Example sentences of "[be] [verb] we [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 But in the light of what has been said we can also see that it was of especial significance in emancipating , not merely the hand from locomotion , but the brain from its reliance on chemical stimuli mediated by the sense of smell .
2 yeah , yes verbally yes if we 're writing we 'd actually be six but it was it was the span of conception was n't it the capacity of the brain The span of conception says that if you deliver your presentation in groups of three in three themes and three subthemes then the audience is able to hold on to that and the way in which we set up the delivery or the way in which we delivered the structured thought pattern was through method
3 There is a human characteristic that we like to think , see things in , in very clear cut ways and you 're saying we should n't go overboard and just think that Boris Yeltsin because of his courage standing on the tank and , and helping to prevent the coup , we should n't go overboard and think that he 's er the most marvellous human liberal democrat who ever walked the earth .
4 WHAT sort of country is it where we are told we ca n't pay tribute to our heroes ?
5 When our life systems are terminated we will again return to the Prime Mover .
6 They are clearly set out and if they are flouted we can not accept it . ’
7 I am saying we must not supplant Anglican worship for a free-wheeling non-conformist style which owes more to Spring Harvest than the A.S.B .
8 Just before we go we are going to hear a recording of a song that 's been referred to which I think is called the greatest love of all which I 'm told we 'll all know by heart er this time next year hmm erm anyway on that note if I may thank you very , very much indeed and I leave you with best wishes for a highly , highly successful birthday year .
9 I 'm told we can now go to our next caller who 's Mandy calling from Freeland .
10 Well it may not be providing we can actually pull out some still
11 At a time still to be determined we shall also need to do further work on the museum .
12 Again , on a truth-conditional theory of semantics , those meanings can not be captured we would not want to say that B 's assertion in ( ii ) was false if B had simply misidentified A and assumed mistakenly that A was a male superior ( that would make truths relative to whomsoever they are addressed ) .
13 The issues being reported we can fairly assume are relevant , to the customers and to taxpayers .
14 I think it 's fair to say that it 's not quite as simple as just deleting that item out of the budget , there are in fact I think five or six people working for community arts and in the events of that item being deleted we would presumably have to add on the costs of making them redundant erm an an an and dis erm the community arts scheme I think represents , it 's true to say , a range of expertise .
15 What are called ‘ proofs for the existence of God ’ are not attempts to show that there must be a divine kind of thing ( we have no concept of a divine kind of thing ) , they just seek to show that if and when all other questions were answered we would still be left with this mystery : and this is what we shall call ‘ God ’ .
16 ‘ We were told we would only be in this house temporarily when we moved here .
17 ‘ We were told we would only be in this house temporarily when we moved here .
18 Well , but we , no we 're not saying that , what we 're saying is that we so all we 're trying , w w w that they were saying we ca n't go from cap er from feudalism to socialism but we do n't want to go just from feudalism to capitalism , we want to go into er if you like a capitalism with socialist characteristics .
19 ‘ We had a band chat and for ages we were saying we should not do merchandising at all , because it is a sign that you are a really big band and that you are trying to cash in .
20 If we had paid more attention to what the Japanese were doing we would perhaps not be so subject to their products as we are .
21 ‘ Because even if you are leaving we 'll still be working together . ’
22 I am hoping we can now arrange a telephone link-up with the Theobalds to discover whether they will , after all , be coming to the party tonight .
23 No planks for the flooring yet , and if it is raining we can not be on the roof .
24 if that is done we shall not in any way , shape or form encourage the resistance of Ulster .
25 When such replication and variation is found we may rightly ask , what were the factors controlling the results ?
26 Despite her efforts , ‘ the Home Office is indicating we might not have enough young women to justify the facility . ’
27 ‘ Until that decision is known we can not begin to draw up an engineering schedule but we should have all works completed by the end of 1995 , ’ said an NGC spokesman .
28 Heaven knows who it was who set their mind on heading for that pointy wee soul but , like most hill-walkers , once a route is planned we would sooner see the laws of physics change before our itinerary did .
29 The best reply to both conclusions consists in providing what it is maintained we can not have .
30 That is to say we shall not attempt to consider changes induced by monopolisation or state intervention on the scale we have witnessed since , say , 1945 .
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