Example sentences of "[adv] we [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We try to plan well in advance , but obviously we have to be flexible .
2 So we need to be able to address those different requirements .
3 So we need to be clear as to what we define as violence , and how we see violence in society .
4 it is radical because at the time when I took over we needed to be radical .
5 And having earned more and kept more we needed to be good housekeepers .
6 But clearly we have to be careful to ensure that evidence for one phenomenon is not , either by accident or design , adduced in respect of another .
7 All that we have described so far we believe to be common to visionary leadership in general .
8 Now we have to be careful with the word ‘ redemptive ’ because in a final way only Christ 's sufferings can be deemed truly redemptive ; but I feel that we can make guarded use of the term .
9 What do we already do well that the National Curriculum planners have neglected — remembering that if we think we do something well we need to be able to look closely , give reasons , describe in detail .
10 They might , in some cases , indicate a facility of explicitness , but even here we have to be careful since what is or is not explicit is always relative .
11 If we 're talking about using this sy er type of system for running mission critical systems where if the database goes down the business stops running and starts losing money , then we need to be able to run twenty four hours a day seven days a week .
12 So once we 're through that we need to be able to say okay , if there is a significant shift in the mix of work , then we need to be able to quantify exactly what that is .
13 It does strike me though as a that A that one of the basic points is that if this is going in as structure plan guidance then we have to be satisfied that these are in fact criteria which can operate at the strategic level .
14 And yet we want to be able to exploit new opportunities and new technologies as they come along to get the best out of our systems for our businesses .
15 Accordingly we tend to be friendly with one another , there being a general recognition that we all benefit rather from mutual support than ferocious competition .
16 ‘ That 's why we have to be sure before he goes back . ’
17 If we are to begin to consider the second part of this question seriously we need to be able to specify what are the ‘ relevant facts of the context of utterance ’ .
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