Example sentences of "we are [verb] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | March 7th was one of the most momentous days in British sport during the last 50 years and , when our English team achieved the first back-to-back Grand Slam in almost 70 years , we are snatched away to watch highlights of Scotland v France . |
| 2 | I am not such an optimist as to imagine that we are always going to agree with you about the type of regulation , or its costs , but I do want to emphasise that we are determined always to try to talk through contentious issues with you and to ensure that there is real dialogue . ’ |
| 3 | I truly believe that each of us had held on in there not only for ourselves , but also for the women we are destined never to meet in person , but with whom we share our motivation to create a world where our creativity is valued . |
| 4 | At this point we are seeking only to explain the social frameworks which render certain actions intelligible , and we do not wish to imply causal links between social frames and social action . |
| 5 | We are obliged now to write |
| 6 | We are struggling tonight to achieve the first tentative step in Britain 's planning , not for two or three years hence , but for the better part of a decade hence , and to achieve at King 's Cross the equivalent of what has been under construction for several years at Lille . |
| 7 | ‘ We are moving quickly to limit consultation fatigue . |
| 8 | We are gathered here to celebrate a marriage but , in deference to the family of the late verderer and lord of the manor , our celebrations will cease . |
| 9 | This time we are trying hard to improve batting and bowling . |
| 10 | We are honoured also to have among our Charity Gala Committee prominent Americans , including Mrs Lise Besthoff , Mr Frank C. Grace , Mr Mark Fehrs Haukohl , Mrs Evelyn Lauder , Mr William McNaught , Mr Charles McVeigh III , Mrs Charles H. Price II , Dr Shirley Sherwood , Mr James Sherwood , Mrs Edward Streator and Mrs Arthur Sulzberger . |
| 11 | We are staying here to finish our drinks . ’ |
| 12 | Once we are allowed simply to postulate organized complexity , if only the organized complexity of the DNA/ protein replicating engine , it is relatively easy to invoke it as a generator of yet more organized complexity . |
| 13 | Now one of the problems is that doctors are rather reluctant to do that because it 's very difficult for them to be sure that a particular headache or a particular skin rash has been caused by one of the medicines which the patient was taking , so the doctors are not very good at filling in the yellow cards and these are not a very good way of reporting adverse reactions , and to get over that we are starting now to use computers . |
| 14 | For the people we are going home to live with and worship with this Sunday thank you God . |
| 15 | Pedro Campos , project manager said , ‘ We are aware that a country going into the America 's Cup for the first time has never done well , but at the same time we are going there to win ; no-one knows about the class . ’ |
| 16 | For the inception of monumental painting , as for most of its history , we are reduced largely to conjecture , based on often ambiguous evidence from vase-painting and on the literary tradition . |
| 17 | We are forced immediately to see that Blanche is addicted to alcohol . |
| 18 | Perhaps those are things that in the best of all possible worlds we would n't want to but we are forced so to do . |
| 19 | Ease of use , Mr Rosenbaum admits , still requires some work but ‘ we are working hard to establish a common ‘ log off ’ — important where billing is by the minute ! |
| 20 | If you are a real expert , you can see good birds on our reserves and know that we are working hard to protect the birds you watch and places you like to visit . |
| 21 | There we are working hard to boost the inspection powers of the IAEA to try to address problems of the kind that were thrown up in Iraq . |
| 22 | We are working hard to solve the problem and if we succeed it will not only be good for Arsenal , but will work for the betterment of England , too . |
| 23 | Will he convey to the Prime Minister what I know to be the view of the three party leaders who represent Northern Ireland in the House — that we are endeavouring diligently to meet the wishes that he expressed at the Downing street meeting on 11 February ? |
| 24 | Indonesia offers considerable future potential for the discovery of large oil and gas reserves and , through new venture studies , we are continuing actively to review the area and identify plays that might provide material opportunities for the Group . |
| 25 | We must rely , as heretofore , upon the social acumen of the judges ; but at the same time we are entitled perhaps to ask for a little more boldness in the formulation of principles . |