Example sentences of "we [vb base] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We lose a few holidaymakers every year . |
| 2 | Genetic differences may mean that although we eat the same diet , the level of cholesterol in your blood may be , say , 200 mg/100 ml ( 5–17 mmol/litre ) while mine is 300 mg/mI ( 7–76 mmol/l ) , giving me more than twice your risk of a heart attack . |
| 3 | ‘ We make no such distinction . ’ |
| 4 | We make the most of this and scoot off to the hospital . |
| 5 | ‘ I think we make the most of having a good time , which a lot of bands just do n't bother saying . |
| 6 | ‘ I think we make the most of having a good time , which a lot of bands just do n't bother saying . |
| 7 | ‘ It is important we make the most of our scoring chances . ’ |
| 8 | Integrity becomes a political ideal when we make the same demand of the state or community taken to be a moral agent , when we insist that the state act on a single , coherent set of principles even when its citizens are divided about what the right principles of justice and fairness really are . |
| 9 | Surely it 's time to talk to the United States about how they succeed by having a minimum wage in most states and giving trade union rights to people that we deny the same firms employees in this country . |
| 10 | To avoid a muddle we shall use initial capitals — ‘ International Relations ’ — when we mean the latter and small letters' — international relations ' — when we mean the former . |
| 11 | To avoid a muddle we shall use initial capitals — ‘ International Relations ’ — when we mean the latter and small letters' — international relations ' — when we mean the former . |
| 12 | We are not tempted to give an experiential explanation of the meaning of ‘ It 's afternoon ’ , or beguiled by answers to the ‘ Afternoon on the Sun ’ question like ‘ We mean the same by ‘ It 's afternoon on the Sun ’ as we mean by ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Earth' . |
| 13 | Here , we encounter the same pattern which so clearly distinguishes man from the apes — notable absence of canine-tooth dimorphism , prominent displays of hair around the face and neck of the male and , in the female , a secondary sexual display on the chest . |
| 14 | To cultivate awareness of fact one goes to the sciences , of sensation and emotion to the arts ; and we expect the latter , in sharpest contrast with the former , also to give pleasure . |
| 15 | Furthermore , we would expect any doctor , not just our own , to behave in the ‘ proper ’ manner , in the same way that we expect the same sort of behaviour from all shop assistants , or all priests , or all fathers . |
| 16 | ‘ We want a few good skirmishers . ’ |
| 17 | We want a few less troublemakers |
| 18 | Needless to say , we harbour no such intention . |
| 19 | You see towards the bottom er we pose a few questions there , I 'm going to ask you in a few minutes to introduce yourselves and to say what what sort of presentations you make at the moment . |
| 20 | In one of the photographs we show the latter being used to cut off a water pipe close to the floor . |
| 21 | Well we welcome the latter part of your comment , I was going to make a wisecrack about this is our idea of getting back to basics , family values , but I do n't want , I 'm going to stay out of it . |
| 22 | I fully understand the considerable cross-party support for what was said in the ten-minute Bill , but it is important that we wait a few months to see where the European Court comes down . |
| 23 | ‘ Like any hobby or job , it 's vital that we speak the same language , understand the same flying terms . |
| 24 | Right erm these notes are sort of based on a lecture that I went to when I was in sixth form erm and the theme for it is , Men And Women , Do We Speak The Same Language ? |
| 25 | We speak the same language , share similar interests . |
| 26 | We put a few records on the jukebox and got him to mime along . |
| 27 | To keep the 1:6 cement/ballast concrete level and consistent thickness , we put a few levelled pegs at the extreme sides of the pit for guidance . |
| 28 | Finally , I suppose to salve our consciences , we put the same bet each way on a horse for Dr Barnardo 's Homes . |
| 29 | To make our special pasta , we break a few eggs . |
| 30 | We enjoy the same things . ’ |