Example sentences of "we [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although all modem workers ' movements have developed strategies comprising both labour market and political components how can we explain within the European context the greater emphasis upon the achievement of radical change in the structure of society by French and Italian unions , whose thrust ( certainly up to the late 1960s ) has been at least as much ideological and political as industrial , in comparison with West German or British unions ? |
| 2 | What can we make of the corporatist perspective on British politics , and just how stable is the pattern of politics which is suggested by those who point to close collaborative arrangements between particular interests and the state in pursuit of ever more state intervention ? |
| 3 | What , then , do we make of the substantial and growing literature on informal carers ? |
| 4 | Do we think of the young poets with the young literary man ? |
| 5 | Do we think of the young literary man as choosing , in a sense , to be a student of literature and to turn his energies to nothing — except perhaps earning his bread — to nothing except fitting himself for the poems we are going to write , or do we think of poetry as in a sense the bi-product of a life seriously dedicated to other matters ? |
| 6 | Nor can we think of the Christian God as three persons in the way that we normally consider them to be , or we would surely have to conclude that it was a religion committed to polytheism . |
| 7 | Touching : We all know when something is so hot that it burns our fingers or so sharp that it hurts to touch it — but how much do we think about the other things we touch ? |
| 8 | So anyway I said , oh well get some change and I was on the point of sa I said to Margaret shall we jump in the ruddy car and we 'll get back . |
| 9 | A roundtable discussion on the question ‘ What type of information do we need in the Middle East ? ’ dealt , among other things , with attitudes to information in the region , in view of the perception that information means power , and that access to it should therefore be restricted . |
| 10 | What could we know about the greater universe ? |
| 11 | What do we know about the relative effectiveness of different treatment strategies to improve the functioning of individuals and families once abuse has been perpetrated ? |
| 12 | It calls for the qualities of a fighter , for only with those qualities can we win through the constant traps and barriers laid by the forces that would block our path and drag us down . |
| 13 | what shall we do with the drunken sailor |
| 14 | The next day as breakfast was being served , the team gave the tiny winger a standing ovation , greeting him with a rousing chorus of the old bar-room classic What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor ? |
| 15 | If the first movement , with its ‘ what shall we do with the drunken sailor ’ main theme borders on the frivolous , the 2nd movement provided moving and haunting music . |
| 16 | And what shall we do with the last pizza so that |
| 17 | Even if we accept , as we should , that Thucydides is right about the ‘ truest cause ’ ( and in the passage last quoted he comes near to running together true cause and alleged reasons , so we should not try to separate them too sharply ) , there is still a major problem : what weight should we give to the various instances of encroachment ? |
| 18 | Could we move to the new music |
| 19 | ‘ Shall we meet at the same place ? |
| 20 | How many times do we advertise in the bridal magazine ? |
| 21 | The final question Chairman , there 's a lot of er , facts here with no remarks against them under the premises and involvement like here on page three , number fifty nine , Mental Health Act , the National Assistance Act , Health and Safety at Work Act , it does n't tell us the type of premises or what in so I say , well what involvement do we have with the Mental Heath Act for example ? |
| 22 | What shall we have for the postal one . |
| 23 | To understand what it is to trump and to revoke should we attend to the use laid down in the rules of the game for trump cards , or should we attend to the characteristic feelings of trumping and revoking ? |
| 24 | Just as Adam stands between the forces of good and evil , so do we stand between the heroic action and qualities of Christ and the fallen Angel of Light , and just as man did in the beginning , we too , as humans , fall prey to the tempter at each individual reading of the epic . |
| 25 | Could we pass through the seven stages |
| 26 | Shall we go into the other room ? ’ |
| 27 | Do we go with the black roots , or the bleach job ? ’ |
| 28 | Ca n't we go to the Royal for them ? ’ |
| 29 | And how long would we go in the last half hour ? |
| 30 | BEEDING : How shall we go before the Living God if He appears before us ? |