Example sentences of "[conj] we [vb base] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This mourning cleanses us of our false expectations and superficialities , where we try to flatten everything into a manageable world in which we are in charge . |
| 2 | A further advantage of the new Axminster sales agreement in Europe is that we can now concentrate our export sales resources on other specific markets such as America , the Middle East and the Far East , where we need to increase our ‘ call rate ’ to realise market potential . |
| 3 | One is ‘ historical ’ , where we want to know what particular motive moved a particular actor on a particular occasion . |
| 4 | Of course where we fail to reject it does not follow that speculative efficiency is true , only that these weak tests have failed to reject it . |
| 5 | However , there are very few people who know how to survey and excavate underwater , and because it tends to cost so much more than land archaeology it needs to be a very worthwhile site or we have to leave it alone ’ . |
| 6 | We are about to lose four staff on maternity leave : Jackie Cromarty , Exhibitions , Sharon Doolan , Reprographics , Moira Allan , SSL and Linda Jansen , also SSL , although we hope to see them all back in due course . |
| 7 | So maybe what we call imaginary time is really more basic , and what we call real is just an idea that we invent to help us describe what we think the universe is like . |
| 8 | God introduces us to our true selves , so that we come to recognize ourselves , and our God for the first time . |
| 9 | Liberal Democrat candidate Peter Bergg said : ‘ We have made it perfectly clear that we intend to invest lots of money in training . |
| 10 | The reason for not accepting what people call the social chapter , which is in reality the imposition of labour laws that would damage our competitiveness , is that we intend to keep our competitiveness and we are not prepared to lose our competitiveness against Japan and the United States , even though that is the express policy of the Labour party . |
| 11 | I believe that he understands more clearly than before the minimum nature of our deterrent — and that we intend to keep it . |
| 12 | Although we have tried to express these scientific impulses fairly , we hereby give notice that we intend to question them in later chapters . |
| 13 | The right hon. Gentleman knows perfectly well that the commitment on income tax is a longer-term one and that we hope to achieve it as and when conditions permit and when it is prudent to do so . |
| 14 | If the company ‘ goes under ’ , I fear R will regard the years he has spent on it as wasted , it seems to be a feature of modern society that we tend to judge who we are and what we 've achieved , even what success is , by our work above everything else . |
| 15 | Beer seems such a simple drink that we tend to take it for granted . |
| 16 | Technology is so pervasive , so much an intrinsic part of modern life , that we tend to take it for granted . |
| 17 | Fleeces are so versatile and functional these days that we tend to wear them everywhere . |
| 18 | ‘ We have discussed the possibility of doing an album or EP of covers ; the only problem I can see at the moment is that we tend to approach them all exactly the same way — speed them up . ’ |
| 19 | The second is the fact that we tend to make ourselves miserable by exploring the limits to which we can resist the temptation to go all the way . |
| 20 | The fact that we like to mind our own business in many cases is no different to everyone else . |
| 21 | ‘ I suggest that we try to put our differences aside for the next few hours and get on with the business at hand . ’ |
| 22 | All I want is the truth , the real reason why you decided to come here , why you suggested that we try to ease our differences in the first place . ’ |
| 23 | I had to interrupt her flow of catastrophes to suggest that we try to understand what was going on beneath the surface . |
| 24 | But it is not against original over-used phrases that we wish to give you the |
| 25 | No one would travel in that manner who could help it — who had time to go leisurely over hills and between hedges , instead of through tunnels and between banks ; at least those who would , have no sense of beauty so acute that we need to consult it at the station . |
| 26 | I object er er yes I would like to , I would like to er second the resolutions , this , there is er , there is er a certainly a great deal of concern within the community both those er who live within reach of , of , of , of car boot sale erm er sites in particular the ones that are regular and also the people who attend them and get ripped off , that we need to do something about er bringing er the er , er at to add , add to law into range of , of the people who of , of people who er er of of people who er sell er of people who sell those goods at these at these functions . |
| 27 | Pauline explained that our concern was not only a financial one and that we need to support our training programme to secure a healthy future . |
| 28 | Just because contemporary reality does not readily correspond to some of the classical notions of what democracy is , some twentieth-century writers have argued that we need to revise our conception of democracy itself , to suit what is realistically possible in modern advanced societies . |
| 29 | What a comment on our society , that we need to organise ourselves against vandalism and theft ! |
| 30 | They raised the question of safety validation of contractors erm but I do n't think there 's anything that we need to involve ourselves |