Example sentences of "[subord] we [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 2 | But hang on , the fingerboard 's maple where we 'd expect African rosewood , and it looks wider . |
| 3 | This area became our most precious place ; where we took the children to teach them how to fish ; to watch black , and red-throated divers , golden eagle , golden plover , greenshank and dunlin ; where we could walk endless miles with only the sky and the wind for company . |
| 4 | ‘ Is there anywhere near here where we could get some bread and cheese ? ’ asked Breeze , thinking that at this moment she could eat a dog-biscuit with gusto . |
| 5 | We are less sanguine about the prospects for simplifying the current range of protective designations , since each has validity and specific requirements , although we would support careful experimentation . |
| 6 | In this chapter we suppose that b/d is sufficiently large that one may think in terms of a horizontally infinite layer , although we shall mention lower aspect ratio layers briefly and return to them in Section 24.7 . |
| 7 | Although we shall postpone further discussion to later chapters , we want to put these questions firmly on the agenda . |
| 8 | When a juggernaut passes , we only hear the rumble down to about 20 hertz , although we may feel lower vibrations . |
| 9 | Although we may perceive these levels as separate , they are in fact interrelated — we can not in reality separate the parts that make up the whole . |
| 10 | Although we may suffer several colds each winter we are not being re-infected with the same virus . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , although we must reject any dichotomy based upon the assumption of radical differences between the mental attributes of literate and non-literate peoples and accept the view that previous formulations of the distinction were based on faulty premises and inadequate evidence , there may still exist general differences between literate and non-literate societies somewhat along the lines suggested by Lévy-Bruhl . |
| 12 | However , although we can keep this association in mind , it does not give us the whole picture . |
| 13 | Although we could expect considerable improvement in front-end processing , we were unlikely ever to have a phoneme lattice which reflected exactly both what the speaker said and the pronunciations in the lexicon . |
| 14 | We would not be likely to teach these in an ordered way any more than we would teach idiosyncratic features of individuals ' speech patterns which are not typical of the speech community as a whole . |
| 15 | In fact they have no contractual right to do so any more than we can give twelve weeks ' notice to increase the pay of our members . |
| 16 | I do n't want to rush you but I 've booked at the bistro down the road for nine o'clock so we ought to have this drink and go . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Our attitude was very much one of reacting against people , so we would get constant impetus to behave as we did because there was so much around us that was lacking . |
| 18 | We already know that English , Latin and Russian are related languages , so we would see these data as revealing the common origin of these languages . |
| 19 | ‘ If we 've been doing lessons all morning , they 've usually had enough by the afternoon , so we 'll sing some songs together or I 'll tell them a story . |
| 20 | All right so we 'll have thirty seconds worth of famous dogs and pooches . |
| 21 | ‘ So we 'll need some clothes … |
| 22 | It could be Lorrimer 's vomit , so we 'll need some information on his stomach contents . |
| 23 | Yeah , so we 'll get some cereals . |
| 24 | ‘ You see , we could n't get gigs in the city of Cork , so we used to play these places around the county . |
| 25 | Is his J a middle initial or half of a first initial ? ) and K.J. Shine , as well as A.J. Wright , R.J. Scott , P.J. Prichard and N.J. Lenham , so we could have two J sides with no trouble . |
| 26 | ‘ We made a conscious decision not to use the horn section this time around , so we could have more space for the guitar . |
| 27 | Inevitably , therefore , there must be a good many eruptions taking place below sea level , so we will conclude this chapter by looking briefly at the sort of activity that results . |
| 28 | The cases where or are also similar in their path to full information , so we will examine these cases together . |
| 29 | are , are out , are out now , in , in relation to consultation and user groups and their re or representative organizations , have been asked to comment in relation to the whole process before we go , we get to Panel and P and R er , so that we get , and then full Council , so we will get some indication , and twenty six particularly , so that , maybe those members in the last er , er , Council do realize they might have got , we might have got our fingers burnt in relation to this particular issue . |
| 30 | No existing institution has the power to encapsulate and carry out policies , so we will need new ones . |