Example sentences of "which we [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we 're also going to set up our own site , which we 'll be able to carry on on a daily basis throughout the year , so obviously the schools ca n't do it during the holidays . |
| 2 | The argument from analogy with which we shall be concerned here admits that it is possible that the objects we call persons are , other than ourselves , mindless automata , but claims that we none the less have sufficient reason for supposing this not to be the case . |
| 3 | We are moving towards a position in which we shall be able to examine the structure of discourse both in terms of surface relations of form , and underlying relations of functions and acts . |
| 4 | Placed in front of us was a large pole , inside the pole was a fuel which we would be able to make a fire with . |
| 5 | chartered surveyors Dear Mr & Mrs Smith I refer to my telephone conversation with Mrs. Smith of 23rd May and write to confirm the terms on which we would be prepared to licence you to occupy the area of garden land adjacent to your property . |
| 6 | All these can be covered by a simple set of wording in your Will which we would be happy to provide . |
| 7 | These are activities which we would be unable to perform without a detailed knowledge of their personal circumstances , and trying to persuade them auditing is even necessary or that anything has changed since Uncle Albert 's day , is nigh on impossible and certainly not an adequate reason for an additional fee . |
| 8 | We can define the unknown in broad terms — " What would increase our margins here ? " — and this is really defining a search area In essence a question tells us the answer with which we would be satisfied : if our thinking can get us to this point we can stop that line of thinking . |
| 9 | That is a conclusion to which we would be reluctant to come unless we were constrained to do so by higher authority directly in point , of which we are satisfied there is none . |
| 10 | But it would be very interesting if er you had a positive er proposal or something constructive to make which we might be able to examine , but I can tell you at the end of the day money is required and this government wo n't allow to spend er , the money that er we have got er er erm at the moment that we could , er use but they wo n't let us . |
| 11 | No method is likely to eradicate the stock altogether , for which we should be grateful . |
| 12 | As Ferrini laments , this is a case in which we must be content to practise the ars nesciendi . |
| 13 | The only way in which we can be convinced that the situation in South Africa is getting better is by abolishing all the racist laws , doing away with the whole system of apartheid , allowing every adult to be able to decide on their own future , in other words universal adult suffrage . |
| 14 | In short , we now have a wealth of riches of which we can be proud . |
| 15 | There are already several institutions of which we can be proud , and I understand that Cardiff may have a centre for the performing arts in the form of a new opera house . |
| 16 | It also reflected philosophical scruples since it was n't obvious how a mechanical device could be conscious and , as Descartes is famous for pointing out , the only thing of which we can be certain is that we are conscious . |
| 17 | That is not something of which we can be certain . |
| 18 | The main problem associated with this approach is the difficulty of judging how far a rise or fall in the number of inhabitants was the vital factor in bringing about those changes of which we can be certain , notably those in wage and price levels . |
| 19 | which we can be sure , or think we can be sure , of biological connection is always very narrow ; but sociological kinship , which depends only on our willingness to slot individuals into particular verbal categories , can be extended as far as we like , or rather as far as local convention requires , and that may be thousands of miles and include many thousands of individuals . |
| 20 | The excitement of the Camphill Project , the expansion of the congregation to swell the numbers in both morning services on a Sunday and the continuous flow of new members into the church are all things for which we can be glad and rejoice , because God is at work . |
| 21 | But though desire determines actions in this way , there nevertheless is , argues Hobbes , a sense in which we can be free . |
| 22 | We would be giving future generations an inheritance of which we could be proud , and which we would surely be proud to pass on . |
| 23 | Until very recently , death was an issue which we could be certain about . |
| 24 | Researchers working on the biochemistry of learning and memory needed to develop new model systems , in which the changes we sought to identify would be big enough to be measured , yet in which we could be sure that they were n't simply artefacts . |
| 25 | To me I thought we were doing , individual projects which we 'd be able to be update in a loose-leaf format |