Be necessary
Ought and be necessary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ought" instead a verb phrase "Be necessary".
Ought
Be necessary and ought are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Be necessary" instead a verb "Ought".
Mutual synonyms
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- Even with that aside, the trio take up far, far more screentime than ought to be necessary, overshadowing most of the non-Kili dwarves and Bilbo, all for the sake of a romance that the audience knows to be Doomed by Canon.
Source: Romantic Plot Tumor -
There's an ongoing question of whether the imposition of law by an external power ought to be resisted on principle, whether it might be necessary to accept it, and what your motives are for taking either side.
Source: Video Game / Fallen London
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