Example sentences of "[verb] we [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ They have got rid of the Christian God , and now feel obliged to cling all the more firmly to Christian morality : that is english consistency , let us not blame it on little blue-stockings à la Eliot .
2 It 's great to be instantly famous — and that 's how A&M makes them feel — but let us not forget what the company 's really interested in .
3 If we value independence in foreign policy making , let us not forget what happened in 1940 .
4 I believe the readers ads fulfil a necessary part of the market , but let us not forget our local and national dealers .
5 It is only right that we should analyse and debate the internal workings of the trade and its infrastructure , but let us not forget who pays our wages — the consumer .
6 Let us not leave it to others to fight for our goals . ’
7 ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , ’ he said when the police chiefs hurrying back was out of sight , ‘ let us not make ourselves deceived .
8 By all means let us seek to prevent congenital abnormalities , but let us not betray our Hippocratic tradition in the process .
9 Therefore , if we are to exalt the work of Georgia O'Keeffe , let us not exalt it because it seems to be a rare psychic perception of the world peculiar to a woman , but because it is good painting . ’
10 Consequently , unless we are convinced of the possibility of a reductive account of knowledge , let us not tie our hands by refusing to make use of facts that we know to be true .
11 ‘ But let us not darken our hearts by imagining the trial of their gentle loyalty in the Dark Tower .
12 Let us not say what we both know to be true .
13 Let us not take it for granted .
14 Let us not get ourselves too worked up so early in the proceedings . ’
15 Let us not delude ourselves that an equivalent would not have found its way into English if needed .
16 ‘ Well , thanks , ’ I said , ‘ for the kind words , Daisy , but let us not kid ourselves .
17 After such a whetting of the appetite , let us also consider what happens when you fire objects at a screen with two slits .
18 We will not linger over the fiction of popular representation … let us rather see what is the substance beneath the various forms of power in the governing class .
19 Let us rather ask ourselves how we would score bar 5 if it stood alone apart from its context , and adapt the first four bars to this arrangement so as to lead naturally into it .
20 Those benefits may be continued for a long succession of generations upon deserving objects , let us strenuously support our own undertaking : and may our children , and our children 's children feel an ardour even greater than our own in the cause of humanity ; so that as long as the County of Bedford exists , its Infirmary may be one of the chief objects of care , and one of the principal sources of its honest pride . ’
21 Let us now turn our attention to the bird kingdom .
22 Bearing these points in mind , let us now turn our attention to new developments .
23 Let us now turn our attention to the voluntary sector to see if it is in any better position than the informal sector to compensate for reductions in local authority provision .
24 We have just discussed its form : let us now consider what evidence led von Frisch to the discovery .
25 Let us now consider it in action with some real examples .
26 Let us then take our compass ; we are something , and we are not everything .
27 But I do not like to say much about Islay ; let us therefore remount our primitive carriage .
28 But I do not like to say much about Islay ; let us therefore remount our primitive carriage .
29 Let us therefore remind ourselves of the huge distances , inner and outer , that Joyce has travelled , and take one final look at his total undertaking .
30 Let us therefore review what we learnt earlier about the cultural oral superego — the mother goddess , in other words — and see what significance it has for our problem .
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