Example sentences of "[noun sg] we have [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through observation of his own case , he became convinced that chronic muscle tension — a result of life 's physical and emotional stresses — which overlays and destroys natural poise we have as tiny children , and manifests itself in hunched shoulders , clenched jaws , a slouched or twisted spine , with , as often as not , the head held to one side , could not but interfere with the efficient functioning of the body , restricting breathing , circulation and digestion . |
| 2 | There are arguments about whether we have some ‘ primordial ’ sense of the world which is in some way independent of the symbol systems we use , or to what extent our visual or aural perceptions of painting or music depend on or are penetrated by the knowledge we have through such systems . |
| 3 | We must therefore pump every extra mark we have into those countries , so that those people find happiness in their own lands . " |
| 4 | If the parents are the client and we , as teachers , pursue the parents ' needs , wishes and aspirations , may not this obstruct and confuse the working relationship we have with individual children ? |
| 5 | The evidence we have from foreign firms ' experiences in Kenya bear out de Soto 's thesis : state intervention can be costly and corrupting . |
| 6 | The information we have on early techniques comes from contemporary and later chronicles and , during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , from antiquarian curiosity in the examination of coffin contents during cathedral and church restorations . |
| 7 | On the one hand , coins can give us the only information we have about some buildings , such as the vanished Roman Temple of Augustus and Livia between the Palatine and Capitol which was restored by Antoninus Pius in AD158-9 . |