Example sentences of "we [modal v] [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If our climate continues to be as mild as it has been for the last couple of winters we may yet challenge our French and German competitors ! ’ |
| 2 | When we destroy this ‘ genetic bank ’ we may also kill our hope for feeding our planet in the future . |
| 3 | I think we may well find your daughter now . ’ |
| 4 | I believe that we are evolving — we 've done our physical evolution , I suppose , though we may eventually lose our appendix or the little toe . |
| 5 | We may still find our attention distracted by thoughts of home , family or whatever . |
| 6 | We ought not to think her departure worthy of editorial attention . |
| 7 | When we observe this , we should either refresh his mind by saying something with becoming liveliness or something calculated to arouse great wonder and amazement , or even grief and lamentation . |
| 8 | In addition to the role of the military in the policy-making process , we should also consider its importance as an executor of policy . |
| 9 | ‘ He would see no reason why we should not make our contribution to the royal coronation . ’ |
| 10 | I have therefore decided that we should not change our stance on this matter . |
| 11 | We should not forget our animal origins or our brain 's capacity to malfunction or the hidden potential of the unconscious mind . |
| 12 | As he never questioned the basic principles of Roman expansion , we should not waste our time in trying to decide whether or not he approved of the destruction of Carthage . |
| 13 | Scepticism can be a lazy belief , and we should not allow our train of thinking to be shunted off into this old siding . |
| 14 | ‘ But — but would that mean we should n't have our Pack Meetings each week , Trusty ? ’ she asked in a tone that meant she just could n't believe in such an awful thing happening . |
| 15 | But if we find Flaubert naïve or — more likely — unsuccessful , we should n't patronise his seriousness or his bold loneliness . |
| 16 | In ridding the game of these hangers-on we should perhaps take our lead from cricket , a game nobody watches . |
| 17 | The dialectical method of reasoning he borrowed from Engel ; and we should never under-estimate its importance in being a fundamental break with the tradition of Western philosophy . |
| 18 | Of course we must not forget our island jewels of Sardinia , Sicily , Elba , Ischia , Lipari and Capri . |
| 19 | Yet we must not get their faith in witchcraft and magic out of proportion . |
| 20 | In a multicultural society , we must not allow our idolatry of art and literature to obscure issues of immense social and political significance . |
| 21 | For the Evening Standard of 2 April , Baker penned a piece on ‘ Why we must not allow our tolerance to be abused ’ . |
| 22 | However , we must not forget that even in a welfare totalitarianism like Inca Peru the individual still has some sort of rudimentary superego , albeit perhaps only the primitive one of early childhood ; and , furthermore , we must not overlook his explanation of the feeling of triumph present in mania . |
| 23 | 6.3 Bolinger was quite right to point out that what is in fact exactly the same principle may apply in the relationship between an adjective and its noun ; in consequence , we must slightly refine our view of qualification as outlined in Chapter 1 . |
| 24 | We must n't allow your mother 's money to be wasted in this way . |
| 25 | We must n't keep our hero from his destiny , ’ said Lio ! rt . |
| 26 | But we must n't let our fear overcome our purpose , our duty . |
| 27 | The current economic conditions are particularly challenging and it is clear that we must increasingly earn our living by ingenuity and innovation . |
| 28 | We must now examine his record . |
| 29 | The period of foreign aid is ending and we must now cut our coat according to our cloth . |
| 30 | We must now turn our attention to the spiritual dynamics which operate in relation to the communication of the gospel . |