Example sentences of "we [vb base] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When we speak of the British constitution that is the normal , if not the only possible meaning the word has . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Week by week we read of the latest opinion polls on this or that . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | From a famous letter to Rohde we know of the powerful effect that the meeting had on him . |
| 13 | Such a datIng of the interlaced square and saltire arrangements ( type C arrangements ) accords well with what we know of the continental parallels . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When most people possessed no clocks or watches but lived more in the countryside than they do today , they took far more note than we do of the various timings associated with plants and animals . |
| 18 | The highest requires that we think of the international system as a set of norms or purposes which shape the process of history . |
| 19 | We think of the spoken language , the written language , what in practice do you mean by ‘ language ’ , is it an instruction you type on a keyboard , or what in terms of a computer ? |
| 20 | In general , we think of the criminal law as the means by which individuals are prosecuted , tried and punished for the offences ( e.g. theft , assault , etc. ) which they have committed . |
| 21 | It is when we think of the eternal and the infinite that this inner being is woken from its sleep , and our souls are stirred . |
| 22 | But usually we think of the early idea-seeking interview as being with a non-expert , an ‘ ordinary ’ person who does not have any particular consultant status . |
| 23 | If we think of the great 19th-century novels , published at a time when the novel as a form was still new , but confident , secure in its legitimacy as a writing form , we know that that kind of novel could not be written today . |
| 24 | That 's why sports cars went through such doldrums for so many years too , and shy we think of the sudden plethora of ‘ traditional ’ small sports cars as a sports car ‘ revival ’ . |
| 25 | Later he reproves himself for an impulse to be rude to a ‘ good auld guy ’ encountered during his terminal search for a bus , and we think of the prating ‘ good old man ’ Polonius . |
| 26 | But if we think of the conscious subject as located within , or identical to , the brain , then external relations are beyond his gaze . |
| 27 | And the , the incredible er spectacle that we have of the endless three , four , five hundred page biography is based on no evidence at all , because we know very very little about this man , except that he was a shareholder in the theatre , a very very minor actor , the sort yes , who would have minded the costumes . |
| 28 | The first details we have of the latter , in the Host 's invitation to him to follow the Monk , initially suggest , if we still believe appearances and associations can be a sign of character , that he is as likely to turn out as the threadbare and serious Clerk on his horse " " as leene as is a rake " " does ( I : 284 ) as to prove to be what the Monk has proved not to be : |
| 29 | Similarly , the picture we have of the civil service drawn from such programmes as Yes Minister ! only depicts a small number of Mandarins at the top of the civil service . |
| 30 | The texts that we have of the whole Canterbury Tales are made up of a number of fragments or groups , which vary in contents from single isolated tales to sequences of several tales connected by link passages . |