Example sentences of "we [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that down to us or should we notify the division to make contact |
| 2 | Nor , for that matter , did we regard the suggestions we made about Jesus as in any way shocking or outrageous . |
| 3 | In all of these cases special considerations , which I have elaborated , serve to limit what is thought to be appropriate treatment ; but in none of them do we consult the recipient 's point of view , for there is no such view to be had . |
| 4 | So how do we eat the rest of our daily intake of fat ? |
| 5 | Whatever transport you choose is imperfect , delays , break downs , parking wardens and baby buggy proof buses plague our lives so should we re-think the whole business of getting from here to there , one hundred Scottish women have |
| 6 | First , can we explain the impaired performance that these patients produce in terms of our functional models ? |
| 7 | If evolution is hill-climbing , how can we explain the evolution of complex structures which would only work when perfected ? |
| 8 | In the case of behaviour , we know quite a lot about what animals actually do , and about the anatomy and physiology of the brain , but only in the simplest cases can we explain the former in terms of the latter . |
| 9 | But the question is , how do we explain the possibility of change and temporal order from the point of view of such complexes ? |
| 10 | How do we explain the results shown in Figure 3.12 ? |
| 11 | But if our managerial hierarchical organizations tend to choke so readily on debilitating bureaucratic practices , how do we explain the persistence and continued spread of this form of organization for more than 3,000 years ? |
| 12 | How do we explain the growth of nationalism , and ethnic claims for autonomy and self-determination , not least those currently taking place within the Soviet Union ? |
| 13 | How do we explain the instances when the density algorithm failed to return an interpretation as was the case in half of the trials ? |
| 14 | But suppose that c and v took on values consistent with damped cycles , how then could we explain the observed regularity of cyclical fluctuations ? |
| 15 | Can we paint the grass with the company logo , paint the crossbar , the ball , the touch-judge , the hooker 's face , shave our heads ? |
| 16 | May we experience the joy of your presence in our midst , for you live and reign as Lord of all , one God to be praised and glorified for ever and ever . |
| 17 | Only by explicitly modelling such differences can we treat the state in its key role of a mechanism by which conflicting interests are resolved in collective decisions . |
| 18 | Could we convey the thanks of the members of this committee to the property services and the chief executive 's department , for their efforts in effecting sales and gaining large scale capital receipts for the county . |
| 19 | Only by full appreciation of the critical role the State of Israel plays in our strategic calculus , can we build the foundation for thwarting Moscow 's designs on territories and resources vital to our security and our national well-being . ’ |
| 20 | Do we aid the overstretched budget — deny the children books and equipment in order to engage outsiders to do it and in so doing lose the rapport so carefully built with our staff ? |
| 21 | Can we make the Church real to society by turning it political ; by making its essence not old creeds but moral judgements on bombs , or on socialist policy ? |
| 22 | That has brought us back again to the conundrum which you posed to me and in the face of which I had to express my helplessness — namely , how do we make the silent majority unsilent since that is by definition impossible ? |
| 23 | Well we know we 've changed the resistance so did we make the resistance more or less ? |
| 24 | Only then can we make the best possible use of all our assets ! |
| 25 | Consider the different ways in which the organisation and use of space becomes part of the language of drama : How do we make the distance between people meaningful ? |
| 26 | Can we make the erm fairy on . |
| 27 | Well I said to them before the game ‘ you know , people are saying can we make the players , can you win ten out of twelve ? ’ . |
| 28 | Politeness and truth are often mutually incompatible ( how do we answer the friend who asks whether we like his new hairstyle , for example ? ) and so are politeness and brevity . |
| 29 | What happened , did we knock the fork off ? |
| 30 | ‘ At no time did we throw the towel in . |