Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may secretly take pride in our traditions and truth , but we are deficient as long as others are left outside in the cold and unable to share with us the sacrament of the Lord . |
| 2 | We may not expect consumer behaviour , right , to be the same at all prices and quantities basically but er , nevertheless , you will probably see more linear demand curves than nonlinear ones because they are somewhat simpler . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | find their healing rather than bringing the remedy to the person , and we may again find healing in the landscape by tending and restoring old clumps . |
| 5 | We may also draw attention to the fact that it is possible logically , even if not biologically , to use old , with the same effect as it has in the phrase Charlie 's old school , in combination with the word mother ; the incongruity of the result should give us a very sharp view of the difference between the ordinary referential variation of adjectives used relativistically , and the semantic effect produced by the difference in type of relation at work in ( 33 ) and ( 34 ) . |
| 6 | We may also know heroin users without realising it — a carefully managed habit is not incompatible with a healthy , active life . |
| 7 | Because we 're massively speeding up the evolutionary process , we may well create destabilisation within the ecosystem . |
| 8 | We may now substitute Eq . |
| 9 | We may never see husband Joe , kids Brian and Melandra , and the other characters who have unwittingly contributed to seal Shirley 's domestic destiny . |
| 10 | Hopefully as we improve our business , we may indeed see TV advertising in future years and we hope that we will become as well known as IBM , 3M or ICI . ’ |
| 11 | We may forever want confidence that we have come to the ultimate facts about some physical process . |
| 12 | These , for the most part , are theories about international relations ( hence the small letters ) , although we may occasionally take note of theories about the conduct of the discipline itself ( i.e. theories of International Relations ) . |
| 13 | To confine the word to either sense would hardly be possible without pedantry ; though , on the one hand , we may agree that a thing which has no owner — a rare event in a civilized country , except in the case of a few things , like wild animals at large — is not property , and , on the other , we may often avoid confusion by using the word ‘ ownership ’ for the most extensive right which a man can have over material things . |
| 14 | We should thus expect resistance from workers to attempts by management to wrest control from them , and the historical evidence for this is now forthcoming . |
| 15 | We should also pay tribute to the Dutch presidency . |
| 16 | Does my hon. Friend agree that we should also pay tribute to Friends of the Earth which , when I was a Minister at the Department of Transport , suggested that it would be sensible for the Minister with responsibility for roads to go to the Netherlands with some civil servants to see how traffic calming works there . |
| 17 | ‘ I think we should also make love as soon as possible , ’ he murmured , as his kisses deepened and their breathing began to quicken . |
| 18 | Interestingly , he adds : ‘ We should also consider art from other cultures . |
| 19 | We 've already paid the ordinary renewal fee , but do you think we should also have libel slander and officials indemnity ? |
| 20 | While the portrayal of disability issues in the arts arena should be viewed with the same critical eye as the presentation of issues in the political arena , we should also take care not to underestimate the role of the arts in assisting the processes of change . |
| 21 | Does he further agree that , at this critical time of ordering , building and commissioning that submarine fleet , we should not pay attention to the recommendations of the two main Opposition parties , whose opinion appears to vary , not merely from day to day , but from hour to hour ? |
| 22 | Editor , — J R F Gladman makes the reasonable point , following my observations in West Cumbria , that we should not underestimate asthma in elderly people . |
| 23 | The new philosophy said that we should not make value judgements : you ca n't think in an Aristotelian way ; no value judgements , no good and bad . |
| 24 | We should not grant recognition to the Baltic states or any other So Soviet Republics unless they guarantee human rights ? |
| 25 | Adam Smith 's famous dictum that we should not subsidise grape production in Scotland , does not extend to subsidising wine imports at the expense of the ‘ wine of the country ’ . |
| 26 | We should not ignore collectivism , however , because it is so often used by the state in Japan to mobilize the support of those who have not benefited as much from the economic miracle , or by company leaders to exhort yet more effort from employees . |
| 27 | ‘ We had a band chat and for ages we were saying we should not do merchandising at all , because it is a sign that you are a really big band and that you are trying to cash in . |
| 28 | We should not seek immortality in reproduction . |
| 29 | I said at the time that it was rather important from the point of view of the economy that we should not have wage increases which we could not afford . |
| 30 | ‘ I see no reason why we should not have E-mail linking 80 per cent of Group computer users worldwide within 18 months . ’ |