Example sentences of "[modal v] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exercise was designed to make a student stand in front of class , sing his song and force each syllable out in an elongated manner so that it had a beginning and an end ; this , Landau explained , ought to enable the student to go into neutral , physically and mentally , so that tensions could be released and what was happening inside could be heard through the voice changes . |
| 2 | So perhaps we ought to treat the lad reet leniently . |
| 3 | The grant was voted more because Charles ended disputes over land titles running over the previous twenty years than because the West Indians believed they ought to support the English Exchequer , but a permanent colonial contribution to the home government was — at least for England — a new and interesting departure , though one that had no sequel . |
| 4 | Basically they 're just telling the Party to consider the demands of the peasants and do what the peasants want but then er then in the first paragraph they say that you ought to erm they ought to support the masses in their erm implementation of agrarian reform , you have to give them planned guidance so it 's almost that how they 're telling the cadres to go out there and almost manipulate the peasants demands into more of a communist one . |
| 5 | I ought to light the carriage lamp . ’ |
| 6 | I ought to cancel the milk tomorrow . |
| 7 | As our General Election rises to its soggy climax , you ought to compare the success of an economy where they believe that the best government is the least government . |
| 8 | She knew she ought to report the death , but felt she could not because of the passage of time . |
| 9 | If one ought to act because of an authoritative directive one 's reasons are different than if one ought to perform the same act for other reasons . |
| 10 | ‘ I ought to shop the bastard . ’ |
| 11 | You ought to see the acceleration ! ’ |
| 12 | The case can make no pretension to scientific detachment : it is a declaration of nationalist faith , a recommendation of how we ought to see the world , not how it is . |
| 13 | The latest gramophone discs had just arrived in Colombo , and one could join Harry Champion in the chorus of his You Ought to See the Missus in a Harem Skirt . |
| 14 | They thought I ought to see the doctor . |
| 15 | If his pains do n't subside within a few weeks , he really ought to see the doctor . |
| 16 | " Besides , you ought to see the luxury the department lets me live in now . |
| 17 | Erm I , I 'd like to see what Peter would like to see actually , I think we ought to see the whole thing done in one fell swoop . |
| 18 | You ought to see the client anyway , for the signing of documents and final instructions as to keys , etc . |
| 19 | if you went to Burton-On-Trent I think it 's Toyota , you ought to see the size of that blooming place , er it 's right huge where they 're manufacturing cars , eventually , well probably now parts of these are , are , are going to be cheaper . |
| 20 | You could argue — and some do — that such puddings ought to go the way of the dodo now that we all lead more sedentary and centrally heated lives . |
| 21 | It is n't fair , and it ought to go The legislation governing taxation of capital gains is full of anomalies and should be repealed |
| 22 | This ought to harmonise the general flight speed of the 3 or 4 kites in the team , and their rate of turn . |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps I ought to wear the wretched thing after all , just to give a talking-point . |
| 24 | I think before we take any urgent action we ought to Alan ought to monitor the situation . |
| 25 | Account tenure spread across a number of service areas ought to diminish the willingness of clients to review their businesses . |
| 26 | Erm , our own is , obviously our own reasons for wanting this change but we ought to know the needs of others to see whether they correspond . |
| 27 | But th , the thing is that it looks as though it is going to be a fairly ongoing thing that 's going to it may be well on certainly er a beyond assembly when we have to come to a conclusion , and therefore we ought to know the picture er , of , within reform churches far more clearly in giving more time . |
| 28 | I just mention that , because that , I thought you ought to know the truth of that , you know , and things are n't what they appear in the paper . |
| 29 | If I really had the courage of my convictions , I reasoned , I ought to redress the balance at least slightly . |
| 30 | The Minister ought to accept the new clause . |