Example sentences of "we [modal v] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are now 7 degrees within the tropics and if the trade winds in which we got off Madeira continue we may expect to cross the equator in a week or ten days , about which time our Captn. informs us that we may expect to fall in with some homeward bound vessels which will enable me as well as the rest of our passengers to forward letters to our friends … bad weather had the effect of making us all good sailors and now we are enjoying fine weather and a fair wind . |
| 2 | We may want to make the point that if we are to be committed to doing something about the global warming of the ozone layer then we will need to say when we will do it by . |
| 3 | Accordingly , we may choose to retain the columns unc and to adopt the rows , orthogonal |
| 4 | This tactic goes against many of our instincts ; when confronted with a difficult audience member , we may tend to ignore the person in the vain hope that he or she will go away . |
| 5 | As is usual in holistic , or whole person healing , we need to deal with the problem from the inside first ; this way we may begin to tackle the cause . |
| 6 | Many changes are not viewed as fundamental in today 's economic climate , so in theory we may seem to have the backing of the legal scheme , where in practice we have to cope with the interpretation which is weighed towards the employers and their economic arguments . |
| 7 | Or we may live to see the vines ploughed up and turned into orchards as has been happening in other areas . ’ |
| 8 | We may try to assist the pregnancy by following a good diet and receiving medical care , but we can not make the baby grow , any more than we can manufacture the growth of a plant . |
| 9 | We may have met the murderer , yet it may equally be someone in the Tower or the city about whom we know nothing . ’ |
| 10 | Using this approach we believe we may have discovered the signal . |
| 11 | ALONG with many other newspapers , we may have given the impression that California was suffering from a five-year drought ( ‘ The other desert war ’ , February 16th ) . |
| 12 | But in the end , we may have to save the honour of Genoa the Superb by attacking her . ’ |
| 13 | Although the project can provide advocates , Hickson says it may be some time before mothers want this service , and even then , ‘ we may have to keep the counselling and advocacy work separate ’ . |
| 14 | Very often the bereaved will not come to find us , but we may need to make the approach to them . |
| 15 | If it still remains uncomfortable , then we , then we need to have a closer look and we may need to get the eye specialist involved if it 's refused to settle down . |
| 16 | High divorce rates and a high incidence of dissatisfaction among both sexes indicate that we may need to rethink the forms of relationships , the roles we play within them , and the expectations we have of them . |
| 17 | We may need to read the poem several times to appreciate the way in which an effect of spontaneity is achieved within an extremely rigid verse form . |
| 18 | If the demand is high we may need to limit the attendance to a maximum of three per parish council . |
| 19 | If a sound basis can not be found for multicultural mathematics , then we may need to reconsider the value of this approach in other areas of the curriculum . |
| 20 | In some cases we may wish to compare the categories themselves such as the advanced/underdeveloped dichotomy , in order to illuminate any evolutionary aspects of industrial relations . |
| 21 | ‘ Think we should 've taken the gag off ? ’ |
| 22 | It was the rear gable , but in any case the Greeks seem to have been less concerned than we should expect to relate the decoration closely to the temple 's deity . |
| 23 | I was particularly taken by a good phrase used by the hon. Member for Hartlepool , who suggested that we should stop using the word ’ joyriding ’ — none of us in the House does so any longer , except in unspoken inverted commas . |
| 24 | We should discuss timing the leaflet : on the one hand , it would be good to wait for consultation on course content , but there is also some urgency . |
| 25 | On the other hand where a family has a number of teenage children who could be expected to be in charge of their own belongings then we should consider applying the policy wording and deducting an excess for each person . |
| 26 | We should try to lay the groundwork for another novel this week — you agree ? ’ |
| 27 | Since we are unlikely to find the best definition we should try defining the problem in alternative ways . |
| 28 | We should try to give the reason ( without , of course , assuming that the basis for their unacceptability will be the same as for other groups which share the exclusion from predicative position ) . |
| 29 | There 's not much wrong with having a tan — it 's part of our natural defence against sun damage — but we should try to prevent the damage getting out of hand . |
| 30 | We know only a little about how , in this more secular society , we should try to minimize the damage for people going through the grieving process . |