Example sentences of "we [vb base] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That gives us the potential of raising two thousand pounds , because we intend to sell them for one ninety nine . |
| 2 | Although we have tried to express these scientific impulses fairly , we hereby give notice that we intend to question them in later chapters . |
| 3 | They 've now taken the ramps out , which is a breach of the planning condition again , so we intend to pursue them on that , and they are offering , believe it or not that disabled people can be taxied from one side of the station to the other side of the station . |
| 4 | For example , when we speak we tend to express ourselves in short sentences — more " full stops ’ — but in the written language the same ideas are more usually expressed in longer sentences — more commas — and the style and the choice of words will not always be the same . |
| 5 | People who think like me are simply protesting against the Government 's action in a perfectly legitimate way — we think they 're wrong to attack Egypt and we want to stop them before any further damage is done . |
| 6 | Okay , what does it mean in terms of the number line ? the number line there , and we want to do something like two add three , what does that mean ? |
| 7 | But we feel so ill at ease with silence that we want to fill it with endless clatter and talk about ourselves . |
| 8 | We want to address ourselves to concrete problems in today 's world . |
| 9 | We begin to ask him for more of his love to love him more . |
| 10 | Such examples lead on to Nagel 's definition of moral luck : ‘ Where a significant aspect of what someone does depends upon factors beyond his control , yet we continue to treat him in that respect as an object of moral judgment , it can be called moral luck . |
| 11 | It is important that we continue to put ourselves into all sorts of learning situations so that we recognise what we need to do or stop doing with our pupils . |
| 12 | We 've had lectures in the biology area , in physics , in engineering and in chemistry , so that we 've really spanned the whole shooting match really as far as that goes , and of course we try to put something into these lectures for those doing the most advanced work in the sixth form and also for those doing O levels , let's say , and some who are younger even than that . |
| 13 | But if we wish to do something about these close and secretive ties between the executive , the military and industry , we need to know what the driving force of this development is . |
| 14 | We wish to distance ourselves from such inferences , even though naturally we would expect our findings to generate constructive discussion about the effective use of pupils ' and teachers ' time in primary schools . |
| 15 | I 'm sorry Mr , I think we have to press you on this , can I can I take it from what you have said We have to press you because for the reasons we explained on Friday morning , we have to go through the sector sites , if only to find at the end it can not be done . |
| 16 | No , we we have to do it in bare feet . |
| 17 | We have to tackle it in two directions , and I think that education is going to be incredibly important in terms of trying to create a more appropriate atmosphere in the colleges , you know , because at the end of the day that 's where people spend an enormous amount of their time . |
| 18 | ‘ We have to get them from five games , while other teams only have three . |
| 19 | Because it is subject to the conditions of carriage that we accept their business and therefore we have to provide them with written information . |
| 20 | Despite modern central heating systems , which heat our homes from cellar to attic , nothing can quite replace that warm glow — even if we have to recreate it with ceramic ‘ coals ’ and gas-fired flames … |
| 21 | In addition , 1992 will see the European Community as one free market and we have to prepare ourselves for further competition from other EC countries . |
| 22 | ‘ I fear we have to blame ourselves in such matters . |
| 23 | So that when you introduce yourself , you are seen as a haulier , was the phrase you used , er , and we , we 'd all need to spend an awful lot of time and an awful lot of effort into raising ourselves above that image , I mean there 's nothing wrong with being a haulier , all I 'm saying is that we have to raise ourselves above that image . |
| 24 | This care is not necessarily unsafe or ineffective , but we should always ask whether there is a more effective method , and in some cases , whether we need to do it at all . |
| 25 | And we need to treat you along those lines . |
| 26 | These people have spiritual needs as real as ours are , so we need to ask ourselves in this parish what are we doing to help them ? |
| 27 | We do not have that in Britain and we need to build it into any changes . |
| 28 | But we need to distinguish it from another type . |
| 29 | To understand them properly , however , we need to relate them to wider social structures , and we shall consider this aspect of sociolinguistics in chapter 7 . |
| 30 | We may assert that people are essentially good and born in a ‘ state of grace ’ because we need to convince ourselves of these facts . |