Example sentences of "[noun sg] that we [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think probably Chairman , it 's the best deal that we could get in the circumstances . |
| 2 | As suggested by one formidable opponent of the views in question ( also the author of the objection having to do with understanding Chinese ) we do not so understand consciousness that we can believe that it must be possessed by a set of water pipes , paper clips , and old beer cans , provided that they instantiate a certain programme . |
| 3 | So , giving reasons for our thoughts and actions does not perhaps have the solidity and universality that we might believe . |
| 4 | Is not that the best investment that we can make in the long-term future for that troubled area ? |
| 5 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that most sensible people in Britain recognise that expenditure on our nuclear deterrent is about the best and safest investment that we can make , especially in view of the alarming situation in Russia and the break-up of the former Soviet Union ? |
| 6 | There is something in the British character which predisposes us to push to the limit , and beyond , the resources of self-deception to create the illusion that we can enjoy incompatible advantages simultaneously and secure a prize without paying the price for it . |
| 7 | Well it 's not in any dictionary that we can find |
| 8 | ‘ NatWest had been told that merchant banking was a good idea , but I do n't think they thought much beyond that , with the result that we could plough our own furrow , ’ he says . |
| 9 | I 'm promised by our very reliable agent that we 'll receive the excessively handsome sum of fifty guineas , in the form of a draft from Paris , for the two letters from Molière to his lady love . ’ |
| 10 | His father Allan told the High Court : ‘ Whatever differences we have had as a family we are all of a mind that we would like what is best for Tony . |
| 11 | ‘ There is not a shred of doubt in my mind that we will win , ’ he says . |
| 12 | Bear in mind that we can keep changing our goals — but unless we have a destination in mind , we are unlikely to set off at all . |
| 13 | in mind that we should have another one but er |
| 14 | we , we , we , we , we 've , we 've , we 've got one decision I think which we are making , which is that we should n't at the moment , make any recruitment until we 've got confirmation that we can guarantee employment next year , se , secondly I think we 're saying that the first appointment that we do want to make is of a complaint examiner , and that if further investigators leave us , then we would n't be seeking to replace them as investigators , we 'd be seeking to replace with the complaint examiner , that , that , that , |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ Ever since work started on the re-design of the front area we have been living in fear that we will come back on Monday morning and they will have put bricks through the windows again . ’ |
| 17 | We give birth surrounded by people who reflect our own fear that we will lose control and that our animal self will burst forth noisily and messily . |
| 18 | Now clearly , we 're not going to pretend that there are n't going to be problems in the future that we may have to address . |
| 19 | So Steve and myself are er have done a done a bid that we should know today whether or not it 's going to the main group , and if it goes to the main group , there 's a great chance it 'll be accepted . |
| 20 | And what 's impressive is they 're doing research that we should have been doing for years ! |
| 21 | There is no empirical research that we can accept as reliable . |
| 22 | ‘ That experiment was an indication that we should continue . |
| 23 | Superswim organiser Shiela Joplin said : ‘ We have had no indication that we will have to take the Superswim away from Eston Baths . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , we have made a lot of progress in recent years , and as I shall describe , there are some grounds for cautious optimism that we may see a complete theory within the lifetime of some of those reading these pages . |
| 25 | It is against this background of a highly anomalous solvent possessing some kind of possible patterning effect that we must consider the homoeopathic potencies . |
| 26 | What Thucydides and his contemporaries were doing was ‘ challenging ’ social dogma , not simply ‘ readjusting ’ it , and it is in this characteristic of classical Greek scholarship that we can identify the crucial consequence of acquiring literacy . |
| 27 | It is in this light that we must view post-war regional population trends . |
| 28 | It is because there is so much potential in individuals that even the largest degree of stretch that we can put on them still leaves plenty more capacity , provided it is applied gradually , like stretching elastic ; and I believe this is a prime feature of an organization which utilizes the skills of its people . |
| 29 | That automatically internally within or within which is the company for medical practices , creates a financial figure that we would like to see achieved . |
| 30 | Should the nature of the decision-maker be conclusive as to the scope of review that we should adopt ? |