Example sentences of "be [indef pn] [that] we be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well er at the end of the day it may be one that we 're gon na we 're gon na lose but erm |
| 2 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 3 | And there 's one that we 're picking up which , which Sylvia 's gon na go to a case conference next week , social services . |
| 4 | Er it 's something that we 're trained in to ensure that there is nobody hiding behind the door . |
| 5 | So I think you can be assured that it 's not something that 's been put to one side , it 's something that we 're trying to build in to all the work we do , in whatever ways appropriate , but er , I accept that the the implications for your comment , that we 've got to be continually , er watching ourselves , to make sure that we do that . |
| 6 | That 's something that we 're needing |
| 7 | Well I think personally I think it 's a very serious problem , but it 's something that we were talking earlier on and asking ourselves in what way , you know , the college or university authorities can set about policing undergraduate behaviour . |
| 8 | Because it was one that we were doing with in conjunction with an E P three bearing . |