Example sentences of "[verb] that we [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 N brief , I suggest that we can best understand the form of modern doctrines by situating them in a broader dialogue within liberal political philosophy concerning the relation between the citizen and the state .
4 But proving the necessity of crime requires more than showing that some things that were formerly criminal are now important parts of healthy social life ( even if we were to accept that we can objectively determine what constitutes healthy social life ) .
5 If that is how we still feel , then we must recognise that we can only think this way because the Enemy is not threatening us .
6 Realise that we should never have gone on holiday with Jack and Kate , but with Harry and Chrissie and their child .
7 There are some who say that we should immediately recognise Croatia and Slovenia because they have passed a test in respect of self-standing and self-sustenance .
8 ‘ I think I am talking for us all when I say that we will gladly work for nothing , just until matters improve , we have all been so happy here at Summer Lodge and each and every one of us would like to stay with you wherever you go . ’
9 First of all we SUFFERED that defeat last Saturday next I knacker my ankle playing on Sunday and lastly I arrive in Northampton on Monday morning to find that we could only get tickets for Arsenal end on Tuesday ( So Gavin it was n't me being escorted away by the men in black , even though it the current season does n't improve quickly I might be escorted by mem in white . )
10 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 ?
11 Lyotard holds that we can best understand the nature of the unconscious through examining precisely how it is not structured like a language , that the most important criterion of demarcation of the unconscious from the ego lies in the ways that the former does not operate as does language .
12 Alec and I realized that we would only endanger our lives by trying to extract Father from where he lay and make a night climb with him .
13 I do indeed think that we can now know almost nothing concerning the life and personality of Jesus , since the early Christian sources show no interest in either , are moreover fragmentary and often legendary .
14 At the same time I think others , or the points she raises , erm , you know are good points and I do n't think that we should just my personal feeling is that we should n't just shelve it .
15 I do not think that we should either underestimate or understate the magnitude of its consequences .
16 He thinks that we will never deal intelligently with these questions if we confuse them with questions about what is good in itself .
17 Well obviously that factor er was considered carefully by the Ministry of Defence before our Secretary of State agreed that we could safely defer the in service date for Eurofighter two thousand and adjust the the er replacement plan er back in December ninety two , so we have looked at what is the current rate of consumption of airframe life on the jaguar er what can be done economically and sensibly to keep it flying safely and effectively into the next century and er we have come to the conclusion that we have a viable plan here which can tie up with the planned rate of delivery to service of Eurofighter two thousand .
18 ‘ 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 ’ .
19 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 .
20 It means learning how to create money easily and effortlessly , trusting that we will always have ‘ enough ’ .
21 Given that artists such as Sonia Boyce , Brenda Agard and Jennifer Comrie were first brought to a wider public 's notice in these exhibitions curated by Lubaina , it is not surprising that we owe her a debt which , given the current backlash against Blackwomen 's Creativity , we fear that we may never be able to repay .
22 Should there be an upheaval in the Ingard group now , I fear that we may never know . "
23 I hoped that we could do that today , but I trust that we shall certainly have an opportunity tomorrow .
24 Dicke and Peebles argued that we should still be able to see the glow of the early universe , because light from very distant parts of it would only just be reaching us now .
25 In this address I also criticised the fashion of ‘ deconstruction ’ , and I argued that we can effectively understand the cultures of alien peoples and remote epochs , although , naturally , we can also misunderstand them .
26 Er and therefore erm I think we 'd like to some degree wait and see a bit still because er I think that you know economic circumstances of this particular moment mean that we may just have to consider that further of seeing how things progress really between now and October .
27 Unfortunately , difficulties with the environmental conditions of the area which we had intended to use mean that we will now have to modify our plans .
28 Improvements in medical technology mean that we can now keep people alive who , years ago , would have died . ’
29 doubting that we would ever have put ourselves out so much for you … .
30 Yeah jointly insured for major contingencies and potential legal liabilities , the recent re review however has highlighted that we can only insure our own legal liabilities and that we can not insure or assume responsibility for your prudential legal liabilities
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