Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv prt] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accompanying suggestion that we send round an additional sheet giving dates of events , at least within the area , has been taken up . |
| 2 | In the course of our psychic experiences with the objects of our feelings in our environment we build up an inner world which is peopled by ourselves and the residual images of these objects . |
| 3 | For instance , ash we build up an initial market share with a tyre that does not wear out we move away from the long-term profitability because replacements fall sharply . |
| 4 | All we in fact observe is that h is regularly followed by B. This consistent association leads us to connect the two in our own minds , to expect A always to be followed by B , and this we then express by saying that A is the cause of B and B the effect of A. This is all perfectly in order , and indeed it is through such links and associations that we build up an ordered and coherent conception of the world around us and make sense of our experience of it . |
| 5 | We walked down an unsteady plank into the Sudan : a desert plain , dotted with scrub , stretching away to steep hills which rose from the sand like islands from a sea . |
| 6 | We will back an enhanced role for the International Atomic Energy Agency in inspecting nuclear sites and for the UN Security Council in acting against those nations which break their non-proliferation obligations . |
| 7 | If we desire something which opposes a current belief , we set up an inner conflict — so look carefully at your beliefs in this area of your life . |
| 8 | We set up an independent Ministry of consumer protection : this Government closed it down . |
| 9 | ‘ At the start , we set up an advisory group with some head teachers . |
| 10 | So many of you wanted one that we rushed out an extra 403,000 . |
| 11 | That in itself meant that we took over an uncompetitive company . |
| 12 | Certain infallible rules have been established , and we carry on an unvarying routine in which we apply the same theory to the same cases . ’ |
| 13 | More formally , if equations ( 3.6 ) — ( 3.8 ) are the ‘ truth ’ and we carry out an ordinary least-squares regression of C t on Y t , as shown in equation ( 3.9 ) , then , assuming that we have a very large sample so that we can use population variances in place of sample variances , our estimator of will tend to the conventional formula : where is the covariance between C and Y and is the variance of Y. |
| 14 | Sister Norma Spence of Belfast City Hospital said : ‘ We carried out an extensive survey asking patients to suggest ways in which the service at the day hospital could be improved ’ . |
| 15 | On one occasion we picked out an exciting scrambling route to the top , taking each problem direct as it arose . |