Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] our " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , let's think about our objectives , first of all an objective , I might have come to Abbey Life to make money , last year , I might have been working in a factory , earning fifteen , twelve , fifteen thousand a year , and I might make my objective in my first year with Abbey Life to earn sixty thousand pounds . |
| 2 | Be with them in peace so that we may remain with our family and children in peace . |
| 3 | Naturally , they are worried that the Queen 's head may disappear from our currency , but if we had economic and monetary union , as we have with Scotland , nothing would stop us providing different notes , even with a different name , provided that they had fixed values that were easily exchangeable . |
| 4 | What is being compared ultimately is our own response to works of art and to the qualities of simplicity in early Cycladic art , which we may compare with our own feeling for the qualities of simplicity in some of this century 's art . |
| 5 | She 's very kind , but we ought to stand on our own feet . |
| 6 | Advertisements may appeal to our senses — smell , taste , touch , hearing , sight . |
| 7 | Or they may appeal to our feelings — advertisements that evoke nostalgia , or involve appealing children and animals ; that make us laugh or rely on sex appeal , are all playing on our emotions to persuade us to buy . |
| 8 | In this way the man and his sheep may linger in our minds , even if we do not remember the economic difficulties so clearly — ‘ The Last of the Flock ’ would make a good title for a Victorian narrative painting . |
| 9 | Are we prepared to discipline ourselves to restrictions and regulations that we feel we ought to impose for our own good ? |
| 10 | PATHOLOGIST , seeking improvement to his department , at staff committee : ‘ We must think of our public image . |
| 11 | I do n't know what he must think of our house , some of our furniture is over a hundred years old ! |
| 12 | But we must go further and when men speak of dark skies , we must think of our own bright interior skies . |
| 13 | It has been proposed that a reduction in pay rises of 1% could create 200,000 jobs but before the jobs are created the demand must exist for our goods . |
| 14 | It is the foretaste of such strains as never fell on mortal cars , to hear which we should rush to our doors and contribute all that we possess and are . ’ |
| 15 | And it 's our intention that that land should remain for our children 's children 's children , that 's the first point . |
| 16 | It was about the idea that a redwood was somehow sacred , that its fundamental identity should remain beyond our control . |
| 17 | I do n't see how they can tell us who should stay in our house . |
| 18 | in specific terms I ca n't remember , I would have certainly of said that for the year er nineteen eighty eight we should build into our budget an amount , what that amount was I ca n't remember , but er that was , that was never given the go ahead |
| 19 | Management should agree on an annual major unifying exhibition theme which should relate to our main activities . |
| 20 | IAN RUSH makes a welcome return to action for crisis club Liverpool here tonight insisting : ‘ We must win for our own good . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ This means that we must concentrate on our most worthwhile projects to make sure that the things we do in the future are profitable at $19 a barrel . |
| 22 | So this Congress must pursue on our behalf , a serious approach to the Labour Party to reduce the price tag . |
| 23 | Results of this work should contribute to our understanding of : the formation of attitudes and opinions on science amongst young people ; effective teaching approaches for STS ; the contribution of television to learning and to attitude development ; and the development of group social skills when triggered by television . |
| 24 | Well , I 'm sorry , if I was in my workplace I would n't be happy representing a member and then be told by the employer , I 'm not required to tell you why you 've lost your appeal and I do n't think this is something we should do within our own organization on our own members . |
| 25 | are rather different , if the builder wants us to borrow on their behalf , that 's one thing , whether we should borrow on our behalf , is a question that one has to . |
| 26 | I must speak to our Pastor about this . |
| 27 | To this end , we must inculcate in our students not only enabling skills such as fluency in English , particularly written English , IT competence , and the ability to communicate but also creative , problem-solving skills — the phrase that is most often used is ‘ transferable skills ’ — which include a willingness to engage with new concepts and techniques . |
| 28 | We must stick to our own style . |
| 29 | We should look for our defense of integrity in the neighbourhood of fraternity or , to use its more fashionable name , community . |
| 30 | I believe we should look at our , I think a hundred and ten vehicles , very carefully for safety checks because we do have tail lifts on them which closes the use , if there 's a wheelchair as an emergency exit . |