Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] we [modal v] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I 'm just praying that we can avoid the type of injuries that we got last season . |
| 2 | remember that just a few weeks ago that you were de , almost denying that we 'd have to do this sort of thing ! |
| 3 | I am not , then , when I claim that the existence of God does not need to be proved , denying that we must show it to be reasonable to believe in God . |
| 4 | By denying that we could empirically identify the linguistic framework employed by other agents ( or , indeed by ourselves ) , Quine challenged the claim that we can have a substantive prior conception of truth which can be used to formulate questions for transcendental reflection . |
| 5 | I contrasted two quotations : an epigram of Goethe , saying that through reading Plutarch he learned that we were all human beings , and a passage from Hegel denying that we can ever understand the men of classical Antiquity because they represent a different stage in the evolution of the human mind . |
| 6 | Is it not extraordinary that the Leader of the Opposition is incapable of understanding that we might frequently find that monetary and interest rate policies were wholly inappropriate to the requirements of this country if we join a single European currency ? |
| 7 | The period of foreign aid is ending and we must now cut our coat according to our cloth . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I 'd better get that washing on and think about a dinner , ’ Victoria said ; ‘ but you go along and see what 's happening and we 'll talk about that when you come back … . ’ |
| 9 | So we want to draw a picture , that 's all a graph is , a picture so it 's eas so we can get a good idea of what 's happening and we can also read off at any time . |
| 10 | Get scribblin' and we 'll sort something out . |
| 11 | He is er , strongly er , suggesting that we ought to be rather more pro-active than we either are , or than anybody is suggesting that we ought to be in the paper at number seventeen . |
| 12 | He is er , strongly er , suggesting that we ought to be rather more pro-active than we either are , or than anybody is suggesting that we ought to be in the paper at number seventeen . |
| 13 | One example , suggesting that we may be able mentally to rotate objects , was mentioned at the end of the last chapter , and a second , in this one , demonstrated that we do in fact recognize sets of similar markings ( note that a psychological demonstration that we can do something , and an account of a calculation which would enable us to do so , are quite different things ) . |
| 14 | I think Simon 's suggesting that we might benefit in terms of . |
| 15 | A , actually John was suggesting that we might talk nicely to John 's dad about the money they 've got invested in the sale of their pro , their ground . |
| 16 | I am not suggesting that we should be completely sceptical about the value of introspection . |
| 17 | Not that I 'm suggesting that we should be soft when children do wrong but that we just reverse the ratio of our attention and energy from the negative to the positive . |
| 18 | I 'm not suggesting that we should n't care about these little games and trifling details of life , for God wants us to practise on them in this world ; but I would like to see us not so strained and frantic in our concern about them . |
| 19 | Whilst that may be interesting ( and I am not suggesting that we should refrain totally from such activity ) , something more is needed if we are really to approach the Earth and the earth spirit with any depth and with any hope of useful results . |
| 20 | The result of this was a surprise telephone call from Jenny herself suggesting that we should call a meeting . |
| 21 | The Chief Officer said quite clearly last er last time that the decisions were decisions for members and members came up with a view last time that we should not remove that whole time crew from St Albans which was the one firm decision that was made at the last meeting and what Councillor is now suggesting that we should take out those twenty eight whole time fire fighters and then try and give us ten back if we 're lucky . |
| 22 | Which seem to me re re re re reasonable to be suggesting that we could lobby government , in order to say that , people with special training needs ca n't be included within the whole of the hundred per cent linked output related funding , be because the issue is that then , er they do have special training , and that 's that that 's the justification for them , that particular group . |
| 23 | Erm , in suggesting that we could use Mr 's papers as a basis for dis Mr 's order of priorities . |
| 24 | ‘ The golden rule of conduct , therefore , is mutual toleration seeing that we will never all think alike and that we shall always see Truth in fragment ( sic ) and from different angles of vision ’ . |
| 25 | If then you have invited the artists of Europe to send in plans for a Plan which we have no intention of executing , two questions will arise — the first is who will pay the Premiums which you propose to offer for these Plans , seeing that we could hardly propose to Parliament to vote Premiums for Plans that are not to be executed , and secondly whether the Artists of Europe will not think that they have been trifled with in being asked to send in Plans for an undertaking which the Govt had on consideration determined not to attempt . |
| 26 | It means learning how to create money easily and effortlessly , trusting that we will always have ‘ enough ’ . |
| 27 | It is only by experimenting that we can learn new and interesting textures . |
| 28 | Monohydrate is an alternative form which releases oxygen at lower temperatures , but has disadvantages — including that we would have to make considerable expenditure on a new plant . |
| 29 | doubting that we would ever have put ourselves out so much for you … . |
| 30 | Of course , the electorate may not be fools , and they may pass rough judgements at the polls about which party may govern " better " in the future in the light of past performance and potential promise , but there is little point in our pretending that we can " explain " voting behaviour on the basis of the electoral appeal of party programmes even though this is the way politicians and the media often tend to present the essence of electoral politics and party choice . |