Example sentences of "we [be] [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Obviously we lose money if clubs start cancelling matches but we are fortunate to have alternative waters , ’ said Roger .
2 We are fortunate to have exact details of the type of education offered during this period , for in December 1817 James Moorhouse , a 13-year-old pupil at the School , wrote this letter to his Grandfather :
3 The writer in us has to know that we are making it a priority , that we are prepared to let other obligations go in order to play with it , nourish it , accord it a central place in our lives .
4 But cancer may take decades to develop , and we know that if we are prepared to make certain changes in how we live , we can help to protect ourselves .
5 " Our preference is to resolve the [ Gulf ] crisis peacefully , " but " if the current steps fail to end it , we are prepared to consider additional ones consistent with the UN charter . "
6 For ourselves , we are inclined to avoid long journeys , especially at this time of the year .
7 We are likely to repeat previous styles to get us through the pain , but a point can be reached where the old ways no longer work .
8 For that reason , we are unlikely to find French recruits with QTS and they will have to seek employment here as ‘ licensed teachers ’ .
9 We are happy to welcome disabled visitors and facilities for the disabled include ramps , toilets , loan of invalid chairs and access to almost all areas of the museum
10 We are happy to support local schemes which wo n't worsen our mainstream business , and while hitherto we 've waited for passenger executives or consortiums to come to us with a proposal , we might in the future consider taking more initiative . ’
11 Bonhams press officer Jill Potterton told Dogs Today : ‘ We are happy to give free evaluations to members of the public who come to see us .
12 They are not to do with whether we 're Catholic or Protestant , they 're more to do with whether we 're open or closed sort of people , whether we are willing to risk new ideas and the challenge of our old ones , or whether we want to scuttle away into our little corners and keep what we 've got .
13 We are able to remain detached observers of life .
14 Through learning the same rules that constitute our culture we agree about appropriate behaviour and belief ; this consensus ensures that we are able to live ordered lives together .
15 I would like to say that , that the level of violence has been fairly static , but at the same time we are able to tolerate certain levels of violence .
16 We are able to perform scientific calculations that otherwise would not be feasible ’ , he says .
17 Thus we are able to devote increased resources to various deserving programmes .
18 If we are selling the property we are able to recommend other surveyors to you .
19 We are able to become objective observers of the patterns of play and to take pleasure in their endless variations on central themes .
20 Erm , we are indeed talking to Health Authority about the matters that were mentioned but can I come on to occupational therapists because I 'm very glad to say that erm we are able to recruit occupational therapists in this county .
21 This graph demonstrates that , providing that we are careful to establish safe intervals for the various parameters , we can find a normalised measure which is remarkably linear with respect to true area .
22 ‘ It means we are free to pursue other offers of public support , ’ he said .
23 We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions .
24 We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions .
25 We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions .
26 We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions .
27 We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions .
28 We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions .
29 We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions .
30 ‘ People are seizing us because we 're able to write good songs in a stylistic vein that 's quite different to the way songs have been written recently in contemporary music .
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