Example sentences of "[subord] we [modal v] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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1 | In the next chapter we will deal with perspectives on interest groups , where we will also offer a concluding assessment of the ideas and theories discussed in both Chapters 2 and 3 . |
2 | ‘ That 's when some start taking chances , so we would definitely advocate a ‘ P ’ or ‘ R ’ plate . ’ |
3 | and there 's twelve hours so we 'll only need a thousand and two hundred |
4 | Most of my friends will buy this album and we usually waste a lot of time discussing the merits of whatever record we have recently bought , so we may well have a few arguments on whether to eat meat or not . |
5 | Looking after the status quo is rather more their tendency , so we can perhaps expect a greater emphasis on defence with rather less activity from the operatives up front — the strikers . |
6 | I doubt if we 'll ever hear a man play a saxophone like that again . |
7 | If we can successfully compare a present-day situation to an historic one then we can use hindsight to tell us what may happen next . |
8 | Erm , if we can just talk a bit about the the the activities , the question of the demonstrations against unemployment , what did you actually do to aid those demonstrations ? |
9 | There are , after all , even larger numbers : 10 46 , for instance , is not just larger ; you must add 10 40 to itself a million times in order to obtain 10 46 What if we could somehow muster a gang of 10 46 monkeys each with its own typewriter ? |
10 | If we could once achieve a synthesis |
11 | Dorrainge said that at any minute Cathbad would start talking about holding a pig-sticking party , and Cathbad , who was plunging about happily in the wild sorrel , said , ‘ And if we could only hold a pig-sticking party … |
12 | Erm , I 've been thinking that I ca n't chair this meeting and take the notes and things when it becomes , and if it , the fund comes through and it becomes the audio description project as opposed to this group , and you know we will be widening out a little bit , I wonder if we should actually have a chairman type person . |
13 | ‘ I see no hope of avoiding war , ’ wrote Brailsford in the summer of 1936 , unless we can soon create a firm defensive alliance of England , France and Russia plus some smaller ‘ Left ’ States . |
14 | Would you say that if this pattern were to be repeated all through the night we would run out of dry-roasted nuts just before the important watershed of midnight , whereas we would still have a surplus of the ordinary variety ? |
15 | ‘ While we can never offer a real home from home , guests come knowing that they can get some of the comforts of home — like being able to make a cup of tea or have a drink without necessarily having to come downstairs or order room service . ’ |
16 | Er , the honourable gentleman wondered whether we would ever have a truncated view again , certainly not under the ninety three legislation because that was a once off as a careful reading of the act will show , er but er we will erm and his honourable friend , the member for Perry Barns hoped er that er we would have no more reviews of European boundaries , I know because he was talking at P R but we will certainly have one new review of er er Euro constituency boundaries because as soon as the parliamentary boundaries are completed er we will have to go into a new review on that basis of all the European seats and of course the full enquiries will be held in the normal way for them . |
17 | ‘ Absurdity ’ would be reached when we can only afford a one-ship navy , a one-tank army and a one-bomber air force ! |
18 | For we can easily imagine a legislative structure that would produce compromise statutes mechanically , as a function of the different opinions about strict liability or racial discrimination or abortion among the various legislators , without any legislator being asked or required to vote for the compromise as a package . |