Example sentences of "we [vb mod] not [verb] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the " we " -groups are exogamous , as is very often the case , the " we/they " distinction corresponds exactly to the distinction " those with whom we may not intermarry because they are of common substance with us " / " those with whom we may intermarry because they are not of common substance with us " . |
| 2 | The anti-realist does not believe in the existence of this further ‘ real ’ world which lies behind the world that we know and which may come apart from our world in ways which of course we could not recognize if they occurred . |
| 3 | The board has tried to gather information about the bid , but we could not act until we knew who to act for or against . |
| 4 | We believe political officials have responsibilities we could not defend if we had to build these directly from the ordinary requirements of individual personal morality most of us accept for ourselves and others in nonpolitical life . |
| 5 | We could not see whether it was a man or a woman , as it was completely covered with sheets . |
| 6 | ‘ We summoned the sorcerers , and we sat long nights in Council , for we knew that we dare not wait until it was time for the Ritual of the Beastline to take place ; we had to know long before that if the birth of twins into the Royal House had truly damaged the Enchantment . |
| 7 | However , the child who dances with delight upon hearing her father 's key in the lock does unmistakably believe that he is at the door , in normal circumstances , but , without asking her , we will not know if she is aware of the next day 's possible delay . |
| 8 | Thus , at night , urine flow would be low because we can not drink when we are asleep , and in the daytime our kidneys would respond to an increased fluid intake . |
| 9 | For example , the simplest desk-top computer functions through ‘ perceiving ’ shifting patterns of electrons , something which we can not do because we are not aware of electrons in everyday life . |
| 10 | A council spokesman said : ‘ We can not comment because we have n't received anything yet . |
| 11 | Whether or not he fulfilled his part as judge and lawgiver , it is very hard to say : later generations spoke of the good laws of King Edward , but we can not tell if he deserved the compliment . |
| 12 | The region of similarity between DP-1 and E2F-1 is likely to be an important part of their DNA-binding domains , but we can not distinguish whether it is involved in recognizing the E2F sequence per se or if it provides a dimerization domain which then allows sequence-specific recognition . |
| 13 | When we turn to that most distinctive feature of cave organisms , regressive evolution , we can not decide whether it is caused by selection or genetic drift ; nor can we settle whether allozymic variation is due to selection or drift . |
| 14 | Since it is difficult to find independent evidence with which to test the interpretations of their own past offered by Greek historians , we can not know whether they were ‘ really ’ being exceptionally ‘ rational ’ and ‘ scientific ’ . |
| 15 | The Outer Face : This is how other people really see us — and this is the Face we can not know unless we ask those whom we trust to tell us their true opinions . |
| 16 | The verification process is going on , but we can not say whether it 's going to be completed by any particular time . |
| 17 | But even when we can interpret the signals , we can not predict whether they will fall in love at first sight , remain indifferent , or loathe each other . |
| 18 | Four times , he said , Scots had woken up the morning after an election to find a Tory government : ‘ We can not guarantee when they wake up the morning after the election in 1997 that we will have got rid of them . ’ |