Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The danger , however , is that by creating a western European defence force we may repeat the errors of old .
2 Write unc Then unc Premultiply by unc then since unc unc Thus unc is a new approximation to R , and we may repeat the cycle as required to obtain R , subject to convergence of the method .
3 Such action will be confirmed to you in writing and ( if appropriate ) we may demand the return of your Card .
4 We may observe the scenting and postural greetings of dogs with whom we live every day .
5 Towards the end of his reign , in the ordinance of the forest of 1306 , the king speaks of being confronted ‘ with the inspection of human weakness ’ and the wide burdens that fell upon him , he being ‘ inwardly tormented with divers compunctions , tossed about by the waves of divers thoughts ’ , and being ‘ frequently troubled , passing sleepless nights , … hesitating in our inmost soul upon what ought to be done , what to be held , or what to be presented ’ ; ‘ about this chiefly is our mind busied without intermission , that we may prepare the pleasantness of ease and quiet for our subjects dwelling in our realm , in whose quiet we have some rest , and in their tranquillity we are inwardly cherished with odours of satisfaction and the flowers of hoped-for peace . ’
6 These are some of the ways in which we may expect the Spirit of God to illuminate not only the person of God but his will for us .
7 On this basis we may stress the need to revise language teaching methods to come more in line with second language acquisition .
8 ‘ At Nairn we may fix the verge of the Highlands , for here I first saw peat fires and heard the Erse language . ’
9 Indeed here more than anywhere we may detect the Council 's most characteristic of orientations in comparison with all other Councils : a concern with ‘ the signs of the time ’ ( Gaudium et Spes 4 and cf. 44 ) , things outside the Church 's own life , the major problems cultural , economic and political of the contemporary world .
10 He was to add that the French should also be glad to be allied to the Scots , ‘ for from Scotland we may repulse the English , and from thence enter easily into their country , which gives no great odds against them , and thus enables us to curb and check them . ’
11 ‘ The truth in question is hidden , lying concealed beneath appearances ; we must then inquire , since its nature is not open to us , whether it is still possible to know it through some sign and whether we have a criterion by which we may recognize the sign and judge what the thing truly is . ’
12 Nor is a spiritual director a guru to whom we turn to satisfy our needs for dependence , even though we may recognize the hand of God providing this particular person at this particular time .
13 We may identify the person from external physical cues : the woman in the corner , the man with a beard , the student who has had his hair dyed , the child in the pink dress or , more or less flatteringly , the tall distinguished looking man I the man with a big nose and stringy hair .
14 As [ an ] example of such measures , all having the same effect — of keeping subjects perpetually at work and in poverty — we may mention the pyramids of Egypt …
15 For example , we may estimate the values of beta at the limits of the expected value plus and minus one standard deviation , .
16 Using the information in Fig. 7.2 for BP and assuming a risk-free rate of interest of 10 per cent we may estimate the call values for an in-the-money option expiring in October with an exercise price of 220p , and an out-of-the-money call with an exercise price of 260p expiring in April : Using Table A1.2 ( page 269 ) we may convert d 1 and d 2 into cumulative probabilities : ( the figure of 0.1819 is arrived at by using the two values in the table that bracket the real value and employing straight-line interpolation ) .
17 Therefore , we may estimate the share price elasticity of the option by multiplying N ( d 1 ) by the share price divided by the call price : .
18 ( 5.12 ) we may estimate the beta of Commercial Union : .
19 We may terminate the loop either by means of an " increment ( decrement ) count and jump on zero " instruction , or when the contents of the index register reach a certain value ( in which case we need an instruction to compare an index register with a store location ) .
20 As a second example of health work linked to hazard studies we may cite the research being conducted by Cross ( 1989 ) on childhood leukaemia .
21 By offering reasonable work at low wages we may secure the power of being very strict with the loafer or confirmed pauper . ’
22 We may compare the intricacy of the production of small objects , such as brooches and musical instruments which were both functional as well as objects of beauty , with craftsmanship at the opposite end of the scale which involved complex carpentry as well as considerable effort , for example boat building and house construction .
23 cut crime figures in the U.K. since by re-running the Crimean War we may avoid the invention of the balaclava .
24 In the treaty of union , where is the mechanism by which we may change the law ?
25 Later , the presence , or even the existence , of the people we care about may not be necessary for their influence to apply , for we may retain the desire to be the kind of person who would have won their affection and approval .
26 Whereas , in a crystal we may choose the axes of symmetry , in an amorphous polymer there is by definition no symmetry and all we know about the atom in a chain is where its topological nearest neighbours are but not where its spatial neighbours are , except that they lie within a " van der Waals radius ' of the chosen atom .
27 But if , without derogation of the Divine power , we may conceive the existence of such ministers , and personify them by the term ‘ Nature ’ , we learn from the past history of our globe that she has advanced with slow and stately steps , guided by the archetypical light , amidst the wreck of worlds , from the first embodiment of the Vertebrate idea under its Ichthyic [ fish-like ] vestment , until it became arrayed in the glorious garb of the human form .
28 Similarly , for the purpose of emphasis we may place the tonic stress in other positions ; in these examples , ( a ) is non-emphatic and ( b ) is emphatic :
29 By false cues and by real cues lumped under the general title ‘ distraction ’ , we may shift the behaviour of adults , babies and animals .
30 We may examine the technologies applied to the basic raw materials in early Anglo-Saxon society , wood , metal , clay , fibres and minerals , paying particular attention to aspects which are peculiar to the period and leaving the general matters of technology as understood .
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