Example sentences of "we [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally we regret any rise in bankruptcies , but let us remember the strengths of British industry , which has increased exports in the past 10 years by more than France , Germany , the United States or Japan — The hon. and learned Gentleman does not like that answer because he wants to talk Britain down . |
| 2 | We regret any inconvenience caused to readers and to Cork Gully , whose Senior Insolvency Manager wrote the article . |
| 3 | I do n't care if we lose all night now , as long as she bleeding ! |
| 4 | However , if we do n't and we say we 're lily white but the prosecution solicitor , prosecution witnesses , are all bent , then we lose that shield and they can say , hey you 're not lily white , you 're bent as well . |
| 5 | commitment to sending them to college , so we lose one day a week for a start . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ We lose one staff week by monitoring Sunday trading . |
| 7 | If the French cut it , we 're on our own , so if we lose these crossroads , the Crapauds have won the damned campaign . ’ |
| 8 | If we do n't modernize we lose competitive edge and have to make men redundant , and if we do modernize we have to make men redundant because we do n't need 'em any more . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ even If we lose 10,000 brain cells a day from the time we are born , we have started with so many that the total number lost by the age of 60 would be less than 3 Per cent . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If we lose this service it will be extremely serious for the airport . ’ |
| 11 | If we lose this factory , we will lose 10 other industries . |
| 12 | When we lose this balance , each of us has a tendency to consider the present moment not only as unique but as autonomous . |
| 13 | ‘ If we lose this seat , ’ says the Shildon lad , ‘ we 're in trouble . ’ |
| 14 | Naturally we lose some points at the beginning and end ( four in this case ) but this may not be of great importance in a long series . |
| 15 | Have not we heard planted questions this afternoon that have contained carefully worked-out statistic after statistic ? |
| 16 | Or something perhaps … moving through space forwards but back at the same time , as if I consisted of anti-matter for ever cancelled out … as if in all our words and gestures , acts and attitudes we effected some sort of parallel penetration into whatever had originated them , their primeval atom , with built-in unstableness. ( 107–108/303–4 ) |
| 17 | We commend close attention to the way time is used in the curriculum . |
| 18 | Thus we commend the Bible to be read by the Churches and by Christian families in their homes , as nourishment for their souls , and not to be separated from the sacrament in the liturgy ; we commend modern translations , into the various languages , as a help to understanding ; we commend the people who have the duty of seeking to interpret the Bible in terms of the modern scientific view of the world ; and remind the Churches that all knowledge is of God and therefore that scientific discovery is also part of His work ; and so the world will be brought to know God as its Maker , and the Cross as timeless . |
| 19 | First we raise one index and contract it with the remaining covector index to give . |
| 20 | Even if we raise twenty pounds a performance for it . |
| 21 | Finally then , as feminists , it is vital that we raise these issues in our trade unions , our work , our political parties and at local grass-roots level , insisting that feminist demands are incorporated into the general political strategy and so broadening the socialist perspective . |
| 22 | But we know that people disagree to some extent about the right principles of behaviour , so we distinguish that requirement from the different ( and weaker ) requirement that they act in important matters with integrity , that is , according to convictions that inform and shape their lives as a whole , rather than capriciously or whimsically . |
| 23 | For our purposes , however , no harm will be done if we distinguish two uses of ‘ I believe that … ’ . one in which it expresses the tentative belief that what is specified by the following wording is so , the other in which it expresses the belief or awareness that the speaker has the belief . |
| 24 | It is difficult to capture accurately the complex patterns of motivation that produce an individual 's actions but I think the position of Paisley , Beattie , Foster , and others can be better understood if we distinguish motivational background and front stage . |
| 25 | We distinguish three reasons why governments may wish to nationalize industries . |
| 26 | Why are we seeing this lack of grace ? |
| 27 | We met each other at the same art gallery in Milford Haven and the vibe was just right . ’ |
| 28 | We met each other at the same art gallery in Milford Haven and the vibe was just right . ’ |
| 29 | Sometimes we met other travellers and conversation with them enlivened the boredom : merchants , wandering friars , the occasional hunting party , clerics or landless men looking for labour . |
| 30 | As before , a guard accompanied me to the barracks ; but this time , on the way back , we met two officers : it was exactly what I had hoped for . |