Example sentences of "[that] we [vb base] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With his own modest roots he dismisses the attacks on a class-based judiciary : ‘ The youngsters believe that we come from a narrow background — it 's all nonsense — they get it from that man Griffith . ’ |
| 2 | The fact that we come from a capitalist country means that some topics tend to be dealt with delicately or avoided , but that is all . |
| 3 | Well I think what you 've got to be careful of and it 's always a difficulty when you 're looking at er benefits and dis-benefits of major road schemes , you 'll see that we go into a tremendous amount of or collect a tremendous amount of information about the different impacts . |
| 4 | It is very rare that we disagree as an industry , but it is equally rare that we speak in a co-ordinated way , ’ he said . |
| 5 | To make sure that we 're able to put our point across clearly so that we speak in a clear way so that people do n't have any er doubts as to what you actually mean . |
| 6 | The only local paper that we get on a regular basis is the Evening News which is scanned daily . |
| 7 | A song that we hear as a long light squeal . |
| 8 | Many astronomers have thought that these very distant and powerful sources are simply quasars that we see at a special angle , but the new statistical analysis seems to rule this out . |
| 9 | Suppose that we look at a particular new mutant gene , out of the 2Nmf that arose . |
| 10 | A timely reminder of the potential bio-hazards facing members , this study should remind us all that we deal on a daily basis with chemicals and micro-organisms which can cause much harm and ultimately lead to ill-health . |
| 11 | My hon. Friend is right to emphasise the great importance that we attach to a successful GATT round . |
| 12 | It is through literature that we grow into a particular kind of awareness of ourselves and — an inseparable corollary — of our manifold relations with each other and all that is not self , without which there is really not much ‘ self ’ to talk about . |
| 13 | It is an interesting curiousity that the nearest thing that we have to a minimum wage was introduced by Winston Churchill that one-time Conservative Prime Minister , in an earlier political guise . |
| 14 | It there are two exceptions , that I mentioned , we must give prior consideration in any vacancy that we have for a registered disabled applicant . |
| 15 | We make-believe that the dried skull is all that we have from a modern animal , use a plaster cast to estimate how big its brain was from the skull alone , and then check with the real brain to see how accurate our estimate was . |
| 16 | But perhaps more important , at this time when the infancy of our species must end , we have an astronaut 's view of Earth rise above the horizon of the Moon to teach us that we live on a tiny island in a vast ocean of energy , space and time . |
| 17 | Astronauts have learned that we live on a delicate planet whose complex workings are poorly understood . |
| 18 | If that is what getting engaged does to him , the pity is that we live in a monogamous society ! |
| 19 | Meanwhile we should stop pretending that we live in a golden age of literary biography , an art form that all too frequently seems to be founded not so much on spite , as on a fundamental lack of interest in its subject . ’ |
| 20 | I think that we look very favourably on schemes whereby an education process is involved erm where there are workshops and performance , but it becomes a total package in itself — it 's not just a performance for an ethnic minority , but it 's one that represents the fact that we live in a multi-cultural society itself . |
| 21 | The Government has argued for some time now that we live in a parliamentary democracy and that all decisions on behalf of the people will be made by Parliament . |
| 22 | Perhaps Lagerfeld was trying to remind us that we live in a harsh world . |
| 23 | Precise definition of what is and is not a legitimate purpose is probably not possible , but the fact that we live in a competitive or acquisitive society has led English law , for better or worse , to adopt the test of self-interest or selfishness as being capable of justifying the deliberate doing of lawful acts which inflict harm . |