Example sentences of "we [vb base] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even if we tend to look for the scholarly , non-involved biography of the great man or woman we can not be sure that the work will be beyond criticism . |
| 2 | However , the basic grammatical distinctions here are the categories of first , second and third person , If we were producing a Componential analysis ( for which see Lyons , 1968 : 470-81 ) of Pronominal systems , the features that we seem to need for the known systems would crucially include : for first person , speaker inclusion ( + 5 ) ; for second person , addressee inclusion ( + A ) ; and for third Person , speaker and addressee exclusion ( - S , A ) ( see Burling , 1970 : 14-17 ; Ingram , 1978 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ We aim to care for the local communities in which we operate . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We aim to care for the local communities in which we operate . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We do go for a certain amount of fragility . |
| 6 | Erm and how we can speak to time and how we can control that time and make sure that even with interruptions which is what in a way what a meeting is about a discussion , that we 're able to stick to the time that we 've allocated for the particular meeting or presentation that we 've got . |
| 7 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 8 | Er well Madam Deputy Speaker I think erm that the last half an hour shown that er the quality of debate in this house er remains extremely high and that even when you have an issue which on the face of it looks to be as dry as dust er that er there are some honourable members who will pick an argument er when perhaps er on the face of it there ought not to be much of an argument er I ca n't erm I ca n't say that erm I agreed with much of what erm the honourable member for Great Grimsby said er he seemed to imply er quite early on his er speech that most of the City of London er was collapsing in a sea of sleaze and er er other other goings on which are extremely er to be regretted but erm I think we ought to er remind him er that erm , you know , all all of these four orders er followed the Bingham inquiry into er what happened at B C C I which was not a British bank , was an international bank based erm overseas and I think I 'm right in saying this and I 'm sure my honourable friend the minister will confirm when he winds up er this is the first er such difficulty er that we 've experienced for a great length of time . |
| 9 | We have to control for the other ways in which they might vary . |
| 10 | ‘ We have asked for a full investigation . |
| 11 | ‘ Our side against Huddersfield will be the most experienced we have fielded for a long time . |
| 12 | We have argued for a long time that there is a peripheral argument that in the strategic interests of the nation we should be concerned about the coal industry . |
| 13 | We have argued for a revised theory of the relations between state and people : one reflecting the role of states in managing social relations and moral careers but one which recognises too that states , in representing a general or ‘ national ’ interest , have an important emotional significance . |
| 14 | As a way of understanding these linked themes we have argued for an increased emphasis on ‘ the expressive order ’ : the understandings , interpretations and theories which people have of their social world and the way it is changing . |
| 15 | We have accepted for a long time that traumatic stress incidents are the basis of an industrial injury claim . |
| 16 | Anything else we have to do for the open day ? |
| 17 | We have to allow for the gradual loss of existing members — an allowance of 5% may be a reasonable figure . |
| 18 | The incidence of a tax measures the final tax burden on different people once we have allowed for the indirect as well as the direct effects of the tax . |
| 19 | We have opted for a single 19″ Triton fluorescent tube in this 2′ tank . |
| 20 | Consider again the differential equation for the three-element model : where we have substituted for the various constants in terms of the relaxation times complex constants . |
| 21 | The Opposition do not understand that we have to provide for the full life of the Trident system — for 30 years . |
| 22 | So we have to hope for a fine day for this on Sunday , obviously . |
| 23 | We have known for a long time that there is no one right way to analyze a proposed capital investment . |
| 24 | But the Premier League clubs did come up with two positive measures in what Parry described as ‘ the most constructive meeting we have had for a long time . ’ |
| 25 | In addition to the cultivated crops , we need to allow for a wide range of wild plant resources . |