Example sentences of "we [modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may conclude with a less unusual example , from a South London family . |
| 2 | Finally , we may return to the fundamental difference between the mediation and differentiation theories of acquired distinctiveness — for the former the associations formed during distinctiveness training play a critical role , whereas for the latter these associations are essentially irrelevant . |
| 3 | If , as Paul suggests , attention to the context is a way of resolving problems , we may return to the text of Ulpian . |
| 4 | It follows that whatever conclusions we may reach about the content of the school curriculum , and however varied and flexible the curriculum itself and the examination of it may be , the curriculum should be essentially designed for comprehensive schools . |
| 5 | Overall comprehension of this order requires either a complete assimilation of all relevant information on the lines described by Descartes , or an instant of penetrating insight that we may classify as a Gift from God . |
| 6 | All these levels may be seen as controlled by the relationship of the people involved in the discourse , which we may regard as the highest level . |
| 7 | We may refer to the functions of manager , sales representative , typist , or industrial scientist , or for that matter fitter , as ‘ occupations ’ . |
| 8 | We may observe in the future a continued trend in the use of sub-contractors , consultants , and other external agencies , thus reducing the core size of currently large firms . |
| 9 | But we may expect in the long run to become as comfortable in the new clothes as we were in the old . |
| 10 | There is , for example , no Annie 's Bar where we may gossip with the mighty over a vodka — although we do have access to a well-stocked cafeteria , where the waitresses are uncommonly polite . |
| 11 | What we may recognize as a scientific principle was enunciated via the theological concept of divine immutability . |
| 12 | In this sense we may speak of a ‘ conflict or variance ’ between the rules of Law and the rules of Equity , in the language of section 25 ( sub-section 11 ) of the judicature Act 1873 ( now replaced by section 49 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 ) . |
| 13 | Where a strong subject-employment relationship does exist and influences course planning , we may speak of a ‘ professional ’ course . |
| 14 | Indeed we may speak of a ‘ new culture ’ created by modern communications , which affects everyone , particularly the younger generation , and is itself largely the result of technological advances which have created ‘ new ways of communicating , with new languages , new techniques and a new psychology ’ ( cf. |
| 15 | Bearing these caveats in mind , however , we may speculate from the evidence of this study on the changes that might improve the glycaemic control in patients with diabetes . |
| 16 | In other words , we may continue with a partial equilibrium framework . |
| 17 | Using matrix algebra we may arrive at a numerical solution for the factor premiums , where F -1 is the inverse matrix of F , . |
| 18 | Similarly , however much we may disapprove of the Nazis judging Hitler to be evil is not a satisfactory historical explanation . |
| 19 | We may scoff at the sort of community action that was represented by ducking-stools and pillories , by ‘ sending to Coventry ’ and by , in its extremest form , lynch law . |
| 20 | Holding a child responsible is not the same as making her responsible ; we may succeed in the former , without her cooperation we can never succeed in the latter . |
| 21 | In terms of the metric functions in ( 6.20 ) , we may start with the solutions U , V , W and M of ( 6.22 ) . |
| 22 | Is it not a matter of great rejoicing , wherever we may sit in the House , that throughout the past 40 years , which have seen such momentous changes as the peaceful transition from empire to Commonwealth , the ending of the cold war and the coming together of former enemies in the European Community , Her Majesty has presided over this nation unfailingly , with a dignity and devotion to duty for which we are all greatly thankful ? |
| 23 | I have got to try to outbowl him in the early matches because there is a good chance we may go into the Tests with only one spinner . |
| 24 | This is fact is a debate about personal freedom the freedom of our tenants to choose the quite legal activities that take place on their farms for whatever we may think about the merits and de-merits of angling or shooting fox hunting , these are activities that Parliament has decided are permissible . |
| 25 | First , we may think of the traditional or even oldfashioned type of man with tangible material things which belong to him — land and houses , horses and cattle , furniture and jewellery and pictures — things which he may use or destroy ( so far as that is physically possible ) ; from which he may exclude others ; which he may sell or give away or bequeath ; which , if he has made no disposition of them , will pass on his death to persons related to him . |
| 26 | Alternatively we may think of the more modern figure of a man whose wealth lies in his investments in stocks and shares . |
| 27 | This kind of decision fits the model of a ‘ weighing ’ of considerations ; we may think of the man as piling items pro and con on opposite sides of a balance and making his judgement after one side goes down . |
| 28 | We may think of the evaluation as having four foci : |
| 29 | Whatever we may think of the future , we think of the past as having been in its time as determinate as the present now is . |
| 30 | We may think of the initial photon as being absorbed , so that the molecule is excited to a ‘ virtual ’ state , whose lifetime is so short that there is effectively immediate re-emission of a photon whose energy may be different from hν by a quantum of vibrational energy . |