Example sentences of "we [modal v] [vb infin] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the basis of this analogy we may call a ring current a magnetic dipole , or more precisely we should say that sufficiently far away from a ring current the magnetic field appears as if it was created by two closely spaced magnetic charges ( which of course do not exist ) . |
| 2 | Some adjectives — notably superlatives , comparatives , and ordinals — appear to give a grammatically acceptable result when they occur in predicative position accompanied by an article : ( 16 ) Larry 's answer was the rudest Waddington Junior was a third [ e.g. boy caught cheating ] the rat was the other [ e.g. animal which solved the maze ] Analogous sentences with most adjectives would be quite ungrammatical , even though it would sometimes be easy to see what the sentence " ought " to mean , as in the first case of ( 17 ) for instance : ( 17 ) Larry 's answer was the rude [ e.g. out of those we received ] a red coathanger was the noticeable The reason for these facts is , ultimately , that the superlatives , comparatives and ordinals are unlike other adjectives in being inherently restrictive , and always presupposing what we may call an extraction set , within which the restriction is exercised . |
| 3 | On Tuesdays we may have a school football match but we usually do not have one . |
| 4 | We may have a football match planned but not always . |
| 5 | We may see a road accident but we shall never be sprawled out on the tarmacadam like that . |
| 6 | ‘ D' you think we should form a search party ? ’ |
| 7 | We should acquire a PC display panel for training in 1993/94 , and a video projector in 1994/95 . |
| 8 | I think we should make a phone call to the constituency office of this man and ask them what they think of their er representative . |
| 9 | Alice , sitting down , said , " I think we should organise a C.C.U. Congress . " |
| 10 | We were ourselves considering whether we should introduce a Government Bill to this effect . |
| 11 | It is an extraordinary assumption that only people with money are articulate councillor , perhaps we should introduce an articulatecy test as a way of getting a council house . |
| 12 | The feudal bond established in the first place a special relationship between the lord and a man whom we should call a cavalry officer , whom they called a vassal . |
| 13 | The formula is for a simple raspberry purée and cream mixture which today we should call a raspberry fool . |
| 14 | ‘ We think it is absolutely essential for the development of the service and for public confidence that we should have a sound research base . |
| 15 | The officers never recommended to us that we should have a lock stock and barrel merger . |
| 16 | The Watch Committee then , this was what , round about nineteen thirty perhaps , then agreed that we should have a police car . |
| 17 | So , I mean what I 'm saying is that I think we should have a league table if you like of , of attendances , I , I recognise that that may not be popular , but I think it 's going to be one way of sorting out those people who attend every opportunity , and sometimes just to pat an officer on the back . |
| 18 | I do n't think we should have a swimming day . |
| 19 | Well I feel erm really that we should have a little bit more compassion amongst ourselves as women and when I had my first child I had a very good friend who went through the pregnancy with me who is waiting for a child to arrive by adoption , and she had the baby a couple of months after I had my baby . |
| 20 | Er , I think it came out at a Trial Audit and we should have a job specification , even if it 's a generic job specification for every member of staff . |
| 21 | As many people as feasible should be in work , but we should have an unemployment reserve in the economic battle when the economy expands . |
| 22 | ‘ We must retain a team spirit of purpose and commitment to reach the summit and return successfully to base before the autumn monsoon . ’ |
| 23 | The really sad reflection is , that if we must have a golf course at Redworth ( and only one lone voice was allowed to speak in opposition at the meeting ) , there is absolutely no need to remove any trees at all . |
| 24 | We must have a relief plan that the United Nations can implement throughout Somalia if there is to be peace and if the people are to be relieved . |
| 25 | As a free society we must have a justice system that is fair , accessible and responsible to the citizen . |
| 26 | For instance , when we did Jesus He Knows Me on the newest album , he said ‘ Live , I think we 'll want a guitar solo at the end of this , and it has to be a kind of fast , frantic type of guitar solo . ’ |
| 27 | Right , what we 're now going to do is incorporate that dummy variable as the regressor in our model as an explanatory variable , so what 's going to happen is that that dummy variable is turned off , alright in the first part of the sample right up until the war that dummy variable 's going to be off , right so it has a value of zero , right , then in nineteen forty through to nineteen forty five it 's switched on and what it 's going to do is to pick up any differential effects , right , in the intercept between wartime and peacetime right , we 'll talk a little bit more , more about that in a second , we 're going to add it in as a regressor , right , because it only comes on during the wartime it will pick up any shift in the intercept , right , that occurs due to the war if there is one , of course there may not be but it 's quite likely that there , there may well be , so if you type Q to come out of the data processing environment , go back to the action menu and test estimate forecast okay at the dialog box just add D one to your list of explanatory variables , alright then press the end key , right , yeah we 're gon na use the full sample right , we gon na use O L S , right you have now estimated the model with this dummy variable now just to see what 's happened to those coefficients the er incoming elasticity was at nought point six is now doubled right to one point one four more importantly , right , its T ratio has jumped from one point eight five right to six point eight , as a result , we now say that the incoming elasticity , the income coefficients , right , the significant zero , it 's important to explain the textiles as such the er , we are now getting a very different estimate for our |
| 28 | Ah okay well we 'll car we 'll do a little bit more we 'll find out some more of these words ending in K and when we 've finished off those erm we 'll have a little look at some maths . |
| 29 | So we 'll draw a pie chart now which one shall we do first ? |
| 30 | Just to make sure , we 'll drop a marker buoy . ’ |