Example sentences of "we [be] have a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If we are to have a leaner , meaner , keener regular Army , inevitably we shall need a good Territorial Army to support it .
2 So if we are to have a consistent regional planning framework , that should be weighed in the balance as to whether they 're taken into account in North Yorkshire .
3 That that 's how it it started , that 's why they were n't part of the force , is , police were part of a co community , and therefore to have respect for the police , seems to me quite vital if we are to have a real sense of of of justice and and fairness .
4 I have already pointed out that the third property is necessary if we are to have a complete theory without parameters .
5 Those practices must be brought to an end , and I know that my hon. Friends will strongly support the Government when we say that enough is enough and that if we are to have a compulsory competitive tendering regime , it must be one under which the private and public sectors are able to compete with absolute equality .
6 Will he encourage his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to understand that the company car is not a tax-avoidance weapon but an essential tool of British industry and that , if we are to have a strong home-based industry , we do not need taxes so high that Jaguar and Rolls-Royce lose money ?
7 If we are to have a serious debate , we can do without the barracking that passes as comment from the hon. Member for Dunfermline , West .
8 We know at least that we are to have a common centrally determined curriculum for maintained secondary schools .
9 We need to motivate young people , whatever their aptitude or ability , to acquire further qualifications if we are to have a competitive and well-motivated work force in the 1990s and the next century .
10 If we are to have a national common curriculum , a balance between its practical and theoretical elements must be aimed at , and the balance observed equally in all areas of learning .
11 If we are to have a true two-stage sample , i.e. a sampling scheme for the secondaries within the sampled primaries , we have to face the fact that the primary sampling units can contain very different numbers of secondary sampling units .
12 Do my right hon. and hon. Friends agree that if we are to have an effective Royal Air Force , it is essential that our pilots are given the best possible training , including training in operating at below the level of enemy radar ?
13 There is a marked concentration in the region of Sagittarius ( the Archer ) , and it was this which led to the discovery that we are having a lop-sided view of the Galaxy because we are not in the middle of it .
14 I remind him that it hit Grimsby bitterly between 1979 and 1981 , and now we are having a second dose of it , with the loss of Findus Ltd. and 900 jobs , and the shrinking of labour forces by major employers .
15 track , because it it , no other transport business er has er does has to have a business , which op owns both the track it 's operating on and the operating er facilities themselves , so the we 're not doing anything new here , what we are actually doing , and incidentally the German government and other governments are going down the same route now because it 's not true to say that others are n't privatizing , what we 're doing is saying that we are having a separate track authority , and there are a variety of reasons for that , er but the an and that means actually less investment by the franchisee himself , but he will have control over the th the track operations , because he will have a contract , with Rail Track , to deliver certain services , and if Rail Track does n't deliver them then he 's able to claim penalties so
16 Nobody is pretending that we are having a great time , but it is important to recognise the factors which have affected us in what is a transitional period for the club .
17 That was twelve — we are having a talkative day , are n't we ? ’
18 Because we are having a big do er champagne party and all
19 ‘ Quite frankly , we are having a bad year , ’ Mr Murdoch said .
20 ‘ On June 28 we are having an open day with various activities , a lot of displays and work by the junior section — WATCH .
21 This contrived notion of a rock'n'roll band touring around — we 're doing all that shit and we 're having a great time too .
22 We 're having a good time .
23 I mean , , but I 'd really , seriously wished I had said to the waiter , but obviously we 're having a good time .
24 For dinner we 're having a roast chicken .
25 Well , we 're having a nice proper dinner .
26 Erm , but we 're having a big party tomorrow night , and we 're having a hundred people in ,
27 We 're having a short breakfast-time get-together at 8:30 Saturday .
28 We 're having a whole day next term to sort out testing for the eleven year olds .
29 Well obviously there is change and one of the things that we 've been doing for International Women 's celebrations during March , because we 're having a whole month of activities , is
30 So , to prove that it 's fun in Northway Community Centre , we 're having a whole week of fun things , culminating with a disco and er a quiz .
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