Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [vb mod] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe women ought to be ordained to the priesthood . |
| 2 | Me and my mates , we do n't think Britain ought to be taking Poland 's side against Russia . |
| 3 | Meg , who thought things ought to be done properly , invited Alan 's parents round for tea , just before Christmas . |
| 4 | However , Mill was against a secret ballot , Mill thought votes ought to be cast publicly and the reason for this is that he thought people ought to be voting on their view of what is right and so therefore they ought to be publicly accountable . |
| 5 | So land-holding companies were not in favour , while the idea that land should be held by a great individual landlord fitted the way people thought society ought to be run . |
| 6 | He received visits in the asylum , and Boswell reports that on one occasion , probably in 1760 , Dr Johnson thought Smart ought to be locked up ; his opinion varied , as no doubt did Smart 's condition , from time to time . |
| 7 | The notoriously atheist and materialist Holbach was explicit about whom he meant by " the people " : By the word people I do not mean the stupid populace Every man who can live respectably from the income of his property and every head of a family who owns land ought to be regarded as a citizen . |
| 8 | However , Mill was against a secret ballot , Mill thought votes ought to be cast publicly and the reason for this is that he thought people ought to be voting on their view of what is right and so therefore they ought to be publicly accountable . |
| 9 | packed up smoking , that makes you feel healthier , you 'll feel healthier if you packed up smoking , mm everybody ought to pack up smoking , I think smoking ought to be banned , ban smoking |
| 10 | It 's just not true , and I think people ought to be warned . ’ |
| 11 | SEE , HEAR , LOOK , LEARN Multimedia used to be described as a solution looking for a problem . |
| 12 | The question , for instance , whether the goods of a person who dies intestate ought to be divided among his relations according to the rules of English or of some foreign law , will be decided by an English court , not according to the citizenship , but according to the domicile of the deceased at the time of his death . |