Example sentences of "[conj] [det] [prep] we [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I thought well she 's got two chances that way , either I could win , or she could win , or neither of us 'll win . |
| 2 | I call upon everyone to begin to work to create such an agenda in the coming months , mindful that each of us may have to make some compromises along the way if we are to end with something in which we all can believe . |
| 3 | There is much that each of us can do to help ourselves — by not smoking , by eating sensibly , by taking regular exercise , and by not drinking too much . |
| 4 | There is much that each of us can do to help ourselves — by not smoking , by eating sensibly , by taking regular exercise , and by not drinking too much . |
| 5 | But 28% do feel working mothers regard themselves as superior which suggest that some of us might have got carried away with out own importance . |
| 6 | There is however considerable interest among some of the younger members in doing this and there is a project that some of us will return to the Talyllyn when it can be arranged . |
| 7 | ‘ The Esquire article was a disgraceful attack on a man who needs defending in a way that few of us can imagine . ’ |
| 8 | Does the Minister accept that although some of us may have a disagreement with Bruce Millan , we have known him for many years and we know that he has always been , and is , punctilious in the exercise of his duties ? |
| 9 | Although few of us would expect an Eskimo to react or think in the same way as we do , we are nevertheless continually guilty of the same foolish assumption in regard to nationalities closer to home . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't really think , ’ said Helen , ‘ that either of us would feel very comfortable after this . ’ |
| 11 | I doubt that either of us could survive such a lengthy association . ’ |
| 12 | But I do n't see that either of us could produce a shred of evidence to support our extremely unlikely thesis , so I do n't see that we 're much further advanced . |
| 13 | I think that many of us would prefer to see falling rolls as a chance to reduce class size , thus giving pupils a better chance of carrying out practical work in pairs rather than in groups of three or even four . |
| 14 | It was highly likely that only half of us would complete the training , he said , and that many of us would try to desert . |
| 15 | Will my right hon. Friend bear in mind that many of us would like to ask how it is possible to contemplate spending an extra £38 billion without increasing taxes , increasing unemployment and increasing prices ? |
| 16 | Now er , before I put the resolution to the vote er , er , I 'm sure that all of us would welcome any comments or suggestions or questions that any of you might wish to put to us here . |
| 17 | Thank you Chairman erm I do n't I need to say a great deal because the comments that have been made I think are very thoroughly and expertly covered most of the ground in terms of the the issues that are being raised and can I say that although er a number of Chief Officers , a number of departments and I suspect a number of committees will be looking at what has happened and er seeking in both to find out why it has happened and what might be done in the future erm I certainly recognize that it 's er a role responsibility of this committee and of er me and the Planning Department to consider the implications for strategic planning and for the related functions and that erm it wo n't be a , a , a happy task because er purely it 's something that all of us would have hoped had n't happened at all but I will er very er thoroughly er explore the issues and report it back . |
| 18 | He asked Americans ‘ to contribute today so that all of us can prosper tomorrow . ’ |
| 19 | The Experiences evoked are human ones i.e. experiences that all of us can relate to and share because we are all ‘ Jock Thampson 's bairns ’ . |
| 20 | And suddenly they found themselves talking the sort of language that all of us can understand , and they got quite excited about this . |
| 21 | This project is based on three premises : that more young economists , bound for industry , particularly consultancy , the civil service and the city , should have at least been apprenticed in research--hence , in part , the use of occasional research assistants rather than experienced professionals ; that applied economists should pay more attention to the views of non economists , and , in particular of practitioners in the fields they study , hence the emphasis on the flexibility required if we are to look at problems differently , or use different types of evidence ; and that more of us should build our models self consciously , with an eye to analytical convenience and ease of interpretation , considerations which would be less important were economics less inexact , since it might then make sense to seek the correct model , however difficult to analyse and understand . |
| 22 | Nowadays we are so scattered about the country that it is very unlikely that any of us would have a Stainey just around the corner who could be relied upon to put up a first class polish . |
| 23 | ‘ But he was the only tennis player that any of us could relate to . |
| 24 | It is unlikely that any of us could remember the first time we saw our own reflection ( mirrors often form part of toys aimed at very small babies , such as activity mats or cot toys , and there are , of course , lakes , kettles and other possibilities for reflection ) ; what is likely is that it was a member of our family ( probably our mother ) who told us : ‘ That 's you , that 's what you look like ’ . |
| 25 | It is , however , extremely unlikely that any of us could find a use for a hundred of these cars , even if we could solve the problem of getting into them , and this illustrates a fundamental difference between the car and the computer , and another reason for speaking of a microelectronics revolution . |
| 26 | More silver coins than any of us would find in a lifetime , all into the melting-pot . |
| 27 | As Giles says , you 're already wiser than any of us would like . |
| 28 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that unemployment across the whole of the European Community is higher than any of us would like ? |
| 29 | Although most of us can recognize without difficulty the importance that the emotions play in our lives , the subject has been given little systematic attention by the disciplines most concerned with furthering understanding of human behaviour . |
| 30 | Figure 3.1 shows that if we go to bed at the ‘ normal ’ time we sleep about eight hours , a result that most of us would accept as part of our daily experience . |