convention arguments ought to carry more weight . |
| 8 | PERHAPS the Independent Traveller ought to carry some sort of warning : ‘ Reading this section can change your life . ’ |
| 9 | A very new register was showing only two or three voters on stairs that ought to accommodate ten or 12 . |
| 10 | Whether they love it or hate it , they ought to acquire some knowledge of it . |
| 11 | And I think we both ought to realize that . |
| 12 | Lillie , Lillie , we was playing darts on Monday , came out from the ladies toilets ' and said You ought to see that skirting board , it 's all coming away and rotting . |
| 13 | Well there 's the gate , he can only go so far with the gate anyway , so it wo n't really matter yeah yeah you ought to see all the pegs at the back of me fridge |
| 14 | ‘ And Father thought that you ought to see this . |
| 15 | You ought to see this , Grimma , ’ said a voice behind her . |
| 16 | You think Newark 's bad , you ought to see some of the police stations in Nottingham . |
| 17 | ‘ We ought to go straight back by the paths . |
| 18 | I do n't know if there 's anything on tomorrow Maybe we ought to go this evening if she 's there to work . |
| 19 | Those given in the section ‘ Suggestion for further reading ’ should be enough for most readers ; the same is true for sociolinguistics , but I feel that any reading beyond basic introductory material ought to include some work by Labov , whose influence on the subject has been profound . |
| 20 | He said make-up was all very well for some people , but he hated to see it on girls who were n't the right type — implying I suppose , that I ought to wear woollen stockings and teach in a Sunday school ! |
| 21 | And I like the colour of your dress — you ought to wear that particular shade of red more often . ’ |
| 22 | In the ornate new council chamber , Mayor Murphy was trying to convince the city council that to be a real Edwardian Mayor he ought to wear mayoral robes , as they did in England ; the newly extended hospital was bracing itself for additional accident cases ; and Hank Stych stood in the airport at Calgary waiting for a local plane to take him north to Tollemarche . |
| 23 | Often he told her she ought to wear warmer clothing . |
| 24 | ‘ Alexander said I ought to wear these , ’ she explained , bright-cheeked , as Lisa sat up with a start . |
| 25 | ‘ If she bought it , then you do n't know what it ought to taste like . ’ |
| 26 | There is a dual benefit to the consumer : because there is less wastage , the genetically engineered tomatoes ought to be cheaper ; and they ought to taste better too . |
| 27 | Given time , Boulestin could perhaps with his book of menus have opened the door to organized cooking for thousands of young women who in the thirties were finding themselves on their own in flats and bed-sitting rooms knowing nothing more about how to make a meal than that it ought to taste nice and should not be a bore . |
| 28 | H.D. , nicknamed ‘ the Hama-dryad ’ , is the subject of much high-spirited comedy in the letters that Ezra and Dorothy exchanged , and this ought to provoke second thoughts in those who want to take Hilda 's account at face-value : H.D. may have honestly persuaded herself that she was the great ( though virginal ) love of Pound 's life , but it 's unlikely that Pound thought so , nor need we . |
| 29 | Perhaps manufacturers ought to come clean and just build pink guitars with purple headstocks ? |
| 30 | ‘ You ought to know that . ’ |