Example sentences of "[adj] we [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To feel this we need to be sure that other people are making similar sacrifices or , if they are not , that there are acceptable grounds for their not doing so . |
| 2 | To do this we need to be alert to the processes going on within society and the economy , what range of alternatives is available , who can and should take part in the decision-making process , and what the effects of the various possible outcomes might be . |
| 3 | The reasons for this we consider to be legitimate business affairs . |
| 4 | Erm , that 's about the cheapest we seem to be able to get that one . |
| 5 | The premises of the inference are a large number of statements of the kind , ‘ Raven x was observed to be black at time t ’ , and all these we take to be true . |
| 6 | I think that so far as possible we need to be able to encourage the civic authorities to take whatever is the appropriate interest . |
| 7 | It is a sad day when we are grateful for not being abused in this house , but it 's about all we have to be thankful for until this wretched system is altered , root and branch . |
| 8 | I am convinced that the works on view in the museums and those we consider to be exceptional , do not represent the finest achievements in the world . |
| 9 | So first we need to be sure that the other record is in fact reliable and , second , we need to remember how little total evidence we have from the ancient past . |
| 10 | This knowledge is unfortunately of little help in actually factorising f and in general we have to be content with approximation methods . |
| 11 | He was very considerate like that — and he taught us girls a thing or two we lived to be grateful for later on , I can tell you . ’ |