Example sentences of "what we [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gay politics here was much more about what we conventionally regard as political activity . |
| 2 | Sexual dysfunction or what we loosely term " deviation " may have consequences beyond the man or Woman subject to them ; and when they are encountered by the social worker they probably will already have had such consequences . |
| 3 | Dysfunction is a term currently enjoying great vogue , perhaps because it so aptly describes so much of what we laughingly refer to as modern living . |
| 4 | We finally reach what we laughingly call civilization , we finally reach a telephone which is capable of handling transatlantic calls , I finally get my turn in the queue , I finally get through to home , and you 're out . |
| 5 | However , what we surely have on the objector 's view is precisely that the smell of the candles was something that can not possibly be explained . |
| 6 | As Malinowski 's own posthumously published field diaries record , this cross-cultural experience , involving a massive exposure to what we nowadays call ‘ culture-shock ’ , is likely to be as gruelling psychologically as it is physically . |
| 7 | From what we already know about the body clock and the ‘ post-lunch dip ’ , the high frequencies of errors during the night and after lunch are not unexpected ; but why are errors so infrequent in the evening ? |
| 8 | Since it will be a long time before the reflective process turns into action plans , we shall have to make do with what we already know and for the purposes of this chapter we can relate it to Level Three Partnership . |
| 9 | What we already know of the Titfords can serve as a model : Charles the Cheesemonger in the late 18th century had 13 children , seven of whom died in infancy ; his grandson , Benjamin the Silversmith , had reduced the number of offspring to five , and would live to see all but one reach adulthood . |
| 10 | All we are doing is repeating what we already know . ’ |
| 11 | No I do n't think it would cause us er any real problems , we 're talking about er an increase of about five hectares , my understanding , er I think that could be accommodated er in line with what we already intend to do erm in the local plan anyway . |
| 12 | Bass guitarists included Mo Foster , and Lee Sklar who played on a track for us , but we did n't use what he did , as we felt that what we already had was better . |
| 13 | From what we already knew about its audiences and programme content , we expected that television would have a stronger influence on public information and perceptions than on public attitudes and choices ; while the press , particularly the mass-selling tabloids , would have a stronger influence on public attitudes and choices than on public information and perceptions . |
| 14 | ‘ Today 's events only confirmed what we already knew . ’ |
| 15 | Your information largely confirms what we already knew , and I trust we shall not need to trouble you again . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ SIMPLY STUNNING , a rhythmic , hypnotic , widescreen wah-wah washed , mind-widening chunk of funk , it 'll scare the reproductive organs off yer guitar purists , but ‘ Fools Gold ’ is nigh genius ; their finest ten minutes to date reiterating what we already knew — that the Roses are a great band — and confirms what we blithely guessed , that they are going to be MASSIVE , ’ says Danny Kelly . |
| 17 | Coupled with what he had told us and what we already knew , the rest was easy . " |
| 18 | ( Martin et al , 1987 ) It also confirmed what we already knew — that no amount of keep-fit exercises and high fibre would improve our health as long as we lived in damp housing conditions and a polluting environment . |
| 19 | The doctor came , half an hour later , to tell us what we already knew . |
| 20 | Work would already have started on improving what we already believe to be one of the country 's most modern and safe grounds . |
| 21 | In reality , such a debate misses the point of the parallelism : the question is not whether , taken in isolation , B is more precise than A , but whether " king of Moab " in B adds any precisions to what we already have in A. unquestionably it does ; however , we must admit that in the case of " Aram " II " the Eastern Hills " we can not say that B adds precision to A ( unless perhaps the poet knows something that we do not ) . |
| 22 | To give the answer is to refuse to go far beyond what we already have , or have as implied , in connection ( 4 ) . |
| 23 | And that in fact what we already have in this county is a balance of policies which substantially favour environmental protection and this is just a means of adding another one which is another hurdle for any department to erm to actually er meet . |
| 24 | This would be an on-going promotional campaign along the lines of what we already do , but with more co-ordination and the addition of posters and a greater number of redesigned Promotional leaflets ( to replace existing ones ) . |
| 25 | He wrote : ‘ But it is when we examine the zoology of these countries that we find what we most require — evidence of a very striking character that these great islands must once have formed a part of the continent , and could only have been separated at a very recent geological epoch . |
| 26 | We were celebrating the anniversary of what we most adored : an enigma . ’ |
| 27 | Much of what we feel , what we most remember from those times , is a sense of having missed the party . |
| 28 | The background of lower interest rates and a continuing reduction in underlying inflation provide what we most need — the opportunity for steady , sustainable , non-inflationary growth . |
| 29 | or Penelope , or what we most want |
| 30 | The reader may be confused to find what we here call bivalves , referred to in other books as pelecypods or lamellibranchs — these are just different names for the same animals . |