Example sentences of "we [vb base] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we do not use these medications properly then it can only be a matter of time before they are withdrawn from availability and we lose a precious treatment for our fish . |
| 2 | The New Zealanders continue to strive for new Everests in rugby achievement and their coach , Alex Wyllie , has already thrown down the gauntlet by stating : ‘ If we lose a single game we will consider the tour a failure . ’ |
| 3 | We still have our offices and we remain a recognized institution , affiliated to international teachers ' associations . |
| 4 | The big issue is rebuilding and expanding our manufacturing base to ensure that we remain a prosperous industrialized country . |
| 5 | Whenever we suffer a major loss in our lives — such as the death of a loved one , divorce , redundancy , miscarriage , children leaving home , or the end of a love affair — we need to go through a period of mourning . |
| 6 | We suffer a great handicap in dealing with a Government who are obsessed with secrecy . |
| 7 | To put it in another way , when searching for a word which will revitalize an object , we pick a farfetched word , unusual at least in its given application , a word which is forced into service . |
| 8 | Thus we pick a random number in the range 1 to 586÷2 = 293 . |
| 9 | the problem with Jesus ' disciples and the point here is that it 's our problem as well , is not that we lack a big faith . |
| 10 | I mean I think er , when your blood pressure was found out and you 'd been taking tablets ever , so , I think it 's kept it all under control and you 've , you , we eat a sensible diet . |
| 11 | We make a strong distinction between ‘ aggro ’ and violence . |
| 12 | Sipping champagne and nibbling canapes , we make a rich and handsome multitude , whose costumes and countenances have given life to l00,000 human fantasies , esoteric texts , carved misericords , cathedral drainpipes , forest shrines , amulets and allegories . |
| 13 | Together we make a perfect whole . |
| 14 | We make a great partnership , Malcolm . ’ |
| 15 | It is not difficult to see that in understanding such an exchange we make a great number of detailed ( pragmatic ) inferences about the nature of the context in which ( 32 ) can be assumed to be taking place . |
| 16 | We also see that teaching will build people up and we make a small amount of time after worship for this also . |
| 17 | We make a collective decision , together , for peace or for strife . |
| 18 | I retorted angrily : ‘ If I have ambition sans ability then we make a good team . |
| 19 | ‘ We make a good team . |
| 20 | We make a good team . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We make a good team , ’ he said , and she glowed with pride and happiness . |
| 22 | But it is not tautologous , and hence there must be another non-comparative use of the phrase ‘ appears white ’ — a use in which we make a genuine attempt to describe , without comparison , the way in which white things generally appear . |
| 23 | One is , if we make a certain common assumption , and taking the first example , that if the switch had not been flipped , then the windscreen wipers would not have started to work . |
| 24 | ( In this text we make a similar use of set theory . |
| 25 | ‘ We make a simple flat triangular truss of iron , like a railway station roof , and we glaze it direct . |
| 26 | We make a substantial troop contribution to the United Nations peace-keeping force in Cyprus , UNFICYP , which we think is a tangible measure of the efforts that we are giving to peace there . |
| 27 | Together , we make a smooth dry track upon the silver . |
| 28 | To assess such a claim requires that we make a giant leap of the imagination to transport us to a state of ignorance about even the most elementary principles of physics . |
| 29 | We 've done relatively well in the past couple of years because we 've had a lot of petrol pumps , because of the new , the opening of the big supermar the , the supermarkets where there 's thirty , forty pumps go going , we make a fair bit of money in that way . |
| 30 | For infants under the age of 2 years ( on the date of their return flight ) , we make a nominal charge of £65 for travel and for providing a cot , and you settle directly with the hotel for food and any other extras . |