Example sentences of "we [modal v] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we may return to that in a moment |
| 2 | Whatever we may make of this , it is interesting to observe that Professor Hartman of New York has established a link between those who suffer from this nocturnal disposition and a high level of creativity . |
| 3 | We may contrast with this the phrase semantic components , where the two interpretations are virtually indistinguishable ; it will be seen that this phrase will always come to the same thing in practical terms , whether we regard the components as being semantic , with ascriptive use of the adjective , or as components connected with semantics , taking the associative interpretation . |
| 4 | LADY DAVERS : Child , prithee do us the favour of taking a turn or two across the room that we may arrive at some degree of certainty whether or no thou art the identical little Pammy formerly so famous for thy tarts and cheesecakes . |
| 5 | Naturalism as an aesthetic may work as a tool of catharsis — we may suffer with those we see suffering — but it does not illuminate methods for action after the catharsis . |
| 6 | We may infer from these two cases that Anselm set no great store by an extensive knowledge of Canon Law , and that the test of valid authority was agreement with the voice of Christ . |
| 7 | In conditions of rising population , such as we may assume for most of this period over most of Europe , land is scarce and labour plentiful , and the lords may commonly compel land-hungry peasants to accept their terms . |
| 8 | We may talk of such categories as ‘ professionals ’ , ‘ managers ’ , ‘ technicians ’ , ‘ foremen ’ and ‘ manual workers ’ ( and sub-gradations of these ) , but we have to recognise that these terms do not have homogeneous referents , and the degree of real social distinctiveness and cohesiveness of these categories may be highly variable . |
| 9 | We may agree with much of Wilson 's emphasis on the need for public policy that promotes universal programmes and increases employment and training opportunities open on the same basis to all people . |
| 10 | We may say of each braking that it was alternatively required for the effect , and that the effect alternatively required each braking . |
| 11 | I do not want any criticisms that we may have of some home owners or some trends to detract from that important fact . |
| 12 | We may inquire at this point whether non-cooperation and civil disobedience do not involve an element of coercion . |
| 13 | In Eliot 's poem the status of God as objet d'art is stressed ( ‘ And there above the painter set / The Father and the Paraclete ’ ) so that for all that we may penetrate beyond that either to gesso ground or vestiges of primitive fertility ceremony , the ultimate point of origin , the postulated God , is to be explained simply in terms of sexuality , or else remains unreachable and inexplicable . |
| 14 | We may slip into that fatal perspective of recognising culture as our construct , arbitrary , conventional , invented by mortals ’ . |
| 15 | We may look at this example from another angle . |
| 16 | If we take one of the quotes in Fig. 8.1 as illustrative we may look in more detail at the information which is published : |
| 17 | We may deal with these in turn . |
| 18 | We may see in this encouragement of scholars not only an attempt to improve the status of the realm , but a genuine curiosity for learning on the part of Charles himself . |
| 19 | Er trading standards continue to be under pressure er we ought to agree on that er and we I I believe we may not have difficulty er in achieving the additional value of this type of almost on an annual basis if we are short of the trading standards . |
| 20 | My hon. Friend says that we ought to deal with that point . |
| 21 | ‘ We ought to go to another town , ’ says one . |
| 22 | Okay erm I suppose we ought to mention in this context as well er Belgium . |
| 23 | So I , and , and to be honest I think that 's what we ought to do at this stage , |
| 24 | I think that 's a good point actually and that maybe target setting is sort of a training that we ought to do with all staff , I mean and I do n't know how much of that comes into this magic three hours . |
| 25 | We are working within a straight jacket imposed by central government , but our choice was that budget , for all its faults in totality , for the fact that it was half a million less than it could be , and the budget put forward by the Labour party who had totally refused to negotiate on their budget , and therefore we ought to look at that budget in detail to see what was on offer , because it was n't very pretty . |
| 26 | I do n't think we 're gon na solve it today , but what I 'm saying is did we ought to look at some sort of action plan brainstorm , call it what you will for the very near future to look at how we 're gon na tackle this problem . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's the way it used to be ’ , Murphy says , ‘ and we ought to start from that premise ’ . |
| 28 | We should emphasise at this point that Garrett is much less specific than we are being in describing the model . |
| 29 | Anyone else think we should bother about that yet ? |
| 30 | Well , no what I 'm , what I 'm denying is I 'm questioning your assertion on what 's been happening in the last couple of weeks that we should react to that on a pa on er er report that has n't been released , right ? |