Example sentences of "that we [modal v] speak of " in BNC.
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1 | We were representatives of so many branches of sciences that we used to speak of ourselves , in a jocular way , as a British Association , in miniature , for the amusements of science . |
2 | But , even assuming , first , that the oppression has indeed been lifted , second , that we can speak of , and know , a time when that desire was ever free , and third , that we can speak meaningfully of a ‘ natural ’ or a ‘ liberated ’ desire ( and my argument questions all three assumptions ) , even assuming all this , liberated desire would still always be different from its pre-oppression counterpart . |
3 | It is in this sense that we can speak of Prussian hegemony : her economic strength , her size population and political weight inevitably resulted in putting a Prussian stamp on the new Germany . |
4 | Does this increase in variation mean that we can speak of a specifically ‘ local ’ politics , and if so is this based around local issues and is it generated through local processes ? |
5 | It is arguable , with some hope of success , that we can speak of a choice or a decision as an effect and not be committed to there having been a causal circumstance which was required for it , and speak of an action as an effect and need not be committed to there having been a causal circumstance that was — roughly speaking — prior in time to the agent 's initial neurophysiological activity . |
6 | It is in this sense that we can speak of students forming their own ideas . |