Sentence examples for ought to pause from inspiring English sources

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Labour ought to pause, and take a few collective deep breaths.

But the mayor ought to pause for thought before intervening further in this dispute.

But the armchair hawks who are boldly calling for bombing the parts of Syria controlled by Mr. Assad, or directly arming the rebels, ought to pause and reflect on who would rule Syria if he were toppled tomorrow.

Before President Bush decides where next to take the war against terrorism, he and the American people ought to pause for a moment to think about how we intend to behave in this new and awesome role.

Mr. Sarbanes suggested the critics "ought to pause" to consider the consequences of failure by the S.E.C. to act, particularly if that were followed by an industry scandal like that associated with the collapse of the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management in 1998.

But, before proceeding with his plan to turn his talent agency into the next AOL Time Warner, Kwatinetz ought to pause to read the obituaries of Ovitz's career.

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The system ought to break.

That said, they ought to give pause to the most voracious supplement poppers.

Such cynicism ought to give pause to President Fernando de la Rua, whose election victory last year owed much to his promise to clean up Argentina's politics after ten years of rule by Carlos Menem.

When a writer states that "in time, my wife and I shifted from gin to vodka, which was less argumentative," the exactness of the epithet ought to give pause to the most traditional gin enthusiast.

But if nothing else, his death ought to give pause to those in the United States who want to plunge money and hardware into helping Colombia's armed forces fight the guerrillas.

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