Example sentences of "[vb mod] [pron] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he sent a telegram to his wife saying : ‘ Am in Market Harborough — where ought I to be ? ’ and she , being a practical woman , sent a terse telegram with one word : ‘ Home ’ . |
| 2 | Ought I to be fearful for my life ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Ought you to be saying this , dear ? |
| 4 | Erm so erm th the cheapest er fuel at the moment is gas , you know , that 's , that 's why er a lot of the erm er er generators are now moving to towards gas er erm er generation er wh which is fine for as long as the gas exists but , you know , another , give it another ten fifteen years , and our North Sea gas will have gone you see so , so erm you have to ask well how much do you , weight do you put on market forces and how much in say , in the energy business , ought you to be thinking longer term ? |
| 5 | But the issue is , on which type of crime ought we to be concentrating ? |
| 6 | Clearly , it could not have enhanced it ; why obey a legal system in which senior officials publicly pose as against one thing but privately collude in its occurrence — not only ought they to be condemned as hypocrites but their laws ought also to be disregarded as mere propaganda concealing the lack of will to control corporate behaviour . |
| 7 | For the sake of safety and obedience to orders , ought they to be employed at all ? |
| 8 | Ought they to be forced to borrow more directly in the capital market , so that their credit worthiness can be assessed in the market and an appropriate interest rate be charged ? |
| 9 | I see Pat is drinking , ought he to be ? ’ |
| 10 | If the tax is intended to discourage landfill , ought it to be based on the volume of a product ? |
| 11 | Nor ought it to be assumed that the spectrum of lobbies and special-interest groups represents all the proper and vital concerns of society , or that such concerns are properly embodied in balances and compromises between them . |