Example sentences of "we be [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly it is of prime importance to know how and why this dramatic reversal of traditional attitudes has occurred , and to ask ourselves the question why our approval of democracy should be so automatic and unhesitating when , had we been born a century or so earlier , we would have been equally unhesitating in disclaiming any support for so dangerous and radical a notion . |
| 2 | We are providing a great deal of advice and training for officials of different carriers — and not merely for British Airways , because we do not expect airline officials to be immigration officers ; that is not their function . |
| 3 | It should be emphasised that we are providing a service complementary to that of merchant banks ; they do not normally have the resources to do it themselves . |
| 4 | I think we are providing a good service here and we 're meeting the needs of people erm we are providing a service on Thursday , Friday , Saturday and Sunday now at the times which are identified by officers as the crucial times when people actually need the service . |
| 5 | I think we are providing a good service here and we 're meeting the needs of people erm we are providing a service on Thursday , Friday , Saturday and Sunday now at the times which are identified by officers as the crucial times when people actually need the service . |
| 6 | ‘ We are providing an alternative view . |
| 7 | In this chapter we are looking a little more closely at speech , the ‘ twin ’ of speechreading . |
| 8 | I think we are looking a bit further forward . |
| 9 | When we have the chance we will camp Lappish style , with lavvus , the wigwam tents made of birch poles and reindeer skins , but tonight we are using a modern lavvu of canvas and aluminium poles . |
| 10 | However , we have to remind ourselves that we are using a byproduct of other wind sports , and hope that , like kite flying , they too prosper ! |
| 11 | The argument for this might be based on the claim that when we speak to someone we are using a ‘ code ’ , and the most efficient codes do not use unnecessary symbols . |
| 12 | We are , of course , assuming that we are using an ideal switch which does n't exist in real life , but the point being made is that a switching system will be a lot more efficient than any resistive control element where dissipation is invariably relatively large . |
| 13 | There have been the predictable complaints that people increasingly prefer to watch than to play , that we are producing a generation of armchair athletes . |
| 14 | There 's a danger that we are producing a profession overloaded with graduates who may be more anxious to air their own opinions than to report the views of others . |
| 15 | Let's assume we are producing a three column newsletter and we have already decided to use 10 point Palatino as our typeface . |
| 16 | We have 57 branches where trade is predominantly hand-basket therefore we are producing a new sign stating a ‘ Maximum of 8 Items ’ . |
| 17 | We are acting a charade . |
| 18 | So we have no knowledge on that and Peter and team working and Tony is in the , the body of the hall we had quite an extensive discussion over a period of time but perhaps cumulating last Friday , a week last Friday , on the N treble C and we are calling a special lay- delegates conference on the first of July in Sheffield , with one item on the agenda team working . |
| 19 | Mr Simon Montgomery , administrator of the Brighton Unemployment Centre , which obtained a copy of the review , said yesterday : ‘ We are establishing a new category of people who may have to be outside the welfare net — people with mental health problems who form part of the new underclass . ’ |
| 20 | Stuart said : ‘ As part of an attempt to resolve complaints , we are establishing a network of contact officers . |
| 21 | We are establishing an ethical committee to look at the effects of advanced techniques in animal breeding . |
| 22 | Mrs Howard said : ‘ Unless we are given a lot more resources we will not be able to carry out the weekly monitoring required . |
| 23 | In Four years old in an urban community ( 1968 ) and Seven years old in the home environment ( 1976 ) , we are given a detailed picture of the domestic background of a group of young readers and young non-readers , perhaps readers and non-readers in the making . |
| 24 | Through events of different kinds we are likely to be put in touch with aspects of ourselves which previously have been overlooked — we are given a jolt , and have to make a bridge between how things used to be and how they threatened . |
| 25 | We are given a title which carries with it a job or role description that allows us to control and manage others . |
| 26 | Mozart 's life and character are well documented by the extensive correspondence that was generated within his family by his frequent travels and we are given a fascinating glimpse into matters both artistic and domestic . |
| 27 | The task the reader is set is rather like that of completing a jigsaw puzzle , where we are given a few pieces at a time , and have to keep guessing what the rest of the picture will be like . |
| 28 | On leaving this city the characters have a vision of its demolition by fire , or rather , as it burns we are given a series of famous fictional burnings of cities , libraries , and books . |
| 29 | If we are given a program of the form |
| 30 | We are given a narrow slice of history : the last ten years , complete with corporate raiders , the rise of the Japanese , the 1987 stock market crash , China , the East Asian economic miracle — together with an uncomfortably slight bow to the debt-ridden nations of Africa and Latin America . |