Example sentences of "[that] we [modal v] [verb] our " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after 30 years we are getting used to the idea that we might finish our lives together . ’ |
| 2 | It has been suggested that we might put our prayer list on the Overseas Board in church instead of the monthly missionary society 's display , or as well . |
| 3 | Both the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror said that we might take our opposition to the point of resignation . |
| 4 | But there is nowhere else that we might get our conception of the physical world from , other than perception . |
| 5 | In traditional moral thought hypocrisy , like lying , has always been detested as a sin against the fundamental principle of human communication , namely that language was given to mankind so that we may express our thoughts and feelings openly , honestly . |
| 6 | We also urge our sisters to help us reopen our educational institutions so that we may rescue our future generations from the disasters of ignorance and illiteracy which are threatening our children . |
| 7 | Let us pray that we may develop our ability to feel compassion . |
| 8 | Will my right hon. Friend undertake to arrange a debate before Christmas , or at least before the December Council of Ministers meeting on fishing , so that we may have our annual chance to discuss the state of the fishing industry in England and elsewhere in the kingdom ? |
| 9 | Let us pray that we may use our own experiences — our grief , our worries and our disappointments — to help other people cope with their problems . |
| 10 | The following are not in alphabetical or order of importance , but of convenience so that we may keep our discussion in an interesting and logical sequence . |
| 11 | All we can do is shape the means by which they approach us and the terms on which they will live with us in the time to come , that we may keep our honour and our identity , and be their free neighbours and allies , not their villeins . |
| 12 | Pour out your Spirit , Lord , upon us as we proclaim and adore the presence of your Son in the mystery of faith so that we may spend our lives in generous solidarity with everyone . |
| 13 | They were due to give a concert at the Odeon , Weston-super-Mare and it was planned that we would do our piece with the Stones on the roof . |
| 14 | But after the fire er Willy er requested you know that er the men should carry on working and , and we gave him our assurance that we would do our utmost you know , to keep the place er going . |
| 15 | Well now , because we were in the Ipswich Borough Police , we were in the fortunate position of knowing that we would serve our full thirty years in Ipswich , which enabled us to buy our own houses through building society . |
| 16 | You will remember that a decision was taken a few years ago that we would lay our track to the standard British gauge of 4′ 8½″ rather than to the Irish gauge of 5′ 3″ . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , I was determined that we would publish our Green Paper in time for a proper consultation and the preparation of legislation in the autumn . |
| 18 | I actually would hope that we would keep our allowances standard , because it allows us to do other things . |
| 19 | However , in view of the importance of the issues raised , we said that we would put our reasons into writing and deliver them at a later date . |
| 20 | With our highly flexible course structure based on a semester system , and our attention to providing our students with a high quality learning environment , we are confident that we shall retain our excellent record as a good teaching university . |
| 21 | If we do n't raise our targets , we shall stumble but I 'm absolutely confident from all the news that comes in from the field , that we shall raise our targets . |
| 22 | ‘ One prospect is that we shall lose our seat on the Security Council . ’ |
| 23 | And I came to the conclusion that we ought to develop our own music , and let the natural children of rock — the Europeans and North Americans — do their own thing . |
| 24 | In Britain the hostility of some to British political life is more explicit , with the implicit suggestion that we ought to solve our problems by handing over our powers of self government to those clever foreigners instead . |
| 25 | What is relevant is that we must overwhelm our opponent quickly and effectively . |
| 26 | One consequence of this is that we must adjust our account of the referential locus . |
| 27 | This discrepancy , however , disappears when we recognize that it is not in individual nerve impulses that we must seek our representations of the world , but in their patterns . |
| 28 | I wish to use it to reinforce the message of the forthcoming Earth Summit — that we must develop our part of the world in a more sustainable way . |
| 29 | ‘ The family , our school of life , is the Church in miniature , ’ she stated , and went on to tell us that we must recognise our unity in diversity and cherish our differences . |
| 30 | Although we would urge a total abandonment of an age limitation , those of us wearied by years of banging heads against , not so much the walls , as the balloons of officialdom ( for , eventually , walls splinter a trifle , whereas balloons bulge inwards and then return to their old shape ) , understand that we must count our blessings in small twopenny-pockets . |