Example sentences of "[subord] we [modal v] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long Term Aim — ‘ Where We Would Like To Be ’ |
| 2 | It may be that , at least in the Western World , we have reached a level of wealth where we can afford to be concerned about the environment . |
| 3 | As a beginning , it may be said that the conception of a lexical unit which will be adopted here is not very different from that of a traditional lexicographer , although we shall try to be more explicit than lexicographers are wont to be . |
| 4 | He needs some training , but he 's very spirited , so we 'll have to be careful ’ ( Shevchenku : 1985 , p. 106 ) — a revealing indication of a patronising attitude that the Russian was to have cause to regret . |
| 5 | I want to capture as many of the cell members as possible , so we 'll need to be on our toes . ’ |
| 6 | Deer , wild boar , so we can claim to be connoisseurs . |
| 7 | If we can learn to be programmers _ indeed we already are — but if we can learn to instruct the computer , then we 'll retain our dignity and our responsibility in matters rather than really abdicating it in ways that I do n't myself favour . |
| 8 | I do n't know if we 'd like to be affiliated . |
| 9 | Since we shall have to be content with inexact knowledge we will not insist that our electron is to be found at a definite point but simply require that it is localised within an interval of space of length Ax . |
| 10 | So , when I found I wanted to write a book that would reflect a little on whether we should strive to be perfect or settle for the second-best but practical , I realised I would have to have a murder that was in some way imperfect . |
| 11 | It 's hardly worth drawing the cheques in certain cases and the capital programme , could n't see it actually when I looked for it first time , had to go back to the pink sheet and found the noughts , now we 're not as generous as we 'd like to be , but at least we try . |
| 12 | For we may seem to be many here , but we are few . |
| 13 | For we should have to be able to redescribe both the actions we currently regard as rational , and those we think of as requiring a reactive response , so as to overcome the contrast between them . |