Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [verb] that the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a field that is patchy in space and time , be it ever so small , we may expect that the populations of a species such as white clover will , at any time , reflect selective forces from its past . |
| 2 | " We may regret that the Commissioners did not pursue a more spirited foreign policy and visit the United States of America , where , beyond a doubt , they would have seen results which would have qualified their condemnation of the combined system . |
| 3 | Alternatively , we may say that the plates are so close to each other ( as it would be in a practical diode ) that the electron beam has n't got a chance to spread . |
| 4 | Thus for the structural functionalist we may say that the ends ( social solidarity ) always justify the means ( social institutions ) . |
| 5 | Looking back , we may say that the years around 1300 were to attain some significance in this domain . |
| 6 | If we imagine the knight of Richard 's time riding into battle with a padded gambeson ( quilted body-armour ) , chain mail shirt and hose , topped by the huge helm , and swinging a heavy longsword — all in the blistering heat of the desert and against a much lighter-clad adversary — we may wonder that the crusaders managed to win any battles . |
| 7 | And here we may note that the definitions of what constituted a Soviet national appear to be unique and to derive from no other known document or authority . |
| 8 | The detailed functioning of the panel is the subject of further discussion in Chapter 7 , but we may note that the minutes of its meetings reflect a considerable involvement of at least one DCSL in key initiatives . |
| 9 | But this implies that if we regressed C t on the three variables and entered separately , rather than as a sum as in equation ( 3.18 ) , we should observe that the coefficients estimated on these three variables are approximately all the same , as they are all estimates of α t , provided that we have specified the model correctly . |
| 10 | Unless it is assumed that the original stream had a meander belt of varying width , we must conclude that the meanders have not only been incised but also more fully developed in the more resistant rock . |
| 11 | We must hope that the publishers will bring out a paperback . |
| 12 | We have been told nothing about the time of year , but for the purposes of the story we must assume that the rains have come , and the waters are high and fast , even though the women and children have got across safely enough . |
| 13 | Since it is hard to see how in any respect , in the context of interdicts , legacies could have been brought into line with trusts , at the very least we must suppose that the compilers have turned the text around , writing of making legacies equivalent to trusts where Ulpian had written of making trusts equivalent to legacies . |
| 14 | We must suppose that the authorities through their agents actually created conspiratorial organisations and then instituted new capital offences ( such as that for oath-taking ) which existed only in the imagination or as a result of the provocations of their own spies . |
| 15 | We must ensure that the territorials have a much more satisfactory and satisfying role in the future and that those who wish to make themselves available in such an emergency have that offer taken up and that they are readily called upon in such times of emergency . |
| 16 | Colleagues , we must ensure that the links are strengthened and not weakened . |
| 17 | There is nothing immoral about being a member of CND , but we must understand that the principles and policies of that organisation are wholly different from the principles and policies set out in the motion . |
| 18 | So we must accept that the creatures we will encounter in the Scottish hills are not the stuff of big game hunters ' after-dinner bragging , but they are varied and thrilling in their discovery nonetheless . |
| 19 | Yet if we are to be realistic in our starting-point we must accept that the relationships which give rise to nuclear catastrophe are likely to be relationships between sovereign states , each able to possess and deploy armed force for their own interests . |
| 20 | First , we must note that the researchers found that , for a start , the Cornell students had greater prior knowledge of both the passages studied in the experiment than the community college students . |
| 21 | ‘ We must note that the nations of Europe have evolved their national clearing and depository systems over many years and , for many reasons , they are all different from one another , ’ he says . |
| 22 | The mink has had a chequered relationship with us , but we must remember that the changes are of our own making . |
| 23 | We must remember that the signals are a means of informing the individual that their stress level is becoming uncomfortably high . |
| 24 | A number of these things that I have already raised this morning are perhaps are , er primary phase issues rather than secondary but we must remember that the pressures on secondary schools continue as in the primary phase and finally another concern which you are all very well aware of and which particularly if you 're governors you will have drawn to your attention constantly is erm the continuing concern about our educational building stock both in terms of its adequacy as regards the size and the capacity of the accommodation at , where some schools are concerned its need for repair and maintenance work and its need for adaptation to meet the new demands of the curriculum . |
| 25 | Once again , we must remember that the results are not determined only by the experimental vibration frequencies , but by various assumptions made in the course of setting up and solving the problem . |
| 26 | When we consider our reactions to old people , we must acknowledge that the barriers to empathy are considerable . |
| 27 | There are some residences , residence times , we 'll note that the units are actually millions of years . |
| 28 | In a survey of school-children , we might expect that the answers they give in an interview held in the headmaster 's study will be different from those they give at home , or out of doors . |
| 29 | We might surmise that the separations John experienced between the ages of two and seven years resulted in the development of an internal blueprint predicting that close relationships were unlikely to be sustained , and cautioning against becoming involved with others . |
| 30 | To put the matter another way , we might say that the beginnings of humans society were traumatic — that is , that they were occasioned by an overwhelmingly powerful and unexpected event for which our ancestors were not prepared by any instinctual responses of an automatic sort and which left long-lasting and indeed indelible effects on the human psyche . |