Example sentences of "we be [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Hopefully , I know we 've got problems with those er colleagues who lost their jobs since that time , but we now feel that we are providing the best advice , the best service in respect of advising members on and the acquired rights directive .
2 The problem of thinking we are attaching the same meaning to a word or action when we may not be can be appreciated humorously .
3 And that is the reason I think why we are called the dirty man of Europe .
4 I think really what we want to do is to decide whether or not we are using the annual report as a a list of jobs that we did last year .
5 Thus , a quantum theory of gravity is essential if we are to describe the early universe and then give some explanation for the initial conditions beyond merely appealing to the anthropic principle .
6 Does the Secretary of State accept that urgent action is needed in the west midlands if we are to halt the worst fall in manufacturing investment in history ?
7 The image which traditionally represents the event is not the whirlpool of flags , horses and brave knights confronting the Asiatic intruders — instead we are given the sentimental image of a young , mournful maiden nursing wounded Serbs .
8 In order to give you even more help , we are foregoing the annual renewal commission with certain life insurers .
9 Mr Hughes , MEP for Durham , said : ‘ Events of this sort are essential if we are to reverse the growing tide of racism and fascism sweeping Europe .
10 Hannon also saddled four winners on Wednesday and the stable 's long-serving travelling head lad Taffy Williams quipped : ‘ We are taking the stable cat to the races tomorrow , and Mr Hannon is sure he 'll win too ! ’
11 At least accident should occur so I 'm asking for a review of those to see if we ha we are buying the right vehicle or not .
12 If we serve bad-for-you foods at home we affect our own hearts , certainly , but worse still , we are serving the wrong food to our families .
13 In other words , we are seeing the same film , but it is the negative that is now being presented to us .
14 It holds more true of some of us than of others , that in the struggle to make it new we are writing the same book all our lives ; and with Dostoevsky this truth is very true .
15 In fact I think it possible that in the context of hi-jacking we are developing the anti-tank weapon — one which is largely a moral weapon and lies mainly in the hands of political authority .
16 I am certain that we are developing the correct framework for tackling important issues , and that we will be able to accommodate developments in new technology as they become available .
17 The ICAEW Guidance notes dealing with changes in professional appointments ( date 1.85 ) require that we should notify the other accountants that we are undertaking the corporate finance work unless the client gives a valid reason why such notice should not be given .
18 Training 's the first thing that goes , in a recession , that 's the first thing that people cut , and not only , well we are achieving the fixed amount of income that we 're obliged to in order to make previous reductions , but we 're certainly not covering costs .
19 It is vitally important , if we are to improve the mathematical attainment of our society , that the educational purposes of formative and diagnostic assessment , which seek to improve the teaching , take precedence over the monitoring and evaluative purposes , which at best merely seek to describe .
20 So whether we are considering the current practice of representation in relation to individual representatives , or in relation to parties and those who vote for them , it is clear that popular control and accountability are at best very weakly embodied in that practice .
21 This is a pretty staggering statistic which we should remember when we are considering the relative risk , then and now .
22 Finally , if we are seeking the complementary function of the equations , we write x proportional to exp unc and obtain unc as the equations determining unc and the ratio unc In abbreviated form this can be written
23 We gladly accept all these rightful strictures and if we are to enjoy the same success with councils we have to accept their bye-laws , too .
24 We are urging the international community to take decisive action on debt relief , the liberalisation of world trade and support for good government .
25 we are , we are encouraging the rich peasant , I mean we want you to settle down and become rich and , although we have this ultimate aim of socialization , collectivization , we 've got to industrialize first and that , that is a long time off .
26 We are experiencing the same sort of trend today as in Victorian times , when religious puritanism led to the editing out of potentially sexual and embarrassing aspects of Andersen 's tales , ’ said Professor Glyn Jones .
27 The purpose of general management is to try and ensure that in the city that we are getting the best value we can from the health resources that are in the city , and I have the authority now , and the responsibility to spend the budget that I 've had allocated from the Oxfordshire Health Authority , by Gerald Simon who 's the general manager .
28 But , in our enthusiasm to discover our heritage , we are ruining the very scenery we go to enjoy , damaging natural habitats , wearing down footpaths , disturbing wildlife , polluting the air and dropping litter .
29 In ( 5.29 ) we are discounting the t-year cash flow ( coupon payment and/or principal repayment ) by the corresponding t-year spot yield .
30 We are monitoring the entire town to find out how preventative measures can influence the way people live .
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