Example sentences of "we [modal v] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having said that , the vague possibility that we may end this season by finishing bottom and going out of the League remains incomprehensible to me and I am at a loss to explain it . |
| 2 | We may extend this metaphor further by suggesting that our everyday experience of stress is rather like a tap which is placed over the glass and into which it drips drops of stress . |
| 3 | I think , from the way Hans , her agent you know , Hans Kramer , was speaking last night , we may effect some kind of compromise . |
| 4 | We are sometimes scared that , if we tell the other person what we think , we may hurt that person . |
| 5 | Again , if we can understand the reasons for these choices , we may go some way towards explaining that strange feeling teachers have when reading a piece of written work in which every sentence is grammatically correct , and yet there is something not quite right . |
| 6 | One day we may meet that villain , or the many like him , and have to fight for our very lives . |
| 7 | We may test this suspicion by reference to various statements concerning the perceived nature of the new Citizenship Education ( though unfortunately because of frequent postponements of its publication date , the National Curriculum Council guidance document on Citizenship as a cross-curricular theme is not available at the time of writing ) . |
| 8 | This adds up to a very substantial collection , and I hope before too long we may find another set with the Organ and Piano Concertos , along with Prêtre 's recordings of the Gloria and Stabat Mater ( the earlier one with Régine Crespin ) and the almost unknown Sept Responses des Ténèbres , a simply glorious choral and orchestral piece with Prêtre recorded in 1983 and which appeared on a Pathé Marconi LP in 1984 . |
| 9 | If , however , your Account is overdrawn we may require any amount outstanding in excess of one month 's transfer to be repaid . |
| 10 | Our passive exterior may conceal a ferocious anger at having limited our choices , and we may direct this anger into manipulating others . |
| 11 | We may write this equation as unc Equation ( 5 ) is known as a parametric solution : since we have only n — s independent relations we can determine only n — s unknowns ( y ) in terms of the remaining s quantities ( z ) , which may be regarded as arbitrary parameters in the problem . |
| 12 | If ex-post and ex-ante returns are equal , then we may rewrite this equation as follows , where and are the ex-post measures of the standard deviations of the portfolio and market returns . |
| 13 | This may be manipulated by subtracting the risk-free rate from both sides and dividing by the portfolio beta to obtain , and as we may rewrite this equation as , . |
| 14 | Perhaps , too , we may try this beer that your men find so tempting . ’ |
| 15 | We may have another woman prime Minister , but not necessarily another Margaret Thatcher . |
| 16 | At least things are moving now on 2807 and we may have more news in the near future . |
| 17 | For those of us with children , we may have more reason than just our own good health to consider in trying to find out what a healthy diet is . |
| 18 | It would be difficult to give a definitive answer , but we may have some clue . |
| 19 | ‘ We will join you downstairs and this time we may have some sort of rational discussion , ’ Alain said firmly , taking matters into his own hands . |
| 20 | We may have some desire to be appreciated for our physical appearance , but most of us would hope to be desired for what we are down inside . |
| 21 | I think we may have some news soon about Bill and Ricky . |
| 22 | We may receive some payment in September 1994 if we achieve targets . |
| 23 | We may need some conceptualization , some image , some words , if we are to speak of God ; but scarcely a picture of the universe and a history of humankind such as we have inherited in the Christian creeds . |
| 24 | As Matthew gets older and larger , we may need more help . |
| 25 | Of the scientific Discourses at the Royal Institution some were describing original research , occasionally very new as when J. J. Thomson reported in 1897 the discovery of the electron ( if we may allow that phrase ) ; others were in the nature of a review of recent work . |
| 26 | We may cancel this policy by sending 7 days notice by recorded delivery to your last known address . |
| 27 | We may cancel this policy by sending 7 days notice by recorded delivery to your last known address . |
| 28 | We may cancel this policy by sending 7 days notice by recorded delivery to your last known address . |
| 29 | We may cancel this policy by sending 7 days notice by recorded delivery to your last known address . |
| 30 | By examining the relation between these factors and workfare we may gain some insight into the likely effects on health of joining a workfare scheme . |