Example sentences of "we [be] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we are providing a good service here and we 're meeting the needs of people erm we are providing a service on Thursday , Friday , Saturday and Sunday now at the times which are identified by officers as the crucial times when people actually need the service . |
| 2 | We are providing a great deal of advice and training for officials of different carriers — and not merely for British Airways , because we do not expect airline officials to be immigration officers ; that is not their function . |
| 3 | When we have the chance we will camp Lappish style , with lavvus , the wigwam tents made of birch poles and reindeer skins , but tonight we are using a modern lavvu of canvas and aluminium poles . |
| 4 | We have 57 branches where trade is predominantly hand-basket therefore we are producing a new sign stating a ‘ Maximum of 8 Items ’ . |
| 5 | Let's assume we are producing a three column newsletter and we have already decided to use 10 point Palatino as our typeface . |
| 6 | So we have no knowledge on that and Peter and team working and Tony is in the , the body of the hall we had quite an extensive discussion over a period of time but perhaps cumulating last Friday , a week last Friday , on the N treble C and we are calling a special lay- delegates conference on the first of July in Sheffield , with one item on the agenda team working . |
| 7 | Mr Simon Montgomery , administrator of the Brighton Unemployment Centre , which obtained a copy of the review , said yesterday : ‘ We are establishing a new category of people who may have to be outside the welfare net — people with mental health problems who form part of the new underclass . ’ |
| 8 | Mozart 's life and character are well documented by the extensive correspondence that was generated within his family by his frequent travels and we are given a fascinating glimpse into matters both artistic and domestic . |
| 9 | We are given a narrow slice of history : the last ten years , complete with corporate raiders , the rise of the Japanese , the 1987 stock market crash , China , the East Asian economic miracle — together with an uncomfortably slight bow to the debt-ridden nations of Africa and Latin America . |
| 10 | We are given a clear description of a very poor downtown area with run down housing and abandoned cars . |
| 11 | In Four years old in an urban community ( 1968 ) and Seven years old in the home environment ( 1976 ) , we are given a detailed picture of the domestic background of a group of young readers and young non-readers , perhaps readers and non-readers in the making . |
| 12 | Or it may arise because we are pursuing a particular path and if we went back upstream we could avoid the problem instead of trying to solve it . |
| 13 | Hence if we are to form a constitutive relation for the material of the rod it must not contain the dimensions . ) |
| 14 | ‘ Sometimes we make the mistake of believing there is some connection , when in truth we are discussing a different era , different players who played different laws . |
| 15 | Now we are entering a third period of change : the shift from the command-and-control organization , the organization of departments and divisions , to the information-based organization , the organization of knowledge specialists . |
| 16 | And I think it is , we would all agree , that it is essential that an agreement which is acceptable to all sides is reached , and I 'm sure that it 's going to be because let us not forget that we 're not in business to remain in perpetual opposition if we are to achieve proper rights for employees , which have been so reduced by the Conservatives if we are to save the welfare state , which is now so under threat if we are to obtain decent health and education services , which are also under threat if we are to create a strong economy and a strong recovery which provides the jobs which we so desperately need then we must win power ! |
| 17 | ‘ However , ’ he continued smoothly , not giving Rachel a chance to say anything , ‘ if we are to create a harmonious atmosphere , not only for ourselves but for everyone else on this unit , then I think we have to agree not to discuss the past . |
| 18 | By considering the intergenerational transmission process , and by focusing on the equilibrium properties of the distribution , we are taking a long-term view . |
| 19 | In the present economic climate , I feel we are taking a backward step to the bad old days . |
| 20 | Well , here we are taking a longer view . |
| 21 | The loss could well be considerably higher , particularly if you are male or heavily overweight ; but over-high expectations can be just as demoralizing as very slow weight loss , so we are taking a restrained attitude . |
| 22 | We are taking a leading role in recasting all the main international institutions to which we belong : the United Nations , the European Community , NATO , and the Commonwealth . |
| 23 | ‘ We are taking a positive approach and our attitude is not that there might be problems . ’ |
| 24 | Although we are taking a whole day to film it , it will only occupy thirty five seconds of real time . |
| 25 | ‘ We are to hold a fourth meeting this evening , ’ Fatah central committee member Hakam Balawi said . |
| 26 | But we are seeing a widening gap . |
| 27 | ‘ We are seeing a radical change in the structure of our society , ’ said Mintel , the research group behind the survey . |
| 28 | ‘ Given the levels of consumer debt and the continuing rise in unemployment , it is too early to be sure we are seeing a sustainable recovery in consumer spending . |
| 29 | High street sales last month showed their strongest year-on-year growth since May , but Nigel Whittaker , chairman of the the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , who carried out the survey , said : ‘ Given the levels of consumer debt and the continuing rise in unemployment , it is too early to be sure we are seeing a sustainable recovery in consumer spending . ’ |
| 30 | If it is the latter , then we are seeing a constant rate of rape over the last decade but where women are more willing to make legal complaints and the police and courts not willing to convict other than a very small increase in the number . |