Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return , I hope very much that you keep on telling us what you think about the alumni services we provide , telling us what 's going on in your professional world and how you think the University ought to take account of it . |
| 2 | Indeed , many of the new rules ought to increase efficiency as they sweep away examples of market failure or cartels that distort competition . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think Perdita ought to have wine if she 's going to ride , ’ said Sukey . |
| 4 | My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy , geography , natural history and naval architecture , navigation , commerce and agriculture , in order to give their children a right to study painting , poetry , music , architecture , statuary , tapestry and porcelain ’ . |
| 5 | No vet trying to build up a practice ought to let pride overcome his or her business sense . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Kids ought to know stuff like that . |
| 7 | The basic premise is that this depletion of inositol will desensitize phosphoinositide signalling by slowing down the resynthesis of the PtdIns(4,5)P 2 precursor used to release InsP 3 . |
| 8 | Cyclosporin is a potent immunosuppressive agent used to prevent allograft rejection in solid organ transplantation . |
| 9 | By the early 1900s , the mill had been converted to a dower house , the water wheel used to grind bracken , etc , for the deer . |
| 10 | Here is all you need to know about salt , peppers , vinegars and oils , together with details of all those other essences and sauces used to enliven food . |
| 11 | This suggests that the pre-eminent strategy the subjects used to guess ethnicity was to make a simple correlation between speech style and ethnicity : LE for white speakers , Creole for black speakers . |
| 12 | Where copper pipe has been replaced by plastic or a plastic fitting used to join copper pipe , an earth wire must be fitted across the plastic . |
| 13 | A key aspect of the methodology used to estimate population trends was the assumption that policies in place at the time of the analysis would continue . |
| 14 | the printing term for long metal trays used to hold type after it had been set and before the press run . |
| 15 | It was easier going to the house — he and Richard 's wife Pat used to swap wartime evacuation stories with each other and then they would play verbal tennis , making conversation out of the spoken lyrics of Forties ' songs — than going to the theatre to see other actors , as they sometimes did together after the run of Public Eye . |
| 16 | In the past , from blood transfusion and products made from blood used to treat haemophilia . |
| 17 | VBS used to give Output Manager away with their somewhat quirky VB No5 program but now seem to be spending more time developing the Output Manager rather than No5 ! |
| 18 | Auger bits for use in power-tools used to have brad points , but they are now very hard to find . |
| 19 | Thus the extent of right brainedness among left handers is seen to be a function of the position of the criterion used to classify sinistrality . |
| 20 | Similarly , Corning dropped the ceramic bricks used to line glass and steel furnaces , and passive electrical components such as resistors and capacitors , all cherished as traditional products at the company . |
| 21 | Fans used to watch football with smiles on their faces . |
| 22 | ‘ The Queen ought to pay tax and so should other members of her family . ’ |
| 23 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 24 | This problem is especially acute in urban areas where there is no co-terminosity between areas used to administer health , GP or social services . |
| 25 | The contract is for the provision of their Permanent Downhole Readout [ PDR ] equipment used to monitor downhole pressure and temperature to optimise production from hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs . |
| 26 | After a visit to a prison , where he supplied an inmate with cannabis , his car was searched and found to have glassware , knife blades , bicarbonate of soda and gauze filters which was equipment used to turn cocaine hydrochloride into free base cocaine . |
| 27 | A good example is the way Mycenaean smiths anticipated Bolsover 's invention of Sheffield plate in 1743 in the way they capped the rivets used to secure dagger and sword blades to their hilts with silver . |
| 28 | Models used to simulate resuscitation procedures are an invaluable aid , and enable the nurse to practice the skills of external cardiac massage and expired air ventilation ; but however complete the simulation of the emergency situation , the emotional effects of the real situation can not be taught . |
| 29 | 5.1 d ) Models used to indicate time — dependent behaviour . |
| 30 | As a close friend and neighbour of the elderly painter , Osterlind used to visit Renoir every day . |