Example sentences of "[verb] we [vb infin] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It helped us make some critical decisions about the drilling and completion of the well , ’ he says . |
| 2 | Though women are typically characterized as prophets of doom , Mira 's modest demand in relation to both personal and political situations is ‘ let us recognize one another before annihilating one another ’ ( 15,136 ; variations : 20,74,136 ) . |
| 3 | Thousands of you have kindly let us know much more about yourselves by filling in the questionnaire in our November issue . |
| 4 | Let us admit that good taste and proper judgement have to be worked out slowly and painfully and personally , and that it is each man for himself . |
| 5 | Now let us assume that standard credit terms for goods received and despatched in this particular industry involve payment after 30 days with neither discounts for early payment nor penalties for late payment . |
| 6 | Let us assume that 100 per cent . |
| 7 | ‘ Let us give one more chance to the peace process , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Let us settle these delicate matters between ourselves . |
| 9 | Let us place two coplanar conducting plates very close to each other ( Fig. 2.28 ) and apply a potential difference between them . |
| 10 | His statement implies that we are not yet out of the recession , so let us borrow some more , increase the PSBR , and do the Keynesian thing which , a few years ago , we did not think we should do , and perhaps that will get us out of the recession by the time of the election . |
| 11 | Let us leave such vexatious matters for the time being . ’ |
| 12 | Gioella impatiently removed his hand from her necklace and , standing up , said , ‘ Come , Constance , let us leave these silly men . |
| 13 | My dear friends , let us love one another . |
| 14 | Let us suppose that binary oppositions are natural in the sound system of a language , that because of the physical properties of our auditory apparatus it is easier for us to distinguish x/not-x-type contrasts . |
| 15 | Let us suppose that following incorporation the partners award themselves salaries of £43,500 which is about the level required to ensure that tax on the salary does not exceed the basic 25% rate . |
| 16 | Let us examine these two lines of approach in turn . |
| 17 | Let us illustrate this particular step by an example from life . |
| 18 | Firstly , let us consider that unfortunate windsurfing term ‘ funboard ’ . |
| 19 | Before such paradoxes are explored , however , let us consider some straightforward examples . |
| 20 | This distinction falls beautifully into place with the view of syntax which we sketched in Chapter 1 , but before explaining precisely how the two sorts of qualification work let us consider some more data from English . |
| 21 | To illustrate this , let us consider three hypothetical firms A , B , and C. The assets that comprise firm A have a 10% chance of producing a cash inflow of £1,000 at the end of a given time period and a 90% chance of producing cash flows of zero . |
| 22 | Now let us consider three different conditions each representing a different degree of anxiety within the same task . |
| 23 | ‘ Then let us initiate some more of it . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ First they let us have this great feeling of elation . |
| 25 | If on top of that you say well let us have some independent people to some others who were elected councillors will find that they are not also on the police authority and that causes problems . |
| 26 | Let us imagine that Big Ted , having heard me talk about this point , is trying to explain it to Little Ted in the pub afterwards : |
| 27 | Let us imagine two neighbouring houses . |
| 28 | Let us accept this third theory for a moment and agree that , when a patient under hypnosis experiences what appears to be a past-life regression , he is in fact making the whole thing up . |
| 29 | ‘ Then the Chief picked up the phone and said to me : ‘ And while we are at it , let us get those other idle bastards off their backsides . ’ |
| 30 | Let us take first statutory inquiries . |