Example sentences of "[conj] we do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 A Pentagon official said : ‘ It puts us in a position between Iran and Iraq where we do n't want to be .
2 There are organizations like BUPA hospitals and some others erm who have special arrangements with us where we do n't need a deposit cheque and we do n't need a banker 's order but we do need an official order from the hospital .
3 Well we just established that there are areas where we 're using rate cards and where we do n't follow the procedure .
4 There might be a case , on a very big projects , where we do n't get the minimum response , for GOING ahead anyway .
5 ‘ There are a lot of blanks in the Thirties where we do n't know a great deal about it and there was a period just after the war from 1947 through to the middle Fifties — that 's another gap .
6 Or we do n't get paid . ’
7 If you say I 'd like to er can you get this banker 's order , oh well wait a minute we need two signatures on that , or we do n't deal with banker 's order .
8 What do you think of that , and she would say , well , it 's too early , or we do n't know yet .
9 This suggestion might tempt those who notice that although we do normally accept without query a person 's description of his own sensory states , we sometimes object by saying , for instance , ‘ Surely that traffic light does n't look orange to you .
10 Hull chairman Steve Watson said : ‘ Although we do n't think it is serious , it is obviously a worry . ’
11 Although we do n't agree with each other on every dot and comma , we do have very many common beliefs .
12 ‘ We will be billing Wimbledon for damage caused , although we do n't know at this stage how much it will all cost .
13 He is very clever in the manner in which he links all the characters together , and although we do n't know at first how relationships and meetings will turn out , it does soon become apparent .
14 We often have lunch , although we do n't spend a lot of time socialising .
15 Senior officer Ken Sweeney said that the prison was already operating within the provisions of the new Food Safety Act : ‘ Although we do n't have to , we already invite in EHOs because we have nothing to hide and are open to advice . ’
16 Although we do n't have one for review , the idea is obviously to make full use of the stereo Alesis delay on gigs small enough not to need further amplification .
17 No , well I 'm I 'm saying to you the same sort of things , in general skills and abilities there are certain things that we required to put in the er numeracy the literacy er , to some degree attendance and punctuality , although we do n't have to do it on a subject specific basis erm we , everybody wants to know about he young , ho whether their youngsters are trying i.e. effort ha , whether they behave in lessons .
18 Erm we have er land in the sort of places which compete with Stoakesly although we do n't have quite the rural environment , except as was mentioned , at Guisborough .
19 It may reflect the thought that although we do not aim at the ‘ truth ’ — i.e. our immediate aims are for simple solutions to empirical problems — nevertheless , the truth is what we end up with .
20 May we therefore put the Government 's tax policy into context : although we do not wish to raise VAT above its present level , what we have done reflects further taxation on those who can afford to spend more ?
21 It would be more accurate to say that although we do not have a right to such things we do have freedom to do them .
22 Although we do not have a satisfactory explanation for the U/Pb fractionation , it must have occurred at shallow depths in the mantle , near a spreading ridge ; and the resulting enriched source regions have since remained fixed relative to the migrating lithosphere .
23 Although we do not have a written constitution there are many Acts of Parliament relevant to constitutional laws .
24 Although we do not have such specific documentation for Louis I , married to Marie Mauger , and his sons Jacques ( -Jean ) , Louis and Jean they too would have manufactured under a single family mark .
25 For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " .
26 Although we do not need to reconsider all the issues relating to the corporatisation of local government during the 1970s , it is important to remind ourselves of the widespread adoption of policy and resources committees , consisting of the senior elected members ( with sub-committees specialising in land , finance , personnel and performance review ) .
27 Thus although we do not know how the DNA controls development , we are reasonably sure that it does carry almost all the information which has been produced by selection , and which is needed to control development .
28 Miracle in the figurative sense , since although we do not know how cells evolved , quite plausible scenarios have been proposed .
29 The observed maximal effect was reached in the fourth hour although we do not know whether secretion would still have been higher in the fifth or sixth hour .
30 Although we do not consider Mr Gray 's conduct to have been either dishonest or intentionally misleading , nonetheless the discharge of his responsibilities as company secretary was , in these respects , most unsatisfactory . ’
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