Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] us to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the de-Marxisation of their project by him and the ‘ death of the social ’ which he has announced should alert us to the doubts raised by Raymond Williams on the issue of certain types of Utopianism . |
| 2 | ( The very fact that the proposed ‘ Star Wars ’ defensive strategy of the United States involves computerised laser technology should alert us to the fact that such a defence has ominous offensive possibilities . ) |
| 3 | It is probable that we are not yet aware of the extensive use made of the river system for bulk transport at that period , but there are indications which should alert us to it , such as the wharfage on the River Ver discovered in the 1954 — 7 excavation at the Park Street villa ( Saunders , 1963 , 118 — 123 ) . |
| 4 | We have been more wary of challenging the transcultural verity of sexual categories , but in reality a minimum awareness of the evidence should alert us to the fact that though various cultures share general sexual forms , this does not mean that their content , inner structures and meanings are identical . |
| 5 | From a pedagogic point of view , the possibility of culture specificity should alert us to the fact that when we teach terms referring to discourse type and use them in discourse processing and production , we should not take for granted that each term has an exact translation equivalent . |
| 6 | Such an exhibition , and its permanent record in the lavishly illustrated new book edited by Wendy Roworth , should alert us to the rich possibilities offered by serious reassessment of the work of such a varied , complex and intellectual artist as Angelica Kauffman . |
| 7 | This should alert us to the fact that the canons are incomplete records , and that they could even overlook matters of royal concern , like Guntram 's foundation of the monastery of St Marcel . |
| 8 | Elisabeth Cook 's recent account of the ‘ Querelle des Bouffons ’ shows an extensive political dimension , which should alert us to the nature of associated rhetoric . |
| 9 | This zest should be carried into the transcendent and should bring us to the horizons of mental thought . |
| 10 | Before we se now hopefully it should bring us to about four o'clock . |
| 11 | You might think this a true conversation-stopper but the Queen has a comeback : ‘ I should like us to be friends . ’ |
| 12 | 'T IS pity , that this passion alone should set us to Rhyming . |
| 13 | Increased understanding of the burdens which they carry should lead us to greater awareness of the strain under which they are so often put . |
| 14 | But this conclusion should lead us to an accommodation between dualism and monism rather than the rejection of one in favour of the other . |
| 15 | Most of the major advances in the social sciences over the last two centuries , including the work of Freud and Marx , should lead us to be suspicious of any equation of importance with surface , suggesting that there are other forces both historical and unconscious which underlie this arena of language and linguistically articulated intent . |
| 16 | Perhaps your very words are what must represent us to posterity . |
| 17 | That may teach them a lesson for kowtowing to the Germans and it should warn us to be wary of both countries . |
| 18 | This should cause us to be cautious when we make assumptions about what children have gained from a story . |
| 19 | The brief introduction to Piaget 's ideas in Chapter 2 , and our realization that as adult readers we can not read , say , an Ordnance Survey map , a machine drawing , or art forms from cultures not our own with anything like total understanding , should cause us to be cautious and questioning when presented with these assumptions . |
| 20 | A re-evaluation of our current and potential interests in the area would help re-balance our contributions in geographical terms , and it just might introduce us to some useful new artistic interests and commercial concerns . |
| 21 | When it reached the stage in the title year when it looked as though the scum might beat us to it , if they had have done , it would have been largely due to the difference between Whyte/Fairclough and Pallister/Bruce . |
| 22 | ‘ She 'll expect us to be plotting among ourselves , then , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ After the coronation they 'll take us to the palace for the night . |
| 24 | Gon na ask you to do an exercise now er it 'll it 'll take us to four o'clock before we start talking about assertiveness what I 'm gon na ask you to do is in one , two three , one two in two twos and a three I want you to put on paper one side one sheet of paper to sum up all the things we 've done about communication so far today and it 's going to other people on this course , and it 's going to be marked by one of them on this course . |
| 25 | I was in favour of hauling him in last week , but the powers-that-be thought it better to let him remain at large for the time being , in the hope that he might lead us to his employers . ’ |
| 26 | Who knows what dizzy heights that might lead us to ? ’ |
| 27 | The objections that are raised against identity assumptions in respect of meanings in such a context are chiefly motivated by the fear that such assumptions might commit us to accepting meanings as some kind of entities . |
| 28 | My guess is they 'll leave us to the forest . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll drive us to Soho . ’ |
| 30 | I 'll drive us to the rear door of a Doc Barnado 's or something . ’ |