Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb mod] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 You 're the one who ought to be worrying . ’
2 Yes , you 're comparative performances as investigators will , well even that should n't differ all that much because those that have got Sarah available to them those are the teams who ought to be capable of concentrating more on their stage two work , should n't they ?
3 And it 's a very different matter if you can start tracing sexual spider 's webs that link fabulous-looking women with men who ought to be unrelated : secretaries of state on the one hand and ( say ) drug-dealers , gun-runners , con-men , terrorists or Russian spies on the other .
4 It seems strange that one so cunning and evil can ambitiously vie for a place in our admiration , contend with those who ought to be foremost in our favour , namely God , Adam and Eve , and win a victorious battle in our imagination .
5 Replacing the motherboard or fitting one of these accelerator cards is a fairly simple job , if you 're confident to do it , but those of a nervous disposition would be well advised to seek assistance from their local dealer , who ought to be able to do the job very quickly .
6 The Poor Law had been most effective in forcing all those who could to be self-helping .
7 ‘ You know there are young people , even more meshuggeh than you — who used to be involved with drugs and being hippies in India and God knows what crazy stuff-until they met the Maggid and Returned to the Faith .
8 I amaze myself — I , who used to be terrified of the unlit hallway — ready to sit it out , unafraid ; friends with the living darkness .
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