Example sentences of "[modal v] we [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Must we return without the bride , to the shame of our people ? " |
| 2 | Must we turn to the anthropic principle for an explanation ? |
| 3 | What should we do in the film industry ? |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | Should we complain to the Advertising Standards Authority ? |
| 6 | How , therefore , should we think of the uses of language , in a way that could provide functional accounts of linguistic structure ? |
| 7 | So why should we pander to the media and the right-wingers of the Party ? |
| 8 | Should we retire to the pagoda while you dress ? ’ |
| 9 | How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live ! |
| 10 | Should we listen to the few objections of the few people affected ? |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | But , but should we deal with the first |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | We do n't believe in leprechauns so why should we believe in The Queen ? |
| 17 | In conclusion , what guiding principles might we draw from the UK experience ? |
| 18 | What other things might we think about the trainee ? |
| 19 | ‘ What 'll we do about the tape ? ’ asked Camille . |
| 20 | Could we pass through the seven stages |
| 21 | And could we shout with the lark or crash with the sea |
| 22 | If I am to be punished unfairly , could we return to the subject of volunteering for the Parachute School ? ’ |
| 23 | Could we settle for the Peak District ? |
| 24 | Could we go round the room , Susan could you say a sentence . |
| 25 | ‘ Could we start at the beginning ? |
| 26 | Could we move to the new music |
| 27 | ‘ Could we look at the night of the murder , last Thursday ? ’ |
| 28 | What could we know about the greater universe ? |
| 29 | Could we dispense with the human eye , and make the computer itself do the selecting , on the basis of some biologically realistic criterion ? |
| 30 | Could we hear from the director of administration the of the year because I had n't known things could be , it seems to me exactly what I had advised the Chairman because I could not believe that on the basis that you want this referred to the full Council . |