Do we understand that Governments have a duty to regulate market behaviour, but ought to avoid becoming a market player?

BBC: News | UK Politics | Paddy Ashdown's speech

These "ought to avoid the pitfall I have commented on before: the danger that we see expanded numbers in HE as an end in itself, " he said.

BBC: Woodhead warning on continued learning

No, my goal, plain and simple, is to identify and stay focused on what IS happening in the market and try my darndest to avoid talking about what I think ought to be happening.

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Mr Van Rompuy thinks the banking union ought to cover the whole of the EU to avoid fragmenting Europe's single market in financial services.

ECONOMIST: The euro crisis

More and more nowadays I am aware of the choices I am given in my life and also aware that in spite of myself I still tend to avoid what I want to do and get stuck on the words "ought" and "should" too much.

BBC: NEWS | UK | 'A time to celebrate'

Mr Papandreou wants to avoid direct confrontation with his trade union supporters, but the need to re-establish fiscal credibility ought to have come first.

ECONOMIST: Greece and the euro