Sentence examples for ought to refer from inspiring English sources

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The two-parent structure ought to refer as much to the parenting structure as to the household.

"But when it was over and we looked at the evidence, I said, 'I think we ought to refer this thing.' ".

The meaning there is desperately obscure, but in an 8th-century context it ought to refer to some kind of political synoecism (Sparta, as stated, was never physically synoecized).

Mo maintains that Obama ought to refer to himself as "mixed-race" ("If my kids grow up to call themselves black I'll be f****** hurt") and both women attest to the insidious prejudice of their in-laws ("How black?" was the first question his mother asked Angela's future husband).

So let me just get the opinion part out of the way, and say that, in fact, the restored, original Godzilla (by which name we now ought to refer to the subtitled edition of what once was Gojira) is a luminous, beautiful, melancholy film, full of lovely moments, great cinematography, and a theme worthy of the great foreign films of the 20th century.

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Its own statutes say the next step ought to be to refer Iran's transgressions to the UN Security Council.

"True happiness," he counseled, "comes from doing what you ought to do," referring to God's will.

"This is a matter that ought to be referred certainly to Comcare and to the Australian federal police.

"With hindsight we can see that we ought to have referred to our consultancy agreement wherever and whenever we could, even at the risk of losing our contract," he wrote.

The society commissioned a poll of more than 2,000 UK adults and found that more than half – 56% – agreed that drug users in their local area ought to be referred for treatment, rather than charged with a criminal offence.

"They say, we'll give you an injection and you'll be just fine!" Working independently in rural areas During her training, Tabassum is learning to conduct normal deliveries and to determine when a woman ought to be referred to a hospital.

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