Example sentences of "we [verb] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What can we make of the corporatist perspective on British politics , and just how stable is the pattern of politics which is suggested by those who point to close collaborative arrangements between particular interests and the state in pursuit of ever more state intervention ? |
| 2 | What , then , do we make of the substantial and growing literature on informal carers ? |
| 3 | Do we think of the young poets with the young literary man ? |
| 4 | Do we think of the young literary man as choosing , in a sense , to be a student of literature and to turn his energies to nothing — except perhaps earning his bread — to nothing except fitting himself for the poems we are going to write , or do we think of poetry as in a sense the bi-product of a life seriously dedicated to other matters ? |
| 5 | Nor can we think of the Christian God as three persons in the way that we normally consider them to be , or we would surely have to conclude that it was a religion committed to polytheism . |
| 6 | If the events in each of his series did happen or could have happened , they come to us with the optimistic tone , the promise of a happy ending , which we expect of the classic adventure story . |
| 7 | We naturally renewed our invitation as soon as we learnt of the new arrangements proposed by the English Club , and he wrote to me on 25 November 1935 on Criterion writing paper : |
| 8 | Moreover , when we speak of the perceived function of reformed monasteries , we do not mean primarily their economic functions as efficient optimizers of agrarian wealth , or even their cultivation of knowledge and production of books . |
| 9 | Far from explaining how judgement arises out of experience , the holder of the impression theory of perception makes the connection inexplicable , whether we speak of the visual experience of a globe , a duck-rabbit , or a Constable painting of a cornfield . |
| 10 | If we speak of the stylistic values of a non-literary text , we are interested in the way in which linguistic choices are adapted to communicative function — to such functions as newspaper reporting , advertising , scientific exposition . |
| 11 | When we speak of the British constitution that is the normal , if not the only possible meaning the word has . |
| 12 | When we speak of the electronic office we are now referring to an administrative system based largely on computers , word processors and associated communication devices . |
| 13 | We disposed of the big fish first , not even so without difficulty ; for while some , like Ceylon and Jamaica , were islands , which was a good enough demarcation for rough and ready purposes , others , like the Indians or Nigerians , were not so unmistakable and quarrelled violently over who they were . |
| 14 | But given its setting , we must not allow ourselves to be blinded by Abraham 's bravery , nor , when we read of the resounding success of his venture , by his military prowess . |
| 15 | Week by week we read of the latest opinion polls on this or that . |
| 16 | When we hear of the Communist Party appealing for law and order it seems to me that it is a matter of Satan rebuking sin . |
| 17 | We hear of the sexual revolution which is supposed to have happened sometime in the 1960s and liberated women from the constraints of Victorian ideology with its oppressive double standard in which non-marital sex is alright for men and not for women . |
| 18 | We hear of the wise fools of Chelm , of clever Khashinke and silly Bashinkel of David and his slingshot , of the fox and the fishes . |
| 19 | From a famous letter to Rohde we know of the powerful effect that the meeting had on him . |
| 20 | Such a datIng of the interlaced square and saltire arrangements ( type C arrangements ) accords well with what we know of the continental parallels . |
| 21 | It means , by contrast , that when we talk of the technological imperative and resource allocation , we must realize that we are talking about the political process , and understand what this involves . |
| 22 | Mrs Browning likes to have me with her now , no other person will do , and we talk of the old days and Miss Henrietta slipping off to Regent 's Park to walk with Mr Surtees Cook and the squeezes she loved to hold in Wimpole Street when her father was away . |
| 23 | When we talk of the in-love state , we are usually including strong sexual passion and an intensity of emotion not experienced in other affectionate and loving relationships . |
| 24 | We talked of the tremendous impression that our century 's two great conflicts had made upon Finzi , a widely-read intellectual , who paradoxically shunned the public life of the composer , finding his personal outlet in terms of an insular , and yet highly individual musical style . |
| 25 | ‘ We talked of the extraordinary fact of Lady Grange 's being sent to St Kilda , and confined there for several years , without any means of relief . ’ |
| 26 | We talked of the good days and our music . |
| 27 | And we talked of the Red Fort and how Pakeezah had cried the first time she went around it as a schoolgirl . |
| 28 | We talked of the old Princess 's meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru when he whispered into her ear : ‘ Sister , if ever you need anything , just let me know . ’ |
| 29 | We talked of the hard times after Independence , of how the old princess had refused to take the charity of the government . |
| 30 | All though the lunch we talked of the undersea world . |