Example sentences of "we [modal v] [verb] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the party actually saying that we should promote rather than allow . |
| 2 | Holmes said , ‘ I think this is a matter on which we should lead rather than follow ’ . |
| 3 | We should be doing all that we can to promote the revival of singing , and we should encourage rather than stifle the musical creativity of those who write and perform . |
| 4 | In the short term , we might do worse than adopt some of the practices of our fellow-Europeans , as Mr Newsome observes : ‘ All members of the European Community , with the exception of the UK and Ireland , charge interest on overdue debts . |
| 5 | We could do worse than try to reach some understanding in the lesbian and gay communities of what we mean by this question . |
| 6 | we could do worse than agree , |
| 7 | If we really wanted to find out whether the unwesternised Wolof were capable of expressing different points of view , we could do worse than to look for instance at their political activities and see whether , in factional disputes , the lobbying that takes place indicates such an awareness . |
| 8 | Far from increasing the democratic accountability provided at present — no one says perfectly — by the nation state , we will have all but obliterated it . |
| 9 | We can do better than taking simple means of three , however . |