Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [vb mod] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winter injection used to be popular , until experts found that wet soil often did n't absorb the slurry properly and increased the danger of run-off . |
| 2 | Diesel economics used to be easy to calculate . |
| 3 | The colour range used to be wide , as in other Scottish cattle , including red-and-white , solid red , dun , dun-and-white , yellow , solid black , blue , grey , grey-and-white , brown-and-white , brindle , white with blue or black on the neck , black riggit ( finchback ) , brockle-faced and even belted . |
| 4 | Manchester MP Tom Pendry says the selection process ought to be tougher next time and based on merit not money . |
| 5 | It should be marketed as a beer in its own right ; its alcohol content ought to be irrelevant , ’ says Karsten . |
| 6 | However , it must be stated that anyone who has used a code driven word processing program ought to be capable of achieving results fairly quickly . |
| 7 | The view expressed here is that the punishment of those found guilty of insider dealing ought to be sufficient to act as a general deterrent for others who have access to inside information , so as to further reduce the incentive to indulge in the practice of insider dealing . |
| 8 | taking out loans and borrowing and I do n't think that this County Council ought to be defensive in the slightest about having a tool such as borrowing available to us in terms of financial management . |
| 9 | Psychologism , through its influence in marriage guidance and churches , and also through its effects in the world of work — in personnel management , for example — is able to link the two spheres in a way religion used to be able to do but can not do any longer . |