Example sentences of "we be [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have we been on a high speed ? |
| 2 | Er and so we are looking at ways in which we can actually erm develop this and the firm as a whole is doing that as well and er we are to a certain extent that initiative . |
| 3 | The most bizarre of all these techniques , at least to our eyes , prejudiced as we are to a mammalian way of doing things , is that practised by Rhinoderma , a tiny frog that Darwin found in Southern Chile . |
| 4 | As long as we are in safe hands , while we are with a sincere man like B.L . |
| 5 | Suchocka declared : " After three years of reforms , we are at a turning point . |
| 6 | I think we are at a turning point for this company and the industry . ’ |
| 7 | However , a number of theories argue that the changes are even bigger than this : that we are at a major historical turning-point in the nature of the UK economy and in its urban and regional geography . |
| 8 | Secondly , we are at a critical juncture , much as a seriously ill person may reach a ‘ turning point at which the patient either begins to improve or sinks into a fatal decline ’ . |
| 9 | We are on a downward spiral and unless it improves the club will be no more . |
| 10 | We a , but we are on a regular day er |
| 11 | We are on a sixteen-day oar and paddle-powered trip that falls under the category of ‘ exotic wilderness vacation ’ . |
| 12 | If we are above a certain age , we remember Gene Sarazen 's amazing three-wood at the long 15th , which went into the hole and won the jacket for him . |
| 13 | If we are of a lazier disposition , the solution is simple and usually quite acceptable : if the same note will occur in two or more parts it can be omitted where it is least necessary and retained only in the principal part ( thus in Example 140 we would keep the E♭ only in the upper voice , to retain the melodic shape ) . |
| 14 | ‘ We are in a good position to help strong management teams take advantage of this , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Ibrox manager Walter Smith said : ‘ We are still without injured Gary Stevens and suspended Ian Ferguson , but we are in a good position with our squad . |
| 16 | But since we are working very closely with the local telecommunications companies in those countries , we are in a good position to help . ’ |
| 17 | Because we are in a negative state : emotionally , mentally or physically . |
| 18 | ‘ But if we are in a deep , narrow valley , say with width less than four depth , we do n't really know the period , due to reflections . ’ |
| 19 | We are in a terrific run , and 10 out of 10 to each of them . |
| 20 | ‘ Ordinarily I would have commented in some detail about our business , but can not do so at this time as we are in a closed period prior to the announcement of our 1992 results on 24 March ’ . |
| 21 | We are in a healthy position . |
| 22 | We are in a holding situation for 24-48 hours while more tests are carried out . ’ |
| 23 | Our market share continues to grow and we are in a strong position to make further progress in 1993/94 and as the economy recovers . |
| 24 | ‘ We are in a terrible state through injuries , ’ admitted the Boro boss . |
| 25 | Many of us secretly think we will love ourselves when we have resolved a certain problem , or when we are successful , or when we are less busy , or when we are older , or when we are in a loving relationship — but tomorrow never comes . |
| 26 | We are in a changing era ; more and more we have people who are unaware of these therapies , but equally want to know what is going on . |
| 27 | But in the 1980s we are in a new recession ; morale is getting low , and soon the government will seriously turn to the arts as a ‘ booster ’ . |
| 28 | We are in a new age . |
| 29 | I fear that we are in a new norm , a prolonged recession with no real recovery , rather than the real prospect of recovery . |
| 30 | This level corresponds to that part of the unconscious mind which functions when we are in a light sleep . |