Example sentences of "we that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discussion of the benefits to the manufacturer of vertical separation and of imposing restraints on downstream firms reminds us that one way the whole issue can be thought of is as a principal-agent problem of delegation . |
| 2 | ‘ A great part of the Bible is to show us that all creatures are in God 's hand , and that He will either make our afflictions work together for good , or remove them . |
| 3 | As we saw in the last chapter , quantum mechanics tells us that all particles are in fact waves , and that the higher the energy of a particle , the smaller the wavelength of the corresponding wave . |
| 4 | But Planck 's quantum principle tells us that each gamma ray quantum has a very high energy , because gamma rays have a very high frequency , so it would not take many quanta to radiate even ten thousand megawatts . |
| 5 | It seemed to us that two nettles had to be grasped : the first was to decide whether divorce law should attempt to remedy the ‘ injustice ’ meted out to ‘ innocent ’ spouses who are divorced against their will . |
| 6 | His pride in being able to cook three hot meals a day for two of us , on just one litre of meths in six days , was shattered when one pensioner told us that two weeks was more her time scale for such a luxurious amount of fuel . |
| 7 | Regarding the article ‘ Magnetism and the standing stones ’ ( Forum , 13 January , p 105 ) , it seems clear to us that such stone circles were of great practical importance to their constructors . |
| 8 | A performance such as this persuades us that such assessments are quite wide of the mark , and almost as unjust as the neglect of Summer 's Last Will . |
| 9 | They would tell us that such comparisons are all hot air . |
| 10 | They told us that many customers would be ready to pay £30 more for a washing machine , say , to get it from someone who would have the payments collected weekly from their homes , simply because that fitted into the pattern of their normal use of credit . |
| 11 | He says it 's become increasingly obvious to us that many doctors do n't know what they 're doing . |
| 12 | Neumann also refers to the Ländler 's being ‘ in three slow beats , reminding us that many Haydn minuets are rooted in folksong , ‘ which itself is unhurried ’ . |
| 13 | It worries us that many farmers appear to be paid for doing nothing . |
| 14 | Experience tells us that many people who take up jogging , cycling , and other aerobic routines often sustain injuries , or simply give up after a short time . |
| 15 | Oxidised LDL may also be procoagulant since it has been described as stimulating endothelial tissue factor activity and inhibiting activation of protein C. Despite these tremendous advances , the authors wisely remind us that many patients with coronary disease have few or none of the known risk factors . |
| 16 | A description in G.Paynes ' Collectania Cantiana tells us that four vases of black ware , one of reddish colour , two cups of imitation Samian ware , two black paterae and the neck of a large goblet with handle were found at a depth of four feet at the feet of ten human skeletons . |
| 17 | Does he know that thousands of construction workers in Wales are out of work , yet Shelter Cymru tells us that 63,000 families in the Principality have experienced homelessness in the past year ? |
| 18 | We were looking forward to a meal and a quiet evening in Dover when a radio message via Dover Coastguards informed us that another suspect vessel had been spotted heading west through the Straits after sailing from Belgium where she had given the local customs a false destination in Sweden for a large consignment of spirits loaded . |
| 19 | So we thought we would have to lose either the display case or the rebuilt wall — and then an old friend of ours , who happens to be the Emeritus Professor of Suburban Buildings at the University of Lutterworth , visiting one day , told us that these houses never actually had a dividing wall between the front room and the back parlour-so we had to take the whole wall out and remodel the opening in the original style , with a simple lintel and unadorned verticals , which we bought at auction in Fyfe . ’ |
| 20 | It seems to us that these acts were sufficient to support a finding of possession and indeed on the material before us we would be disposed to reach the same conclusion … |
| 21 | ‘ Professionals told us that these matches can only enhance the appeal of the game . |
| 22 | Reference back to Section 8.1 reminds us that these conditions will maximize the general relativistic precession of the pulsar 's orbit . |
| 23 | But just now it works for all of us that these Pessarane Behesht have taken it into their heads to seize the woman and child . ’ |
| 24 | Sir John Donaldson M.R. has described in Abse v. Smith how the judges of every court had inherent power to regulate the practices of their court , which included the identification of those they were willing to hear plead before them , and it was not in dispute before us that these powers , until they were removed by section 27 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 , were exercised by High Court judges sitting as such . |
| 25 | They remind us that these types of behaviour are not necessarily confined to those with dementia . |
| 26 | Nobody told us that these pesticides were being used , they just sprayed away , put the fruit and veg on sale — and we bought it in all innocence . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It struck us that these children had n't really had a chance to see what ballet was . ’ |
| 28 | And what Ms Meckler and her designer , Dermot Hayes , have inventively done is to remind us that these characters are like people picknicking on the edge of Vesuvius . |
| 29 | The radar data alone can not tell us that these features are indeed the cusp . |
| 30 | The Christian faith teaches us that any sentence we should serve for all our sins , small and large , has already been served . |