Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [adv] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this chapter , I have indicated the kinds of things we know about brains , and the kinds of questions we have to ask if we are to understand how we perceive things . |
| 2 | Will be to arrive where we started |
| 3 | Characteristically he uses the imagery of song to point to the highest kind of contemplative experience of God : The Form unfolds a process of definition which comes full circle back to its beginning so that that can be understood in a new way : the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time . |
| 4 | But I have to be realistic and if Coventry are to stay up we have to win matches . ’ |
| 5 | We 've been to have n't we ? |
| 6 | And you know the objective for us is to see where we 're going , to be able to encourage our staff to realize that as a , that we have a future . |
| 7 | How clever he is to know where we should find him . ’ |
| 8 | Half of our exercise in listening to each other is to know where we are . |
| 9 | And of course , if this union and the trade union movement is to prosper then we must encourage our young people to come through . |
| 10 | Cos the purpose of the exercise is for us to see how far we 've come , but the most important purpose of the exercise is to determine where we wan na go . |
| 11 | Another way of gaining insight into the students ' predicament is to analyse how we ourselves ( native and non-native speaker ) set about tackling pieces of English discourse which pose comprehension problems for us . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , all the Government have done is to ask why we did not support the purchase of council houses or the provisions for grant-maintained schools . |
| 13 | You say there 's three candidates there who get , one who is actually earning the money that we pay and two that are n't , the quick fix is to say right we given you an opportunity to do this national accounts job at the same salary for six months , see if you can do it , and if you do it we confirm the salary . |
| 14 | We are led to believe that ‘ lack of finance ’ is to blame yet we are told we are all paying an extra premium on the basic community charge in order that standards may be kept up . |