Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Man originated in arid lands , and for an understanding of his societal arrangements we may turn to look at those other terrestrial primates that adapted to a closely similar niche . |
| 2 | If the answer is ‘ no ’ then it may be that counselling has not yet reached a sufficiently advanced stage in the process , and we may have to return to earlier stages . |
| 3 | ‘ We may have to decide upon additional action ’ , said Yeo . |
| 4 | For instance , we may need to negotiate with political agitators but offer treatment to the dangerous psychopath . |
| 5 | The coding frame for each question should have been constructed at the pilot stage except for open questions where we may need to look at all responses to decide on groupings . |
| 6 | Attention to surveillance and the rational use of primary and secondary resources are still needed , but as we try to add ‘ quality to quantity ’ we may need to look to social science as well as to epidemiology . |
| 7 | If universal education is a genuine ideal ; if , unlike the Greeks , we may claim to believe in such a thing as a democratic intellect , then we must stop thinking of a kind of people , a ‘ work-force ’ who will obediently slot into the place society has for them , trained as a kind of technological army . |
| 8 | We should continue to debate with local authorities to ensure that quality is included in the specifications for direct works . |
| 9 | We should aim to build on bilingual pupils ' increased potential for divergent thinking , and their abilities for concept transferral between languages . |
| 10 | There is less reason to baulk at the term referent , although a referent is , by definition , something outside language , and although we should prefer to speak of syntactic entities in order to keep in harmony with the assumptions we have been following throughout this text ; however the latter are the linguistic correlates of what are perceived as extra-linguistic referents , and the patterns of intensional relations are exactly the same whether there is an external referent or not . |
| 11 | What crime have we committed that we should have to live in this way ? ’ |
| 12 | It is wrong that we should have to reply on voluntary information in such an extremely important matter . |
| 13 | We must continue to campaign on this issue and support taking legal action in Europe against the attack on women 's pay . |
| 14 | We must continue to intervene in contemporary feminist debates on desire , pleasure , power and image . |
| 15 | It is this quality and image that we must continue to build for all our services . |
| 16 | On the one hand , we must use all possible means to regain old markets , to , open new ones up , and to encourage international trade on the basis of the division of labour ; and on the other , we must endeavour to awaken in British industry a spirit of joint endeavour … . |
| 17 | Before proceeding to the discussion of pull-out torque/speed characteristics for the variable-reluctance motor , we must pause to consider in more detail the effects of neglecting the harmonics of phase current . |
| 18 | If he showed it to be an impossible concept , he continued to demonstrate that it remains a necessary one , and acknowledged that we must learn to live with that impossibility . |
| 19 | After the delay , we 'll aim to arrive at four-oh-five , depart four-twenty . ’ |
| 20 | Yeah , leave the front room , we 'll have to , first week or so we 'll have to live in that back room |
| 21 | If the worst comes to the worst , we 'll have to go into hard training . ’ |
| 22 | Erm we 'll have to go through some extra things in relation to it , today so that you 'll be able |
| 23 | I 'm afraid I only have five minutes so come in and we 'll have to go through this very quickly . ’ |
| 24 | Yes members of the jury we will resume at two o'clock , erm because I have other duties later on this afternoon we 'll have to finish at four o'clock today , it may help you to know that , it may help council to know that as well . |
| 25 | And then we 'll have to deal with that other one and er and , and resolve that one way or the other and make , make sure we 've done that reasonably reasonably quickly , either g sending her back to new business or er trying to find another position for her if she ca n't actually cope with that . |
| 26 | He 'll need daily blood tests , and we 'll have to watch for any respiratory or renal involvement . |
| 27 | as colleagues who are involved will know is just about the only industry in the building materials sector that has n't made some kind of pay offer in this current round it 's very much bringing up the rear and we 're determined to use what industrial strength we have to change the employer 's stance otherwise we 're very concerned that the national negotiation missionary , this will be his death knell since we 'll have to resort to local pay bargaining , so the short answer is E C C er , will be balloted as far as the G M B is concerned union and , er , T & G are balloting in for industrial action to try to change the employers ' position . |
| 28 | ‘ We 'll have to arrange about that , ’ Doctor Staples said vaguely . |
| 29 | Elizabeth , my dear , we 'll have to see to that at once . ’ |
| 30 | We 'll have to see about that . |