Example sentences of "all we [modal v] [verb] is " in BNC.

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1 All we dare claim is that we are making them better readers ’ ( p. 56 ) .
2 Chris Haskins , head of Hull-based Northern Foods , adds : ‘ Under the Thatcher regime , it was always : the market will determine everything and all we 'll do is control the money supply .
3 If somebody comes and reports to us that erm that the music 's loud , all we 'll do is refer them to Road Police Station .
4 the erm the displayed decoded it 's actually mounted next to the kit and all we 'll do is take twenty four volts out , volts out , they 'll take the , take the data off the kit itself and then just bring twenty four volts out
5 Mind you , all we 'll get is P£200 worth of traffic congestion , because HMG wo n't spend P£35 ( one donkey jacket ) on a high-speed rail link .
6 After that , all we 'll need is one definite alarm and we can follow him wherever he goes . ’
7 All we would do is transfer people from rural districts to the ranks of the unemployed in urban ones .
8 All we would ask is that any person with information comes forward . ’
9 For the present all we need do is point to the logical gap between pluralism and neutrality .
10 All we need do is experience and acknowledge our Shadow self , so that we no longer need to project it onto the outside world .
11 All we need do is ask him in .
12 Therefore , all we must hope is that Tendulkar hears the right voices in the crowd when he has edged a few seaming balls at Headingley into the gloves of the ‘ keeper and when the tiny bundle of sweaters frozen in the outfield at Middlesbrough drops a catch .
13 All we can do is plant and hope .
14 All we can do is to try and insure against the possibility of ill-judged disposal by some sort of division of labour .
15 ‘ Then I suppose all we can do is to take her one of our Christmas puddings and some holly and things , ’ said Christine sadly .
16 He added what could , with a slight dose of exaggeration , serve as the epitaph of modern Cabinet government : ‘ All we can do is press every button we 've got .
17 If we are using up to five times the energy that we really need to move , then it is hardly surprising that , after a long day , all we can do is ‘ collapse in a heap ’ !
18 However , until that stage is reached , all we can do is to ensure that the animals whose flesh we devour are given the best possible lifestyle and are then despatched as quickly and painlessly as possible .
19 All we can do is to follow our inner guidance , realize we are a part of the Earth , and we will know .
20 What they do n't seem to realise is that we do n't keep spares in the office , so all we can do is send them on to Ablex anyway , so you 'll have longer to wait .
21 Oh well , all we can do is see .
22 But , as Jon Edgson says : ‘ All we can do is start the ball rolling , after that it 's up to the individual concerned .
23 All we can do is to report observations at national and international meetings where the keenest , most dedicated enthusiasts gather .
24 All we can do is try and make sure we 've assessed the risks correctly . ’
25 This is unfair criticism — Gooch produces a mass of indicative , albeit necessarily speculative , evidence in favour of his hypothesis — but nevertheless it is true that our knowledge of the past is and has to be based on the artefacts surviving from that past : lacking the artefacts , all we can do is make an educated deduction .
26 Until then all we can do is wait … and wonder .
27 All we can do is guess .
28 He says : ‘ The fans have been frustrated because we have n't scored but all we can do is to try and put it right .
29 ‘ Then all we can do is keep our eyes open for the next couple of days , and you see that your doors are locked and bolted at night . ’
30 All we can do is wait for it to pass through .
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