Example sentences of "[subord] we [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Where we may feel at a disadvantage compared with moral absolutists with fixed standards is not in the claim to objectivity but in the sense of certainty .
2 There is , for example , no Annie 's Bar where we may gossip with the mighty over a vodka — although we do have access to a well-stocked cafeteria , where the waitresses are uncommonly polite .
3 So we need a better way to practise our scales where we can relate to a key area from any one of the seven notes in the scale .
4 Mourning is a much more conscious process where we can focus on a loss , either which we have experienced or which we are going to experience .
5 All of them are now under review to make sure they are ‘ in a particular market where we can win in the long term ’ .
6 It 's one of those lovely pieces in the letters , where we can look behind the writing to the writer .
7 Excuse me excuse me boys we have er we have a rare opportunity here to have er a bring the sales meeting to an end where we will resume in the sub-committee , the third party in the sales office users sub-committee
8 But although we must operate throughout the world , we can not ignore the national differences in the marketplace .
9 Although we must respond to the offence , we must avoid the ’ Something must be done ’ syndrome and ensure that we do not lash out wildly in some public relations exercise .
10 We would stress that although we can advise on the pros and cons of each offer , the final decision as to whether to proceed and with whom rests ultimately with Mature Business PLC 's shareholders .
11 Secondly , some of the faunas have not yet been dated accurately , and we must allow a tolerance of +-l — 5 million years for each one that is known , although we can work on the assumption that two faunas that have several animals in common are of about the same antiquity .
12 In the course of this latest war , Douglas Hurd has said that the British state has ‘ no interest in interfering in Iraq , any more than we would interfere in the internal affairs of another country ’ .
13 The discovery of even a few of these objects could tell us much about the early history of the Solar System , perhaps more than we would learn from the elusive ( or illusory ) Planet X. Gerald D. Quinlan is at the Lick Observatory , University of California , .
14 We can no more abolish one without destroying the others than we can think of a circle without a circumference …
15 ‘ We can no more see to the bottom of the next few hours , than we can see to the bottom of this river what I catches hold of .
16 The modified regulations are tailored to the requirements of business people for a more comprehensive , responsive and cost effective service than we could provide under the general rules .
17 But we do keep going the wages for the crews are paid , the ships go for their refits , and in the Ingard group 's annual report the ships are shown as making quite a lot of money — more than we used to make in the old days .
18 ‘ But I have ordered the carriage hood down so we shall benefit from the movement of air . ’
19 So we 'll start at the beginning , shall we ? ’
20 It was admirably democratic : ‘ There were three of us , so we used to go by a vote .
21 ‘ There is no groundswell of opinion in favour of a break , ’ said the secretary Jim Farry , ‘ so we will continue with the present principle of playing when we can , and at the same time continue to exhort clubs to improve the fans ’ comfort .
22 It would be impossible to describe full-body massage in this little book , so we will concentrate on the most important areas in aromatherapy massage , the back , head , face and neck .
23 He wants to get us close enough so we can ski over the border , but needs find a road so he can field the dogs before collecting us .
24 Locke 's thought is that , just as we can distinguish between the characteristics of gold ( or the clock ) , and its corpuscular constitution ( or internal mechanism ) , so we can distinguish between the characteristic properties of a triangle , and what accounts for or explains them .
25 ‘ We will be back in a fortnight and are trying to find volunteers so we can collect in the evening . ’
26 ‘ First , we have to define abuse , so we can differentiate between the criminal abuser , who must be removed as a carer , and the voluntary carer who , through frustration and lack of support , starts to abuse ’ .
27 So we can go for a Big Mac , ’ she said as if talking to an infant .
28 I can t wait for Marie to be finished here so we can walk down the street in our new clothes .
29 Perhaps , perhaps , perhaps it was because of that we did n't have it , and the treasurer and the secretary are officially erm , and we do have constitution do n't we now of course , so we can look at the constitution and see what it says
30 By then Keenan and me are pretty drunk ; and they keep stealing our bottle from the dressing room , so we 'd go across the street and get another jug .
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