Example sentences of "[vb pp] [that] we [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then it was decided that we needed two terminals . |
| 2 | But once granted that we have adequate ground for interpreting people 's preferences as those of conscious beings , it is not clear why it should be denied that we have adequate clues as to whether they have pleasant or unpleasant experiences under various circumstances and for some judgements about the degree of the pleasure or pain involved which allow interpersonal comparisons . |
| 3 | Firstly , we need to recall that a feature of modernity is that infant mortality rates have dropped , people live longer , and medicine and improved diet have ensured that we have healthy populations . |
| 4 | The truth is , we 're adversaries who have discovered that we want each other badly . |
| 5 | It can not be denied that we need more resources to improve the quality of life of very frail older people . |
| 6 | But once granted that we have adequate ground for interpreting people 's preferences as those of conscious beings , it is not clear why it should be denied that we have adequate clues as to whether they have pleasant or unpleasant experiences under various circumstances and for some judgements about the degree of the pleasure or pain involved which allow interpersonal comparisons . |
| 7 | But soon the consciousness of security became so ingrained that we lost all temptation to enquire about the nature of work with which we were not immediately concerned . |
| 8 | It has been suggested that we have contradictory ideals of human association informing three areas of our lives which are kept separate and distinct from each other . |