Example sentences of "we [be] [v-ing] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the busiest of us can be persuaded to give of our time and our expertise when we know that the task we are undertaking will take a pre-specified and limited time . |
| 2 | The repeal which we are considering will open the way for the exploitation of young kids . |
| 3 | What we are reading may invite reaction : Shirley Hughes expects us to react to Dave 's loss of Dogger and to be concerned about the problem of Alfie when he is locked inside the house . |
| 4 | We may have a theoretical reason for believing that the variable we are studying will require a particular transformation . |
| 5 | A confidence limit is the interval within which we can say that the true value of the quantity we are estimating will lie with a specified probability . |
| 6 | A confidence limit is the interval within which we can say that the true value of the quantity we are estimating will lie with a specified probability . |
| 7 | There is a vague realisation that extinction is forever , and that the species we are losing may have great potential benefits for mankind , but the conservation response , even now , is largely based on preservation of a few charismatic species . |
| 8 | So this two-year orgy we 're having must form part of his personal campaign . |
| 9 | So we know that erm we 're standing let's say we 're standing a hundred and twenty metres |
| 10 | We 're saying let's integrate the mainframe , let's take advantage of the processing that it can do and its er strengths , and ye let's use it as a server which is available on a network in a client server architecture . |
| 11 | EP : What I suggest we do — nothing 's going to be decided today — I can arrange for you to have a look at one of these weekly residential schools — at this stage we 're saying let's look . |
| 12 | Thankfully , there 'd been no traffic coming ; the concept of striking up an intimate — indeed potentially penetrative — relationship with the rocks on the far side of the road had been bad enough ; but even the prospect of a head-on with another lump of metal travelling at anything remotely like the sort of speed we were sustaining might have resulted in me making my mark in the most embarrassing fashion on the leather upholstery of the Bavarian macht-wagen . |