Example sentences of "we [det] [vb base] [that] [pron] be " in BNC.

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1 I am very sure that you will agree with me , if I may borrow a phrase from Joyce , that we all hope that it 's not at all unlikely that George Craig will come again to preach .
2 We all know that we are under the microscope after various events in the past , but I think we can control ourselves ’ .
3 ‘ But deep down we all know that we are faced today not with realities and images .
4 Nell dies in mid-winter , far from home ; but we all know that she is homeward bound and will see another and better spring :
5 Yet in our bones we all know that there is such a thing as national character , even if only a fool or a racist would attempt to define its precise ingredients .
6 We all know that there is some disturbance outside — you have already said that you will make a statement on that — but it is unusual for the doors not to be locked by this stage in a Division .
7 This is a matter of personal conscience and what every member in the council chamber today must be aware of , is that there is a vociferous and committed group of people we know that because we 've all had a great deal of communication from them and interestingly enough I have and most of the communication I 've had has been in favour so victory , people who write must be extremely perceptive in , with er marketing the that 's not the point , we all know that there is a committed and vociferous group of people whose consciences do not lead them to the same conclusions as Mr 's conscience and the issue really is , do we in a liberal and democratic society have the right to impose our consciences on those of other people who live in the community and quite clearly and quite determinedly take a different view .
8 We all know that there 's a fundamental divide within the Conservative party which no amount of packaging can camouflage , although the packing last time round perhaps er was n't quite as good as it could have been .
9 We , like the Kalam of New Guinea , distinguish jays and crows , or red deer and roes ; but whether the two kinds of native oak in Britain are one species or two is a problem , and certainly we all know that there are more differences between different breeds of dogs than there are between some distinct species of animals .
10 We all know that there are crimes for which the penalties go up to life imprisonment , but that does not seem to cover the point raised so eloquently by my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow , Shettleston ( Mr. Marshall ) .
11 Now ladies and gentlemen we all know that there are certain parts of the body that it is quite natural that we like to protect
12 To spend corporate money telling us that ‘ it is n't so ’ when we all know that it is , insults our intelligence as well as endangering our lives .
13 He says that there should be an increased capital allowance for this year , cunningly saying that it would cost nothing in the first year ; that is equivalent to saying that the bill is in the post , as we all know that it is paid after 12 months .
14 However , we all know that it is important and that it is the driving force of structure .
15 Erm , Local Government and Local Council work is often seen as being very drab and indeed we all know that it 's becoming probably less exciting nowadays with the constraints that there are and what Councils still require er in abundance are characters , people who bring a bit of excitement to Council affairs w i at whatever level and I think that one thing that has is character , sadly missing in so many younger politicians I must say .
16 We all stress that we 're living in an emergency stage , not just politically but even more economically .
17 Then we got onto the subject , you know , the plague we a , we all reckon that it 's gon na come back .
18 We all believe that it is the faculty of language which has enabled the human race to develop diverse cultures , each with its distinctive social customs , religious observances , laws , oral traditions , patterns of trading , and so on .
19 Or perhaps lawyers and judges all accept the proposition as obviously true though not true by convention : perhaps the consensus is a consensus of independent conviction , the way we all accept that it is wrong to torture babies or to convict people we know are innocent .
20 ‘ But I think we both know that there 's little likelihood of that .
21 ‘ It 's true that I had the opportunity to be alone in the office , and we both know that I was angry and said a lot of things in the heat of the moment … but would I really be this vindictive ? ’
22 We both know that it was por bem . ’
23 ‘ There 's no need to make excuses , ’ she said harshly , ‘ we both agree that it was a mistake .
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