Example sentences of "we [am/are] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Hopefully , I know we 've got problems with those er colleagues who lost their jobs since that time , but we now feel that we are providing the best advice , the best service in respect of advising members on and the acquired rights directive .
2 The problem of thinking we are attaching the same meaning to a word or action when we may not be can be appreciated humorously .
3 And that is the reason I think why we are called the dirty man of Europe .
4 We are using the additional resources to excellent effect .
5 I think really what we want to do is to decide whether or not we are using the annual report as a a list of jobs that we did last year .
6 Thus , a quantum theory of gravity is essential if we are to describe the early universe and then give some explanation for the initial conditions beyond merely appealing to the anthropic principle .
7 Does the Secretary of State accept that urgent action is needed in the west midlands if we are to halt the worst fall in manufacturing investment in history ?
8 The image which traditionally represents the event is not the whirlpool of flags , horses and brave knights confronting the Asiatic intruders — instead we are given the sentimental image of a young , mournful maiden nursing wounded Serbs .
9 Mr. Deputy Speaker : With this we are discussing the following amendments : No. 10 , in page 1 , line 9 , after " Group " ) " , insert " and trade unions ' .
10 This is the scene : we are discussing the enticing possibilities of Leeds vs Rangers in the European Cup with an exiled Glaswegian .
11 I do expect occasionally to have temper , because it is only when we are discussing the right subjects that temper will arise : if people lose their tempers it is because they are emotionally involved in the problem , and we are probably talking on a subject which needs to be aired .
12 In order to give you even more help , we are foregoing the annual renewal commission with certain life insurers .
13 Mr Hughes , MEP for Durham , said : ‘ Events of this sort are essential if we are to reverse the growing tide of racism and fascism sweeping Europe .
14 Hannon also saddled four winners on Wednesday and the stable 's long-serving travelling head lad Taffy Williams quipped : ‘ We are taking the stable cat to the races tomorrow , and Mr Hannon is sure he 'll win too ! ’
15 Even so , we are taking the first steps in a long journey towards an understanding of the body clock and the way it adjusts to our environment .
16 At least accident should occur so I 'm asking for a review of those to see if we ha we are buying the right vehicle or not .
17 If we serve bad-for-you foods at home we affect our own hearts , certainly , but worse still , we are serving the wrong food to our families .
18 In other words , we are seeing the same film , but it is the negative that is now being presented to us .
19 It holds more true of some of us than of others , that in the struggle to make it new we are writing the same book all our lives ; and with Dostoevsky this truth is very true .
20 In fact I think it possible that in the context of hi-jacking we are developing the anti-tank weapon — one which is largely a moral weapon and lies mainly in the hands of political authority .
21 I am certain that we are developing the correct framework for tackling important issues , and that we will be able to accommodate developments in new technology as they become available .
22 The ICAEW Guidance notes dealing with changes in professional appointments ( date 1.85 ) require that we should notify the other accountants that we are undertaking the corporate finance work unless the client gives a valid reason why such notice should not be given .
23 Training 's the first thing that goes , in a recession , that 's the first thing that people cut , and not only , well we are achieving the fixed amount of income that we 're obliged to in order to make previous reductions , but we 're certainly not covering costs .
24 It is vitally important , if we are to improve the mathematical attainment of our society , that the educational purposes of formative and diagnostic assessment , which seek to improve the teaching , take precedence over the monitoring and evaluative purposes , which at best merely seek to describe .
25 we are helping the Amazonian Indians and tribal people in Malaysia in their fight for survival by generating worldwide publicity for their cause , and campaigning to protect their rainforest lands ;
26 I that in terms of many of the so called efficiency measures that we could take , we are reaching the absolute limits in this authority .
27 If we are to continue the high levels of payment to those affected by restructuring , the Bill is essential .
28 So whether we are considering the current practice of representation in relation to individual representatives , or in relation to parties and those who vote for them , it is clear that popular control and accountability are at best very weakly embodied in that practice .
29 This is a pretty staggering statistic which we should remember when we are considering the relative risk , then and now .
30 Finally , if we are seeking the complementary function of the equations , we write x proportional to exp unc and obtain unc as the equations determining unc and the ratio unc In abbreviated form this can be written
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