Example sentences of "[subord] we [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , many actual nationalizations were indeed objectively functional for the restructuring of parts of the economy ‘ no longer organised as capital ’ as Fine and O'Donnell ( 1981 ) put it ; and the British Conservatives only attempted to reverse the post-war Labour government 's efforts ‘ where we believed that a measure of nationalisation was a real hindrance to our island life ( Winston Churchill , cited in Weiner 1960 : 80 ) . |
| 2 | That has now been achieved and , although we know that a long road awaits the negotiators , it is refreshing to see the leaders of the Palestinian people at the conference table and to watch their demeanour as they approach the massive problems . |
| 3 | However , although we believe that a reform along these lines does offer the best way forward , it is appropriate to note some of the possible drawbacks . |
| 4 | If we spot the fish we can cast directly to them with strong tackle and a big bait , or we can move from swim to swim until we find where a big barbel or two are feeding . |
| 5 | Thus , even if we assume that a significant proportion are well supported either by relatives or by services purchased with their own money , it is highly probable that personal social services see only the tip of an iceberg of unmet needs . |
| 6 | If we assume that a LECTURER can only teach one COURSE , and many LECTURERS teach on one COURSE , then the ‘ closed loop ’ shown in Figure 4.21 represents such a set . |
| 7 | Once again , pragmatism can be defended as providing a good fit with what judges actually do and say in hard cases only if we assume that a pragmatist would have noble-lie reasons for constructing and deferring to the best account of the principle underlying past cases in these situations . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , even if we know that a urinary rhythm is due partly to the body clock , we can not yet be confident about details of the way in which this clock produces the rhythms in renal elimination . |
| 9 | For example if we know that a section of script has an ascender close to the beginning of a word , and there are candidate words without one , then we can reject those candidates . |
| 10 | If we thought that a funding council would be entirely inappropriate , we would never have agreed to include such provisions in the Bill . |
| 11 | This is a result that is much easier to account for if we suggest that a body clock is responsible for the alternation between sleep and activity . |
| 12 | We seem to be on firmer ground , however , if we suggest that a singer who draws upon a training in the English choral tradition will not readily perform in a way that is bogus , trivial or solipsistic , for the choral tradition is none of those things ; it embodies the results of countless individual strivings for the best results in conformity to a communal discipline . |
| 13 | Sporadic nucleation is assumed to be a first-order mechanism and if we consider that a two-dimensional disc is formed , then . |
| 14 | In saying this , however , Blackie ignored the evidence of his colleagues in Scotland who unequivocally denied any protection , adding , ‘ If we have a criticism of a teacher or if we feel that a teacher is weak in some respects … the matter would be discussed very frankly with the teacher in the first place ’ . |
| 15 | Or if we find that a grand-daughter is assisting her own mother in caring for an elderly parent , whom is the granddaughter helping ? |
| 16 | For example , if we think that a basic assumption is that people matter as persons , and that this is justified , then what follows ? |
| 17 | The first is that even if we concluded that a representative democracy was the best that could be achieved under modern circumstances , the idea or principle of representation is far from being fully or effectively embodied in existing political arrangements . |
| 18 | While we believe that a problem is all someone else 's fault , we are powerless to resolve it , since we can not change other people ; we can only change ourselves . |
| 19 | While we find as a consequence a range of possible approaches , there are also a number of theoretical and practical difficulties additional to those encountered in analysing phonological variation ( cf. chapter 6 ) . |
| 20 | Even more dangerous is it when we insist that a man of two thousand years ago meant what we mean in so contentiously abstract a sphere as religious faith . |
| 21 | When we consider that a typical input/output operation is thousands or millions of times slower than a typical internal operation ( such as the addition of two numbers ) , and that there may be other tasks to which the computer could turn its attention while such an operation is going on , then we can see scope for redesigning the computer in this area . |
| 22 | The nearest human equivalent to purring is smiling , and we also make the same mistake when we say that a smiling man is a happy man . |
| 23 | When we say that a ring round the moon means rain , we refer to a connection in nature . |
| 24 | When we say that a flag at half-mast means that someone has died , we refer to a social convention that death shall be marked in this way . |
| 25 | When we say that a child enjoys the security of a familiar story structure , what tools have we for analysing that structure ? |
| 26 | This is correct though we doubt if a reductio has to be taken into account and prefer the approach of non-fanciful construction which has been recently reaffirmed in Home Counties Dairies v Skilton ( see p63 ) . |
| 27 | Though we agree that a failure to understand normal preputial physiology has led to an unacceptably high rate of circumcision , even the strictest criteria will not prevent a considerable number of these procedures from being performed . |
| 28 | The physical interference need not be sufficiently forceful or well-aimed to result in some form of damage or destruction to a proper part of the victim , though we suppose that a violent action would generally be painful to the recipient . |