Example sentences of "[verb] [that] we [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I suggest that we proceed along those lines and look for the most economic way to alleviate my constituents ' problems while not doing too much damage to my hon. Friend 's constituents .
2 We must recognise that we need both accurate descriptions of language that are related to situation , purpose and mode ( i.e. whether the language is spoken or written ) , and prescriptions that take account of context , appropriateness and the expression of meaning .
3 I do n't know why , but it seemed important to me to establish that we have n't any fuse-boxes ( and indeed we have n't ) , but she would n't allow this and was quite stern with me about it as if I were deliberately lying to her .
4 And at the same time let us take care with washing and cleanliness and other precautions to see that we do n't ingest the morbid agent in any liquid or solid form .
5 We must ensure that we campaign as hard as possible , that sixty becomes the state pension age for all our members , men and women .
6 Our human calculator estimated that we had over 30,000 books , not to mention huge stacks of magazines , periodicals , and encyclopaedias .
7 Hamish should remember that we do n't all live on the doorstep .
8 Well , on the specific issue , which is item one three two , are we agreed that we write quite clear but nonetheless firm letter to Mr Patten , explaining that we are minded to ask him to comment on these matters , it this time comes from the Chair and the Chief Officer about and perhaps he will therefore take it more seriously .
9 We do n't you know we 've got clubs still waiting that we signed up last year .
10 Speech processing is so complex and so little understood that we want as few assumptions built into the development architecture as possible .
11 This requires that we give up foolish , immoral reading , or reading to acquire power , or reading that is self-indulgent .
12 If the hon. Gentleman had followed these matters at all closely , he would have known that we said exactly that in the debates on the Budget .
13 Our aim is to ensure that we become more efficient and enhance the effectiveness of our sharp end research .
14 So it 's absolutely essential that we do go forward formally and take up all the issues in relation to the minimum achieved performance levels and the scheme arising from the consolidation of the effects of last year 's pay settlement , but as er most of the delegates from British Gas will know , I 've been er ensuring that we first of all get all of the reports in from the regional joint indu regional joint trade union secretaries to ensure that we have as much information for once as British Gas has , about what 's going on within the company , and secondly we 've had er full debates on the trade union side to ensure we were well aware of just exactly what our recollections were of what happened last year and to ensure we 're going forward in a clear and a positive way .
15 I feel that we rely too much on the present state of affairs , too much on uniformitarianism , when interpreting the fossil record , especially in those groups that are now completely extinct or but a shadow of their former selves .
16 I feel that we need now new blood on the committee , and coupled with the fact that I 've done one one more year than the constitution says I should , I 'm not standing for reelection as Chairman .
17 That is an important assurance and it stands four-square with the patients charter that we published earlier this week .
18 That means that we have even fewer uniformed officers on our streets because they have to do civilian tasks such as manning telephones .
19 However , the vagaries of how people actually spend their incomes and the growing evidence that health is relative rather than absolute poverty , means that we have very little idea of how income is related to health in practice .
20 The modern control room fools us into thinking that we have more accurate and basic control , while the basics of actual quantification of change have not altered , merely the presentation of inaccurate data in more sophisticated ways .
21 However , at the same time I must say that we have very high welfare and hygiene standards in this country .
22 What suggests that we have High Mass Consumption , compared with the average for the world 's people ?
23 But it also suggests that we have only one self-image : a portrait of the woman as a young person .
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