Example sentences of "we [modal v] [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope we may be forgiven for feeling a little jubilant , on that beautiful dawn , at the thought that together we had helped to raise over 20,000 for Christian Aid . |
| 2 | In making a comparison we may be looking for points of similarity in order to aid our recognition ( and consequent action ) or we may be looking for points of difference . |
| 3 | In making a comparison we may be looking for points of similarity in order to aid our recognition ( and consequent action ) or we may be looking for points of difference . |
| 4 | We may be pardoned for reproducing a part of the opinion of The American Annals of the Deaf of this quarter on the subject : " The retention of the word " Dumb " — which in America has been dropped from the titles of the Convention of Instructors , The National Association , and several State Associations of the Deaf , and many schools , as well as from the United States Census — is probably due to a vote to that effect by the conference held in London last January ; but as our British friends who constitute the Association seem to favour American precedents , we trust that on further consideration they will follow our example in this respect alone , and omit the objectionable word from their title " . |
| 5 | This year 's theme , in the year of the Columbus commemorations , presented some dealers with difficulties , but , as one observed , ‘ Strictly speaking , not much was American in patronage before 1776 , so we may be excused for stretching the definition ’ . |
| 6 | And we should be prepared for the er |
| 7 | We should be looking for a market-based solution to our problems , not snooping in people 's backyards to check out what kind of barbecue they are using . ’ |
| 8 | On the one hand we have Prince Charles and Lady Di encouraging us to do voluntary work , telling us how noble it is and on the other hand we are told it might actually go against us because it takes up our valuable time when we should be looking for work . |
| 9 | Thus what we should be looking for is a system of screening that is capable of picking out expeditiously all cases that require testing and not just a sample . |
| 10 | An apparently ( to ordinary human consciousness ) miraculous theory is exactly the kind of theory we should be looking for in this particular matter of the origin of life . |
| 11 | However , after 3 months we should be looking for positive indications from the policyholder 's medical attendant with regard to a date for returning to work i.e. issue a PAC 8 . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ we should be looking for a man or woman with no background , someone who has suddenly appeared on the scene , but everyone we have talked to has their own little niche . ’ |
| 13 | For the future , and with Banishing gripes much in mind , I feel we should be looking for improvements in moling/boring techniques to a degree that , in suitable areas , over 100 metres of main can be laid from a single launch site . |
| 14 | The pressure group Friends of the Earth thinks we should be aiming for four times that . |
| 15 | In other words , what we should be aiming for is a trust , respect , sharing , honouring , building up and obeying of one another such as Jesus experienced with his Father . |
| 16 | The clash of cultures was illustrated towards the end of the first day : ‘ Just tell us what the standards are that we should be aiming for ’ , a publisher demanded , fed up with what he called ‘ axe grinding ’ by manufacturers . |
| 17 | The shades of the nineteenth century seem to loom larger than the prospects of the 21st Century which is what we should be aiming for . |
| 18 | We should be aiming for higher standards , not encouraging lower ones ’ , said Dr Caldwell . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I ca n't think why we should be praying for them , ’ Benny said with mock indignation . |
| 20 | because I believe we should be planning for long term er to repair the |
| 21 | That 's what I think we should be asking for . |
| 22 | I ca n't for the love of me understand the leadership of all the unions that allowed , we do n't even get enough holidays of what they get on the continent , we should be asking for more , not taking them off us or putting it in October to celebrate Nelson and Trafalgar because I could n't give a monkey for 'em . |
| 23 | There are those possibilities , and that is something that we should be arguing for . |
| 24 | In short , we should be arguing for a third zero within NATO . |
| 25 | I mean I want to start with , with pensions pay and er , basically what 's happening is that everyone 's suffering pay cuts er and er th th what the government is doing is , first of all is attacking the State pension scheme er , and it 's allowing , er , employers to continue to rip-off occupational pension schemes and er since it 's pay , and it 's our pay , we wan na make sure we control it and I do n't see why the employers should be allowed to continue to exploit er , us both at one , both in terms of the pay we get now and the pay we get when we retire , whether it be at sixty whether it be er , whenever we wish to er retire and er , I think it 's very important if the government is er committed to crime prevention , that it actually starts doing something about those for , those , those employers , and Maxwell has , has been er referred to already , he 's just the tip of this very big iceberg er , and er , up and down the country , people are suffering substantial thefts of pay er employers are systematically organizing wages snatches , that 's what this er pension fraud is all about , and it 's about time that our government actually got round er and tackled this very important corporate crime issue that 's actually going on at the moment and er , I think that it 's very important that we ensure that we 're involved in er managing our own pension sch p pension funds , and therefore we should be pushing through demands of the er th the , the charter for pension fund democracy , and ensuring er that the government actually listens to what we 're saying , and actually er comes up with answers why we can not have the right to control our pay cos I can I ca n't see an any reason that they come back and say why democracy , why they ca n't , why , why they wo n't allow us to have a greater say and control our own pension funds and that 's I think is a legitimate demand that we should be campaigning for , up and down the country . |
| 26 | So , er , in terms of composite twenty seven , it 's a very simple resolution , and it 's basically saying we should be supporting the er demands of the er campaign for pension fund democracy and the charter , and that we should abandon the committee takes those on , those demands , and er , we should be campaigning for that very very important issue , which is affecting increasingly millions of people up and down this country , not just the p the er the Maxwell pensioners . |
| 27 | We should be paid for that ! |
| 28 | We had discussed this business of how people 's appearance literally alters in the eyes of their lovers , and suddenly I blushed , for it seemed to me he must be remembering this too , and that we must be looking for the same thing , as one might take down an old book in a moment of hungry nostalgia and start to re-read , hoping it may provide the same remembered enchantment as before . |
| 29 | We 're in for a very difficult time and we must be prepared for it . |
| 30 | We must be prepared for an ironic result — that the reduction of US military spending will lead to an increase in Japan 's defence spending . |