Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] we [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do we need to correct them , or do we just leave them be . |
| 2 | I think for me , one of the main questions is how we enter into joint activity with the British Labour Movement , or do we just turn our backs on it and say we ca n't do it , they are too racist , they are too imperialist . |
| 3 | The only thing that occurs to me er er and now yo your veteran day from last year a a does any of that , how does you know , cos he does it , how does any of that sit with Rob or do we just say right well we do cos |
| 4 | ‘ Can you tell me when we can begin to teach the totally inexperienced , gauche young ladies you 've employed as receptionists , or do we just let them loose on our unsuspecting clients ? ’ |
| 5 | Dr Goode said he trusted himself , and clearly he is a good doctor ; but can we always afford to trust , or do we thereby run the risk of taking a step down the road towards euthanasia , both voluntary and involuntary . |
| 6 | As individuals do we accept our responsibility to be peacemakers or do we passively allow aggression to be part of our lives ? |
| 7 | Did they vanish or did we just forget them ? |
| 8 | Did they vanish or did we just forget them ? |
| 9 | Nor do we yet have evidence that removal of proximal adenomas prevents proximal colon cancer . |
| 10 | Nor do we yet know what the normal range of ratios is when morphine is given to naive subjects . |
| 11 | Nor do we easily associate ourselves with violent behaviour . |
| 12 | Now Darwin got from this this idea that somehow sudden things are miraculous , are natural , erm but admittedly they may happen but I mean there is a miraculous element about sudden things , whereas things that are natural should happen gradually , and he retained this view in spite of changing his ideas about all sorts of other things , and let us now see why the gradualism was so important a component of his theory of evolution . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , they also boast that ‘ standard ’ Irish rock sound and stage moves that come straight out of the manual — and do we really need another version of ‘ Stepping Stone ’ ? |
| 14 | And do we then stop our majors or what ? |
| 15 | But let us also remember that the opposition have an obligation to stay behind the off-side line . |
| 16 | But let us also remember that Baron Cuvier , perhaps the greatest protagonist of catastrophism in its earlier form , worked on the placid , untectonised sediments of Montmartre and the environs of Paris . |
| 17 | But let us now alter the lexis somewhat and consider the following three words in association : |
| 18 | But let us now look at what the early church fathers made of this mythology . |
| 19 | I have used the word ‘ mystery ’ of the cross , but let us never forget that suffering is a mystery too . |
| 20 | This is something that the British harp on that incessantly , using it as the main reason for choosing one restaurant over another , but do we really understand what it means and are we consistent in our assessment of perceived value ? |
| 21 | But do we really know enough about the whys and wherefores of racism ? |
| 22 | We might get a good ideas of the shape of the man we are promoting but do we really know the " shape " of the job he is going into ? |
| 23 | But do we really know any more about the animal kingdom now than Pliny thought he knew then ? |
| 24 | Certainly these sleek , feather-light , multi-coloured wonders have an appeal , but do we really need them ? |
| 25 | The Department of Transport spends ninety per cent of its budget on raods , but do we really NEED more of them ? |
| 26 | Nature reserves are widely appreciated and much admired , but do we ever stop to think of the behind-the-scenes management ? |
| 27 | We all like to feel safe and secure in our homes , and , but do we actually think about security unless we become a victim |
| 28 | All these things are technically possible now , essentially , but do we actually want these things to happen ? |
| 29 | We have all experienced childhood , it therefore seems familiar , but do we necessarily understand this most transient of states or those images which attempt to capture its fragmentary differences ? |