Example sentences of "we [modal v] [verb] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some societies parents do select the marriage partner for their children , but we have very little say in the partners our children choose , however strongly we may feel on the subject . |
| 2 | We are all sensitive creatures , however we may seem on the outside . |
| 3 | Because of the obvious symmetry , we may concentrate on the singularity in region II . |
| 4 | Now to be honest if they had come to us first we would have got them into another union the t&gwu or ACTT but having said that , one thing we should knock on the head straight away . |
| 5 | ‘ I think we should ring on the doorbell , ’ he said , ‘ and just ask them , politely , what they 're doing with Hasan . |
| 6 | We should err on the side of restraint , rather than of excess . |
| 7 | With Samson we have to decide whether we should concentrate on the time of its circulation in the early 1670s or whether we should attempt to determine a precise date of composition . |
| 8 | well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws |
| 9 | First , with talk of deregulation , laissez-faire , greater competition etc , it seems appropriate that we should focus on the role of economic analysis , in particular , the way in which economics can be used to shape law and public policy . |
| 10 | We must knock on the earth for ourselves . |
| 11 | We must build on the success and continue to press all political parties to develop financial and social policies which ensure that sufficient affordable homes for rent are made available as a matter of policy . |
| 12 | We must build on the experience of regional disputes which shows that there can be a role for international law , the United Nations and , above all , the permanent five of the Security Council . |
| 13 | But before we can even begin to do this constructively , we must agree on the nature — and the terms — of the problem . |
| 14 | To get at the true explanation we must concentrate on the fact that the bureaucracy 's ‘ particular functioning is not directly determined by its class membership , by the political functioning of those classes and functions from which it originates : it depends on the concrete functioning of the state apparatus , i.e. on the place of the state in the ensemble of a formation and on its complex relations with the various classes and fractions ’ . |
| 15 | well we must wait on a bit , we 'll have to now , if she had n't phoned it would of been , you know something nice to think about wo n't it ? |
| 16 | We must operate on the assumption of health rather than accept that people are unhealthy . |
| 17 | We must insist on a system of tests that will be for the benefit of the pupils ; that will test what each one can do in practical work and in theoretical understanding ; and will serve as a motive for each to go on to the next stage . |
| 18 | We must insist on a world where natural diversity is valued and protected for the benefit of all . |
| 19 | If we are to know anything , we must proceed on the basis of certain things which can not be proved but which must be presupposed . |
| 20 | I consider that we must proceed on the basis that at the date this agreement was entered into , March 26 , 1952 , the wife was then in desertion . |
| 21 | ‘ We must get on the road at once , ’ said Cameron , still diplomatic , while Menzies longed for a hot drink . |
| 22 | No , I told him , we 'll land on the ice . |
| 23 | We 'll go on the bike — come on . |
| 24 | But what we 'll do is take it there early in the morning , we 'll get he back the bus back to Liverpool , we 'll go to the pier head and we 'll go on the ferry to New Brighton and there was me prattling all on at him and the next thing er , you di , we did n't know that , we thought we were on the main right of way street and your dad started to go across and I looked , your dad was driving , I was sitting beside him and coming towards us along this other road , which had the right of way but we did n't know was a little black mini , I was a ergh , ergh oh Harry , Harry ! |
| 25 | ‘ We 'll go on the switchback railway then . |
| 26 | Well we 'll go on the corporation buses . |
| 27 | Well we 'll go on the corporation , wait for a corporation you would n't wait for a corporation , I said wait , wait for the big bus . |
| 28 | We 'll go on the list of creditors and if there happens to be any payment at the end of the day you will |
| 29 | We 'll go on the train to London some other time . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We 'll sit on the bed if we may . |