Example sentences of "[noun] we [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course we must , but at the same time we must endeavour to retain the practices and methods we know are right for our children . |
| 2 | ‘ The remedies we examined were all equally good and should relieve the classic symptoms of a hangover , ’ said Sue Leggate , editor of Which ? . |
| 3 | The organizations we studied were involved in a widely differing range of activities . |
| 4 | ‘ None of the animals we keep are dangerous and they 're no problem if they 're well looked after . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The recession has had a severe impact upon the advertising market but by sheer hard work , backed by increasing readership we have been able to increase revenues over our last financial year — we would like to have done better but we are pleased to have held our own in a difficult market . ’ |
| 6 | Later in the programme we ask are positive discrimination and chauvinism thriving in the Labour Party ? |
| 7 | Our first ride lasted for just 45 minutes ; most of the drivers we met were considerate and took notice of the ‘ Slow please , young horse message emblazoned on my tabard . |
| 8 | This is a tough remit but then the student trainers we selected are tough — a battle hardened crew from the cultural interface , who are either full-time interpreters or language teachers — and of whom I am inordinately proud . |
| 9 | All the computers we consider are general-purpose , at least in theory , although they may be oriented towards particular application areas . |
| 10 | They are not intended to be narrowly restrictive , ‘ only-possible ’ solutions : instead , you should find that they suggest what kinds of factors you ought to be identifying in your analysis , and the range of possible solutions we think are sensible . |
| 11 | Three quarters of the teenagers we questioned were unhappy with sex education at school . |
| 12 | So far in this chapter we have been concerned with the determinants and consequences of collective bargaining structures as they appertain on an inter-country basis at national level . |
| 13 | In this chapter we have been concerned with interpreting patterns of variation in speech communities with reference to the norms that can be shown to exist at varying levels of abstraction and generality . |
| 14 | In this chapter we have been concerned with the sharp end of the political process — with the institutions on which rests the job of maintaining order and of enforcing the decisions of the political process , however reached , on any citizens or foreign persons who do not voluntarily accept them . |
| 15 | Yes , I suppose he is but I mean those two those pictures we bought were hundred and twenty and I mean they 're they 're only done by somebody in the village . |
| 16 | Again unlike South Africa , many of the homes we saw are owner-occupied . |
| 17 | Erm forty six thousand figure we feel is acceptable in that we still have to make environmental releases in the greenbelt , but erm the net outward movement would not hinder our urban regeneration . |
| 18 | From our study we have been able to show that at least 5% ( 6/122 ) of patients will not have polyps at 30 years of age on sigmoidoscopy and , as only 36/ 123 in our series were shown to definitely have polyps under 30 years , the real figure may be somewhat higher . |
| 19 | ‘ Months we 've been open , and not one enquiry , and the minute we do get one we ca n't take her in ! |
| 20 | ‘ We were granted ownership of the building in March and in just three months we have been able to get it ready . ’ |
| 21 | The large fishing vessels we saw were all well maintained with modern equipment . |
| 22 | They include a club promoter , at least one DJ and at least two dancers who 've been associated with the scene we 've been involved with for the last few years |
| 23 | One example er , a couple of examples erm , we 've worked together with the unions in Moulinex in northern France who bought Swan Kettles er which is where the G M B is erm is highly organized and er in those er meetings between the unions in , in Moulinex and Swan we 've been able to see the disparity between the conditions and the wages and be able to speak about ways in which people can go back to their , to their er workplace and work on that with that knowledge . |
| 24 | Since the passing of the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act we have been able to feel reasonably secure the open countryside would not be built upon . |
| 25 | Moderator I , one two eight six , I wondered whether a word from south of the border might be in order because in recent years in the Church of England we 've been busy discussing the theological foundations and the practical discipline in respect of several matters which fall under the general heading of Christian initiation and indeed we have been experimenting a bit here and there . |
| 26 | Using the Far Western assay coupled with the LZ competition assay we have been able distinguish between bZIP proteins that dimerise with CREB through the leucine zipper and other proteins that bind to CREB independently of the leucine zipper . |
| 27 | And I think that we are very lucky in the very high calibre of non-executive directors we 've been able to attract . |
| 28 | However , I use an overhead projector in the course of my job and the pens we use are washable , so I thought these might be a suitable substitute . |
| 29 | The grass cutting we get is appalling . |
| 30 | ‘ Obviously the return we get is good in public relations terms , but what I 'm searching for is a better quality of recruit . ’ |