Example sentences of "we [verb] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last month we endured the loss of our beautiful , two-year-old Airedale , Ben . |
| 2 | Finally , we sketch the evolution of Marxism after Marx . |
| 3 | We regret the end of our schooldays but look ahead to the future with great hope . |
| 4 | We regret the use of the word genocide in the motion since it is quite out of proportion erm as well as being offensive to many . |
| 5 | However , we regret the use of the word genocide in the motion since it is quite out of proportion |
| 6 | This is not so , they argue , because we apprehend the world through a system of meaning which we have learned from others and of which language is an essential part . |
| 7 | Of course , David 's bodyguards were guarding the door and I went to see what they wanted and this guy , who said he was the night detective , announced that unless we emptied the room in five minutes , he was going to close the party down . |
| 8 | While the visuals usually tell the story , remember that we lose the support of many of the visual elements we get in realistic presentations — lip movements for example . |
| 9 | We lose the profit of half the increased production . |
| 10 | But before we lose the spirit of Christmas , will you make one more gift of kindness ? |
| 11 | Geographers who want to work in the environmental sciences must be willing to learn the methods of these sciences , lest we lose the respect of our colleagues in such fields . |
| 12 | When we change the order in which things happen , it changes the meaning of the story . |
| 13 | ( 2 ) A change in the process of teaching and learning , regardless of the subject content , is justified because it is these processes which are intrinsic to personal development and any improvement is ipso facto an improvement in education ; i.e. we change the process for its own sake . |
| 14 | In the section on The Organization and Control of Schooling , we change the focus to a slightly wider context , considering in particular the balance between home and school and between local and central government . |
| 15 | and then we change the letter on the stand alone system and do all the firsts . |
| 16 | Thus we commend the Bible to be read by the Churches and by Christian families in their homes , as nourishment for their souls , and not to be separated from the sacrament in the liturgy ; we commend modern translations , into the various languages , as a help to understanding ; we commend the people who have the duty of seeking to interpret the Bible in terms of the modern scientific view of the world ; and remind the Churches that all knowledge is of God and therefore that scientific discovery is also part of His work ; and so the world will be brought to know God as its Maker , and the Cross as timeless . |
| 17 | This must be the decade in which we raise the standard of all our public services , up to and beyond the best we see today . |
| 18 | The aim of this chapter is to question the subject matter that they so confidently explored , for it is by no means clear what we mean when we raise the prospect of ‘ a history of sexuality ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ But we agreed the colour of the stain weeks ago , do n't you remember ? ’ |
| 20 | Erm , that the , that we should support the principle , we agreed the principle at the last meeting , in support of the business link and satellite in Oswestry , that we should sup support the principle of supporting a business link satellite in Craven Arms , and that we should appoint a representative to the business links board . |
| 21 | In the final session we agreed the basis for a ‘ declaration ’ to the informal meeting of EC Environment Ministers being held in Denmark later this month . |
| 22 | So how do we eat the rest of our daily intake of fat ? |
| 23 | We met the equivalent of this knife-edge , you will remember , in the story of the Grudgers and Cheats in Chapter 10 . |
| 24 | Then we met the officer in charge , a most interesting man . |
| 25 | During the campaign , we met the Governor of the Bank of England , three times ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer , twice ; the Foreign Secretary ; and the Economic Secretary to the Treasury , twice . |
| 26 | We met the steward in his small chamber off the buttery near the Great Hall , a nervous , beanpole of a man with greasy , grey hair and a hare-lip which fascinated me . |
| 27 | In our system , we upset the pattern of tension in the epidermis by cutting so as to create a free epidermal edge . |
| 28 | We lay the boy on a couch in a sort of majlis area toward the rear of the plane . |
| 29 | By placing our theoretical focus in the interpretation of other societies on the social constructions of personhood , we lay the foundation for a legitimate comparative enterprise . |
| 30 | But it was unfortunate that the provisions on capital allowances , introduced last autumn , had not been extended : ‘ We recommended the reintroduction of 100 per cent capital allowances on plant and machinery , limited to a first portion of £50,000 , to benefit smaller businesses in particular . |