Example sentences of "[modal v] we [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Must we turn to the anthropic principle for an explanation ? |
| 2 | Even if we accept , as we should , that Thucydides is right about the ‘ truest cause ’ ( and in the passage last quoted he comes near to running together true cause and alleged reasons , so we should not try to separate them too sharply ) , there is still a major problem : what weight should we give to the various instances of encroachment ? |
| 3 | Should we complain to the Advertising Standards Authority ? |
| 4 | So why should we pander to the media and the right-wingers of the Party ? |
| 5 | Should we retire to the pagoda while you dress ? ’ |
| 6 | How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live ! |
| 7 | Should we listen to the few objections of the few people affected ? |
| 8 | Why should we come to the Chamber to be bored rigid when we could be bored rigid in the comparative comfort of our own offices ? |
| 9 | To understand what it is to trump and to revoke should we attend to the use laid down in the rules of the game for trump cards , or should we attend to the characteristic feelings of trumping and revoking ? |
| 10 | To understand what it is to trump and to revoke should we attend to the use laid down in the rules of the game for trump cards , or should we attend to the characteristic feelings of trumping and revoking ? |
| 11 | If you ask such a child " How should we respond to the aliens ' request for help ? " s/he 's not likely to respond very articulately . |
| 12 | If I am to be punished unfairly , could we return to the subject of volunteering for the Parachute School ? ’ |
| 13 | Could we move to the new music |
| 14 | The greater likelihood is that , when you suggest a practical stand-back of the ‘ Shall we go to the pub ? ’ variety , you will have given voice to what a lot of other people have been thinking . |
| 15 | Shall we go to the Ruby Pool ? |
| 16 | ‘ Shall we go to the party ? ’ she wheedled , and Alain sat back with a smile . |
| 17 | Shall we go to the pub and have a drink ? |
| 18 | ‘ Therese … shall we go to the coffee shop … have a sandwich ? ’ |
| 19 | Dr Rafaelo said , ‘ Well , Shelley , shall we go to the village surgery now ? ’ |
| 20 | Oh , shall we go to the job centre ? |
| 21 | Well erm oh shall we go to the canteen ? |
| 22 | ‘ Shall we drink to the success of our joint project ? ’ |
| 23 | Shall we return to the hotel ? ’ |
| 24 | She thought she saw a hint of admiration in his eyes , but knew that she was utterly mistaken when , totally impersonally , he said , ‘ Shall we return to the drawing-room for coffee ? ’ |
| 25 | But what stylistic value shall we attach to the metricality of prose ? |
| 26 | ‘ Shall we resort to the Solitorium first to fast and search our souls in silence about your accusation ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Would you like to — um — go up to bed now , or shall we descend to the ground floor ? ’ |
| 28 | How shall we respond to the loss of check-off as the proposed legislation means we surely will ? |
| 29 | Some of the attempts at peacemaking the churches in Ireland are making may seem worrying may seem politically subversive but how will we respond to the longing for peace to the desire for reconciliation for the hope the stakes that will result in a permanent and just solution ? |
| 30 | When is the next break ? when will we get to the top of this hill ? |