Example sentences of "we [vb base] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I , I look on this all with a I do n't think , I do n't think we regret East Devon a step with every everything you come to . |
| 2 | We should attend to the fact that knowledge of the external world means representing a lot of facts at once , so many facts that we lose hold of the idea of ‘ representation ’ . |
| 3 | In the fluidity of contemporary values we do indeed sink into a relativism for which your opinion is worth as much or little as mine whenever we lose faith in awareness itself , and surrender to irrationalism . |
| 4 | Obviously we lose money if clubs start cancelling matches but we are fortunate to have alternative waters , ’ said Roger . |
| 5 | ‘ We lose money on recycling , ’ he admits . |
| 6 | because there will be jobs where we lose money . |
| 7 | In fact we lose money either way . |
| 8 | Looking down at the fish we lose sight of its great depth and instead see how thin it is across the back . |
| 9 | But , like observers of cricket , we must not become so engrossed in our analysis of the statistics of the game that we lose sight of the fundamental issues of strategy . |
| 10 | But if we exaggerate the earlier parallels to the announcement made in Tintern Abbey and The Prelude we lose sight of Wordsworth 's purpose and of his originality in terms of the philosophic situation in 1798 . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that too often we lose sight of the fact that the national health service was born as a result of co-operation between three parties ? |
| 12 | Enthusiasm is closely linked with interest , for it is only when things cease to interest us that we lose enthusiasm . |
| 13 | We dare not let ourselves make contact with it in case we lose control , and weep and weep without ever stopping . |
| 14 | The irony is that having frittered our energies away in our endeavour to possess the object of our desire , having done all we can , even lied or deceived in order to obtain the object of our desire , we lose interest in that object because , whether consciously or not , we realize that we have not found lasting satisfaction or peace of mind . |
| 15 | How long before we lose interest ? |
| 16 | ‘ Sometimes , now , we lose focus and assume we 're going to win . ’ |
| 17 | So long as people can milk the benefits of contracting out , but still return when the gains run out , the Government is in a heads they win , tails we lose situation . |
| 18 | But the style is sometimes so impressionistic that we lose track of which island we are on , and to whom we are talking . |
| 19 | ( 1 ) A change in the content of the curriculum is justified because it is the content which is intrinsically worth while and any improvement in content is ipso facto an improvement in education ; i.e. we change subject content for its own sake . |
| 20 | ( 3 ) A change in the processes of teaching and learning is justified because it is believed to enable the more effective transmission and reception of the content of the curriculum ; i.e. we change process as instrumental in acquiring knowledge of content . |
| 21 | As we change labour by one unit what 's the effect on total product or output well that effect is measured by our marginal product . |
| 22 | In particular , we commend attention to the potential ( and challenges ) of staff meetings . |
| 23 | Ooh , various methods , er at the moment , we , there 's just solely six of us throughout the whole country , that er work on appeals , er we raise money through various means er from flag days in the street to major fund raising efforts , er and events that we organise er round the country . |
| 24 | On occasions consequential loss or liability cover can be provided and therefore we qualify exclusion by saying ‘ not specifically provided for by this Policy ’ . |
| 25 | We distinguish investment policy and pricing policy , though the two are closely connected . |
| 26 | Whether they 're the citizens ' charter , whether they are response to people from the press or from the public or constantly ringing in to the switchboard , or whether it 's by all the other ways in which we disseminate information . |
| 27 | Before your children come to Heriot 's we would like you to discuss with them the aims of this School and the values on which we lay emphasis . |
| 28 | ‘ That was the best ever , ’ she gasped as we lay side by side , our arms and hips touching lightly . |
| 29 | We lay side by side on the floor all over the house — there must have been a dozen or more of us , including nice old Ma Mi who was delighted to see us . |
| 30 | We are not aware of these lines and angles of theoretical geometrical optics ; they can not be the intermediary by which we perceive distance . |