Example sentences of "we [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim of the treatment is to keep the blood levels of this substance venial alanine as low as we possible can . |
| 2 | However , the facilities we private pilots require are provided quite close to Auckland by two very active GA airfields , Ardmore and North Shore . |
| 3 | I presume the , the update will also say something about our finalising when we re- issue procedures . |
| 4 | They 're out for us — we sucker-ass liberals are the target . |
| 5 | No matter what the Annamese named it , my dear young sirs , you 'll find that we French call the city you are about to visit " the Pearl of the Orient " or sometimes even " the Paris of the East . " |
| 6 | I just got a we commercial breaks call you back in a minute do n't go away yet . |
| 7 | They embody one of South Africa 's great wrongs — and one for which we British share responsibility with the Boers . |
| 8 | This is the night we British fans also learn whether Woody 's ( Woody Harrelson ) political career takes off , and will find out what Norm ( George Wendt ) loves most in the world . |
| 9 | This is the night we British fans also learn whether Woody 's ( Woody Harrelson ) political career takes off , and will find out what Norm ( George Wendt ) loves most in the world . |
| 10 | My right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup ( Mr. Heath ) echoed Harold Macmillan 's theme when he spoke to the House on 28 October 1971 : ’ I can not over-emphasise the importance the scale and quality of the decision whether we are going to decide that Western Europe should now move along the path to real unity our decision tonight will vitally affect the sort of world in which we British people and many generations to come will live their lives ’ . |
| 11 | What has he got that we lesser men have not ? ’ |
| 12 | We lesser mortals who had been banished to such places as Wolverton were , however , less fortunate . |
| 13 | Those who are out for good times race but we lesser mortals chat and laugh , banter and encourage . |
| 14 | We lesser mortals have to be content with the Lesser Detective . |
| 15 | The world is a huge and challenging laboratory for your work , and we lesser mortals rely on you for fascinating facts , not to mention fascinating television and radio programmes . |
| 16 | If so , we English Poundians , even as we castigate our countrymen for clinging to the norm of the amateur in an age when that norm is unserviceable , may well spare more than just wistful nostalgia for this ideal that survives among us only in a debased and anachronistic version . |
| 17 | ‘ We so-called liberals are very weak in terms of funding and organisation , ’ said Mr Ho . |
| 18 | We press-ganged Simon Rodger into playing , and George Ndah had three stitches in his ankle and should n't have been there . |
| 19 | position wo n't we old boy ? |
| 20 | like anything were n't we old boy ? |
| 21 | I shall be drawing a considerable sum in a few days but you must know how it is , travelling the country as we old soldiers do … thank you … ten pounds will be quite sufficient … and you must let me spend some more of it in your excellent company … that evening 's entertainment we enjoyed together , Mr Wood , ’ his voice rose in the small hallway and the other guests and servants indoors and out strained noticeably to catch what would surely be the eloquent testimonial of a compliment , ‘ was one of the , shall we say , most boisterous and wise , a rare combination , Mr Landlord , I have spent , whether in London , in Europe or in and out of ships and foreign postings in a long lifetime . |
| 22 | ‘ We old Indians come to like this England less and less and we return to an imagined India . ’ |
| 23 | The Conservative election victory did owe something to Mrs Thatcher 's past efforts ; these efforts included a re-ordering of the social hierarchy , making the poor more down and out , and bringing the lower middle class ( as we old Marxists used to say ) or C2s in class-free speak , within shopping distance of middle class ( B/C1 ) comfort . |
| 24 | You know , and all old people 's things , like when they , when we old pensioners were being er , er knocked about on the erm highways and byways a couple of years back and I went to see the , the local police officer , what did he turn round and say , there all domestic affairs , they did n't want to know , yet the press will print , print these every week . |
| 25 | What had happened in Dungannon , he suggested , was no different from what had happened in Prague : ‘ We ordinary people have been walked over by a militant force . ’ |
| 26 | Are we delicate mistletoe , paying lip service to the green theme , or full-blown Lincoln green ? |
| 27 | But we mere mortals need a rod that will give when this happens ; a rod that will absorb the shock the instant a powerful fish pulls against the line . |
| 28 | We mere peasant members are asked , in practice if not in theory , merely to murmur reverentially a few names of a few decent people into a few of the proper ears , who will then look after everything for us . |
| 29 | But he still liked to use the window , maybe just to maintain the impression that we mere humans were here to serve him . |
| 30 | Whatever publishers ' position on the question of ‘ partner or competitor ’ , Richard Heath , of Heath Educational Book Supplies , stressed that ‘ booksellers are not asking for favouritism , we simple need a level playing field ’ , and , he warned , ‘ Publishers like Heinemann Educational , who attempt to gain market share for key national curriculum titles by offering schools 20 , 25 , 33 or even 50% discount for buying direct , can not then expect the same support from booksellers as we will give to publishers who show commitment to booksellers . ’ |