Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was never really any question that Mr Roosevelt should be memorialised and that the monument ought to have an impact comparable to those of the great Lincoln-Jefferson-Washington triumvirate . |
| 2 | Network analysis is the term used to embrace a number of techniques for the planning and control of complex projects . |
| 3 | An entry can not be made by an instrument used to make an entry such as a key or piece of wire used to pull back internal bolts . |
| 4 | The alum acts as a mordant ( a chemical used to create a bond between the fibre and the dyestuff ) , and after the yarn has been satisfactorily treated it is soaked in a bath of dye . |
| 5 | The symbol is the key used to unlock a life experience that is related to the goal of the session . |
| 6 | H. P. We used to keep an eye on pubs where the sergeant and the constable used to do a month at a time , visiting the cinemas , theatres , and public houses , licensed places , and do some pubs , night after night — just checking things , and at five past ten , you 'd be right in checking they were keeping to closing time . |
| 7 | Oh they had I must tell you now that at the time that we had n't got a car at all , on the occasion of a royal visit , or some very important action being taken , my Chief Constable used to hire a chauffeur driven car from Mr of Lane in Ipswich . |
| 8 | The Act has been held to apply to a digging machine used to construct a tunnel ( Bunker v Charles Brand & Son Ltd [ 1969 ] 2 QB 480 ) . |
| 9 | My dad used to work erm and this bloke used to like a pint of erm , oh I ca n't remember |
| 10 | And er nearly every boy used to take a handkerchief along with him to the , that was to the Christmas party because that was the only party you had a meal at school . |
| 11 | " But anyway we believed in buying land and that the municipality ought to have a share , that the community ought to have a share in the equity of real estate . " |
| 12 | After all , a general ought to have a wife , a family , ought n't he ? |
| 13 | The plaintiff used to spread a cloth over his elephantoid scrotum and sell sweetmeats from it to the passersby . |
| 14 | Mrs Mills said that the prosecution or magistrates should decide in certain cases whether an accused person ought to have a jury trial . |
| 15 | The mowing used to take a week , now it just takes a couple of days . |
| 16 | One Windscale worker who lived in Seascale at the time said he recorded radioactive contamination on his son 's shoes which was almost six times the level used to signify a hazard inside his laboratory . |
| 17 | ‘ Natural Aurilism ’ on the other hand is the technique used to develop a child 's remaining hearing by use of powerful , high quality hearing aids . |
| 18 | THE chancellor will be reprimanded for hiding a £4,700 payment used to evict a prostitute from his former home . |
| 19 | The idea was that only an extremely grave provocation ought to mitigate a killing with a deadly weapon , whereas a lesser provocation might be allowed to mitigate other killings . |
| 20 | Things are somewhat different when it comes to the sales decision : here it seems that many worked out at quite an early stage that the sales strategy ought to take a reservation form ( with perhaps an intermediate section to take account of risk and risk aversion ) . |
| 21 | The ‘ May ’ refers to hawthorn blossom rather than the month , and ‘ clout ’ is derived from the Old English word ‘ klut ’ meaning a piece of cloth , particularly a patch used to mend a garment . |
| 22 | ‘ My father used to tell a story that shows what I mean . |
| 23 | Workers were reported as saying : ‘ Our government ought to reach a peace before our entire villages and towns are destroyed , since we ca n't do anything about it anyway . ’ |
| 24 | The Shropshire Railway Society used to do an evening trip from Shrewsbury to Llandrindod Wells on the Central Wales Line . |
| 25 | Uncle used to do a bit because he liked fiddling with machines , and the one we had in the early days was borrowed and not really suitable . |
| 26 | She is alleged to have accepted a bribe used to finance an election campaign for the minister . |
| 27 | Around 250 years ago the meadows in the northern part of this area near the Black Elster river used to have a tinge of red due to ironstone in the soil . |
| 28 | But also there 's a the Soviet Union used to grow a lot of its own tea , but it grew it round Chernobyl and it had to start importing a lot of tea . |
| 29 | The Havvie Blaines of this world ought to wear a sign warning decent women off — and he 's as handsome as the devil , which does n't help . ’ |
| 30 | Certainly ability as well as property ought to find a place in the legislature , but property ought to be " out of all proportion , predominant in the representation " . |