Example sentences of "we be [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way in which some of the subsidies work is ludicrous , but had we been there at the beginning , we might have been able to reform it so that it could work to our advantage . |
| 2 | We are rather at the point of arguing that the state , and in particular its bureaucracy , may be free from subordination and manipulation by the ruling class in order to preserve its interests in the long run and as a whole . |
| 3 | ‘ We are right in the middle of watching one of our favourite programmes , ’ Mr Wormwood said . |
| 4 | It will probably start on Boxing Day when we are right in the middle of winter . |
| 5 | So I 'm not a for a moment suggesting that some rules and regulations are n't needed and I think that er the trouble is that every rule and regulation that is passed in this house , there 's always an excuse for it and there 's usually a very good reason for it , but that is the problem that the government faces and it 's quite fairly er a problem the treasury face when they introduce these statutory instruments because er no one can disagree that fraud must be stamped out , all I 'm actually saying is that unfortunately upstairs we have a deregulation bill going ahead at all pace with hundreds of clauses and hundreds of new rules to try and red hundreds of new clauses to reduce the number of rules and here we are downstairs on the floor we have passing for very good reason perhaps , more rules and regulations and there are four more tonight and I believe that every government department Madam deputy speaker , has a minister specially appointed to keep an eye on deregulation and I just wondered although er my honourable friend on the front bench mentioned that er the even the D T I minister responsible for deregulation has looked at these , I wonder if there is a minister in the treasury , they 've actually put a minister in the treasury responsible for deregulation or is the ministry actually above deregulation because I think that er I got the impression that the that every ministry would have a deregulation minister and I think it would be rather useful to know who the deregulation minister is in the treasury . |
| 6 | We are either in the situation ourselves or we are likely to know someone who is . |
| 7 | I think we should be saying , that whilst we agree with the site in outline , we are completely against the proposed usage of that site . |
| 8 | We are clearly past the worst of the unemployment increases , but we are likely to see some erratic figures for a time . ’ |
| 9 | We are also considering the implications of quality systems such as BS 5750 and Total Quality Management for our quality auditing approach ; |
| 10 | We are also at an advantage in having a Data Protection Act , which is more use in practice than a vague bill of rights . |
| 11 | It 's a business that is increasingly professional in its approach , because we are also in a business where we have to convince our clients that we know as much about what we do in our companies as they know about theirs . |
| 12 | We are also in the realms of unconscious choice . |
| 13 | We are also in the process of introducing a new Certificate in Professional Development . |
| 14 | ‘ We are also in the process of asking the county council and city council for support . ’ |
| 15 | You might get the occasional guest who notices a camera in the foyer or speaker in the restaurant but we are nearly into the twenty-first century and high tech equipment does not have to be offensive . |
| 16 | We are already in a position to give reasons for many of the cases of uneven distribution , where an adjective is grammatical in one of the two positions but not in the other , beyond simply making some such observation as " the following adjectives are unacceptable in predicative position " . |
| 17 | Mr Kneeshaw said : ‘ We will have to look at the offer along with the rugby club because the offer was made to joint clubs but we are firmly against a buy-out . ’ |
| 18 | And when it comes to other creatures , we are increasingly at a loss . |
| 19 | Perhaps the strongest statements to this effect can be found in the report relating to Jasmine Beckford 's death : ‘ We are strongly of the view that social work can in fact be defined only in terms of the functions required of it by their employing agency operating within a statutory framework ’ ( London Borough of Brent , 1985 , p. 12 ) . |
| 20 | The Cleveland Inquiry ( Secretary of State for Social Services , 1988 ) noted that : ‘ It has been impossible from the evidence provided to the Inquiry to arrive at any consensus or to obtain any reliable figures of the general prevalence of sexual abuse of children in the country or in Clevelend ’ ( p.4 ) and later comments that : ‘ We are strongly of the opinion that great caution should be exercised at the present time in accepting percentages as to the prevalence and incidence of sexual abuse . |
| 21 | Accordingly your refusal to concur in Robertson 's telegram is approved and you are requested to inform SAC that we are strongly of the opinion that such contemplated violation of agreed Anglo-American policy can not be justified on grounds of administrative expediency . " |
| 22 | Hungry as we are today for the luxury of authenticity and for visual elegance , we find that the Potter 's work makes enticing reading : " How delicious to a schoolboy 's healthy appetite sixty years ago , was a potted meat at breakfast in my grandmother 's old Wiltshire home . |
| 23 | But I honestly do think that we are probably at the very bottom of the list for help for women amongst the 12 EC countries — we are certainly regarded so in Europe ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ It was youthful adrenalin , which we still have in a way and that is why we are probably in a group , ’ says Gedge . |
| 25 | President George Green says : ‘ Global marketing is an important area of development and we are probably in a better position than any other publishing group . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We are probably in the last days of this authority and we want to make sure our schemes and aspirations come to fruition . ’ |
| 27 | When we discover that e-mail does not necessarily work like that , we are temporarily at a loss as to what to do about it . |
| 28 | We are softly up the stairs and into our room with less noise than a pair of cat burglars . |
| 29 | ‘ We are just at a point if we have anything to say , we really could not , ’ the company told Reuter , but it did say that it had hired Morgan Stanley & Co as its ‘ financial consultant , ’ along with Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette , but declined to say whether the investment banks are underwriters for a stock offering . |
| 30 | ‘ We are just at the beginning of the worldwide epidemic and the situation is still very unstable . |