Example sentences of "we [modal v] [vb infin] a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point it is likely that we may make a second mistake and go for a purely positivist view of law , the view that the nature of law can be appreciated purely by reciting the elements of positing and applying law without reference to its objectives or functions , so that we have a legal system as long as there are institutionalised ways of selecting mandatory rules and some arrangement for an authoritative application of those rules to particular situations . |
| 2 | To these we may add a fourth , restoration growth , which is a significant category in areas which have witnessed serious church decline . |
| 3 | To these three kinds of relational information we may add a fourth , namely the relation between speaker ( and perhaps other participants ) and setting ( or social activity ) . |
| 4 | In more normal times , however , we may see a second effect of dominant values . |
| 5 | ‘ If we should get a second chance , that is . |
| 6 | I think we should have a 2nd referee next to a monitor in the stand . |
| 7 | Thus , to the primary objective : the production of a new OED for the twenty-first century ; we must add a second objective : the electronic handling and delivery of the information contained in and added to the OED , so that the latter is able to be altered in response to changes in the language . |
| 8 | out of those , and one will win and we 'll have a second and third prize and the fourth and fifth will be runners up and erm highly commended or what have you . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose you ought to , but , ’ Jack gave an unexpected grin and for a moment the atmosphere of gloom lightened a little , ‘ let's make sure we keep Dora and Dieter apart or we 'll have a third death on our hands ! ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps we , we all have erm thirty three pence each and we give a penny to Oxfam , or we 'll toss up or we 'll , thirty three pence each and one penny left over so we 'll have a third of that penny each we 'll cut it up . |
| 11 | So we 'll get a fourth we get one of those how many fourth would you get out of a half ? |
| 12 | Right , the , I was , about to er come to that , erm the erm , there is no reason why a group should not have more than one prisoner erm , the practical situation is that , that groups are queuing up to , to get a prisoner at the moment in fact , erm , not always the situation but at presently there is a waiting list for who have groups to have a prisoner allocated to them , erm , if we so wish er , ah , if , if a group comes onto the list who has er , ah , and their prisoner is released and , and we , we er in that situation we , and any group without a prisoner at all goes to the head of the list and be allocated straight away , but we could request a second prisoner and that case would be put to the bottom of the list , so when the other groups who , who 've got no prison will take priority now , but we , we could request a second prisoner if we so wanted so you are talking about a motion at the A G M , but it 's not really necessary |
| 13 | Right , the , I was , about to er come to that , erm the erm , there is no reason why a group should not have more than one prisoner erm , the practical situation is that , that groups are queuing up to , to get a prisoner at the moment in fact , erm , not always the situation but at presently there is a waiting list for who have groups to have a prisoner allocated to them , erm , if we so wish er , ah , if , if a group comes onto the list who has er , ah , and their prisoner is released and , and we , we er in that situation we , and any group without a prisoner at all goes to the head of the list and be allocated straight away , but we could request a second prisoner and that case would be put to the bottom of the list , so when the other groups who , who 've got no prison will take priority now , but we , we could request a second prisoner if we so wanted so you are talking about a motion at the A G M , but it 's not really necessary |
| 14 | So if it 's done ten thousand miles , we 'd take a tenth of ten thousand , we 'd take a thousand pounds off this . |
| 15 | If we shared it out between twelve of us we 'd get a twelfth . |
| 16 | ‘ But for the hurricane we would have a third quarter profit of almost £22m and a return to profits in the nine months , ’ says Robertson . |
| 17 | We would wish a second investigator to consider whether his predecessor took the right route , whether all the relevant leads were followed , whether sufficient attention was paid to evidence which was inconsistent with the working hypothesis , and whether the methods used ( particularly in interrogation ) did not distort the result . |
| 18 | In this chapter we will examine a third misconception about doubt — the idea that doubt is something to be ashamed of because it is dishonest to believe if you have doubts . |
| 19 | We will maintain a second chamber as a Senate , primarily elected by the citizens of the nations and regions of the United Kingdom . |
| 20 | Finally , we will add a fourth part below to make complete four-part harmony . |
| 21 | Well unfortunately we were scheduled to have a meeting erm something like ten days ago and then two or three of the key people had to drop out so I cancelled the meeting because obviously we want the people there who were going to actually get the thing up and running so that we can formulate a first public meeting and I would like erm , you know , now , to establish a working party but again a number of the people who one would expect to be on it are not here and it 's slightly awkward . |
| 22 | It 's a disease which , if it a , they 're fortunate enough to re , recover from the disease , if it 's been severe enough the inflammation may have involved er , some of the cranial nerves , and here we can see a third nerve palsy er as a result of er , the process . |
| 23 | Dad reckons we can get a second contract done within two weeks . |
| 24 | But the actual implementation of this Christian philosophy often fell far short of these standards , and throughout the modern era we can trace a second layer , summed up in the phrase ‘ the double standard ’ , which enjoined chastity on the female while allowing a large degree of sexual freedom for the male . |
| 25 | Suffice it here to point to what we can call a third , or micro- , level of decision making , the other two being the level of allocating as between health and , for example , defence ; and the other , between different sections within health care . |