Example sentences of "[adj] [that] we [verb] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , before embarking on any research project we must make clear that we intend to act on the results . |
| 2 | Even more importantly , there is every reason to believe , with Mary Midgley , that the basic assumption behind cultural relativism/behaviourism that human beings are totally plastic and devoid of innate structuration is false : ‘ Sensible psychologists have tended more and more to admit that people do have some genetically fixed tendencies ’ and she continues that ‘ What makes this admission hard , is the very strong impression still prevalent that we have to choose between considering these tendencies and considering outside conditions ’ ( 1979 : 20 ) . |
| 3 | It is , however , right and proper that we do report to this sub- committee on the activities of the staff commission , and that I do in the paper before you . |
| 4 | He is 90 now , so deaf that we had to shout at him to be heard , so old that he speaks only Turkish , the language of his oppressors . |
| 5 | I saw how the well-documented material containing the truth about Fayed that we began to put before the DTI was received in embarrassed silence . |
| 6 | I was too tired , only vaguely conscious that we had come off the canal bank and were angling down across a steep slope of stony ground to the rice-green flatness of the valley floor . |
| 7 | When we are so ill that we have to stay in bed and be looked after , we are driven back even further into unconscious memories of having to call or cry for help for even the simplest needs . |
| 8 | He says : ‘ It 's ludicrous that we have to wait for three to five years when a foreign company can come in and pick up a UK TV company right now . ’ |
| 9 | Actually , I always wanted to write a play about how life gets so tedious that we start reminiscing about what happened two minutes ago . |
| 10 | It is timely that we have concentrated on improving our performance because our market place is becoming more competitive . |
| 11 | I am genuinely sorry , for I am heartily thankful that we have escaped from the small-mindedness of the medieval church and I despise modern astrologers , but I am afraid that the rhetoric about backwaters in the previous paragraph is just empty rhetoric . |
| 12 | Lasting impressions so far : the sun ( miraculously ) shining on the slopes of Dalwhinnie , far in the north , on the first leg of the journey ; stumbling across Drew from the World Cup holiday in a motorway café somewhere in England in the middle of the night ; breakfast and mineral water with Claire ( oh , it was good to see her ) in an Italian cafe near London Victoria ; people throwing up all over the joint on the Seacat crossing to Boulogne ( and me staggering about , legs way out of control , on the deck , getting soaked by the spray , saltwater taste in the mouth , and a rainbow arcing on top of the water behind the catamaran ) ; complaining English and American tourist ( ‘ It 's ridiculous that we have to go through customs — why do we have to go through customs anyway ? … ) ; terrible fatigue on the train to Paris , and temperamental French men shouting and swearing at each other in the aisle ; relief at finding Angela 's flat in Paris ; difficult negotiation of the very narrow stairwell , finally finding her way at the top on the 6th floor ; food , and wine , and a shower , and a bed-settee for the night ; Japanese tourists at Notre Dame , and a man announcing his state of poverty and homelessness on the Métro — ‘ ‘ . |
| 13 | We all need a goal and once we are well on the way to achieving it , then it is essential that we start thinking about another one . |
| 14 | A typical school policy statement about staff development will include definitions such as " it is essential that we continue to grow in professional stature and experience , backed by the support of a comprehensive programme of in-service opportunities designed to help all of us to meet the growing demands with confidence , a sense of purpose and , as can be the case , an increased personal job satisfaction " ( Hewton 1988:88 ) . |
| 15 | How can we think about something colouring our that does n't have anything to do with our bodies , nothing to do with our history , nothing to do with a particular that we 've gone through , nothing to do with our soul faculties . |