Example sentences of "[prep] what we [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To gain that knowledge means we must not be afraid of what we may uncover within our nature in this process of self-analysis . |
| 2 | Thus we have the impression of what we may call a ‘ sacred history ’ , threaded through history : the history of the liberation of people . |
| 3 | I 'd be much more impressed by some positive suggestions of what we might do cos I th you know , months ago I was browbeaten outside church over a lot of similar issues and I said then , you know |
| 4 | It must also be remembered that the working life of what we might regard as identical batteries tends to vary . |
| 5 | But those wo n't , er if we were to take cashing those in now , it would be probably taking half of what we might get for them in the future , and from a business proposition , there is a time , when even if you have money in the bank , there are times , when it would be very advantageous to take long term interest rates , at low interest rates , and I think er er this is er perhaps the best opportunity that we have . |
| 6 | Finally , it is worth pointing out that , if my account of neoteny in man is correct , even the relatively ego-less citizen of the totalitarian state is the possessor of what we might term the neurophysiological substrate of the ego and the superego , which almost certainly comprises some of the most recently acquired elements of the human brain . |
| 7 | But many interviews carried out in social research are of samples of what we might call ‘ ordinary ’ people — people who have characteristics , opinions and knowledge of a much more general nature . |
| 8 | Originally 254cm ( 100in ) and since made at 3/4 size 198cm ( 78in ) , the Spinoff also contributed to the arrival of what we might call third generation stunters by its eventual introduction of stand-off struts . |
| 9 | Instead of what we might call a vertical analysis of society — one which builds upon a single kind of term — Althusser attributes a horizontal analysis to Marx . |
| 10 | Since many associates who were not blood relations often assumed the surname but between them could muster only a limited number of Christian names , confusion was avoided by the bestowal of what we might call a nickname , or what has been more justly described as a ‘ toname ’ . |
| 11 | He , too , is constrained in his interpretation by past similar experience , by interpreting in the light of what we might call the principle of analogy . |
| 12 | Whereas in many cases this is only one dimension , albeit an important one , in the case of what we might call theoretical ideology it constitutes the main organizing principle . |
| 13 | Ironically enough , Rameau was among the most resourceful and imaginative composers of his time in his treatment of the orchestra , and the least in need of what we might call d'Indification . |
| 14 | I have so looked forward to it , making all the things with Matey , and thinking of what we shall do with the money we make — which is stupid really , when I know that I could so easily give them so much more — But that would be nothing , for what I have done with Matey has been done by me , and not by Papa , for that is what giving them his money would mean . |
| 15 | The simplest form of remedy for the uncertainty of the regime of primary rules is the introduction of what we shall call a ‘ rule of recognition ’ . |
| 16 | The remedy for the static quality of the regime of primary rules consists in the introduction of what we shall call ‘ rules of change ’ . |
| 17 | We may thus envisage a gradient of what we shall term establishment of senses . |
| 18 | We were able to get on with our routine work without too much drama unfolding around us , and we started to dream of what we would do when the war was over . |
| 19 | We can but suppose that he practised the middle-class virtues of Samuel Smiles — those of hard work , thrift and sobriety — and embodied the very quintessence of what we would speak of today as the Protestant Work Ethic . |
| 20 | It showed that our formal control and planning mechanisms fell far short of what we would like . |
| 21 | I 've yet to see a case of what we would define as really rape . |
| 22 | Thus to be a " bastard " , or the child of what we would call a " broken home " , means simply to have many parents and to be part of a larger , stronger family . |
| 23 | One of the most admired features of the educational systems in France , Germany , and Denmark is the way they integrate a substantial proportion of what we would call ‘ general education ’ into their vocational programmes . |
| 24 | Some of the early researchers took a pessimistic view of what we would lose with the disappearance of native languages . |
| 25 | As a matter of practice , and because we 've all got to live , we all draw about two-thirds of what we would have got last year as we go along , then share out the rest at the end of the year . ’ |
| 26 | The reasons for this deficit are largely associated with the , the trend of pay and price increases outstripping our income , and outstripping our projections of what we would have to spend . |
| 27 | Instead of what we would consider to be a reasonable programme for the provision of services , and an increase in control by local people over such provision by holding to account those whom they elect , we have the Conservative party slogans of privatise , centralise and neutralise . |
| 28 | It all seemed too important for that : a warning of what was inside us all as human beings and of what we must avoid at all costs . |
| 29 | He wrote what became a celebrated memorandum to Cordell Hull , the secretary of state , in which he declared that he was " thrilled by the idea of using iran as an example of what we could do by an unselfish American policy . |
| 30 | ( However , throughout this discussion I have ignored those psychosomatic disorders which might be the consequence of what we could call ‘ somatic externalization ’ . |