Example sentences of "we [modal v] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may thus envisage a gradient of what we shall term establishment of senses . |
| 2 | We may soon see a nursery ABC frieze , which goes : A is for Aids , B is for Bondage , C is for Condom , D is for Deviancy , E is for Equality , F is for Feminism , G is for Gender Stereotyping , H is for Haringey , I is for Income Support , J is for Joyriding , K is for karma , L is for Liberalism , M is for Ms. , N is for New Age , O is for Outing , P is for Positive Discrimination , Q is for Questioning Authority , R is for Radical , S is for Single Parent , T is for Therapy , U is for Underprivileged , V is for Virtual Reality , W is for Wimmin , X is for Malcolm , Y is for Yoof and Z is for Zen . |
| 3 | If he can help Zara to translate her enthusiasm , talent and desire into winning , then who knows , we may even have a champion on our hands . |
| 4 | We may also detect a crisis of national consciousness in the old nations , and for similar reasons . |
| 5 | We may also instruct a solicitor or debt collection agent . |
| 6 | We may also see a relationship between a willingness to accept the authoritative knowledge of a subject and a willingness to defer to authority in general . |
| 7 | We may just need a bit of fine tuning on the day . ’ |
| 8 | We may well reach a situation in which all trials are held in the area in which they arise , and London retains special importance chiefly as the centre of appellate courts for the south of England . |
| 9 | The magisterial pronouncement of Sir George Macdonald on the Antonine Wall has now been overthrown by the brilliant study of the samian by Brian Hartley ( 1972 ) , and the work at Carpow and other Severan sites will help to stabilize the dating of the pottery of this period , so with more revisions and adjustments , we may eventually have a framework which will endure , but only possible since all the groundwork had been so carefully prepared . |
| 10 | In Williams ' chapter ( 3.1 ) , we may perhaps see a justification of equality of condition or outcome on the basis of equality of opportunity . |
| 11 | We can continue to represent the normal case , which corresponds to Bolinger 's referent-qualification , by either of the types of formulae : ( 6 ) Although it is relatively easy to describe verbally the second version where the adjective qualifies the property of the noun but does not in itself qualify the entity of the noun phrase , it is not so easy to suggest a simple but appropriate diagrammatic representation for it ; we may perhaps adopt a formulation as in ( 7 ) where the arrowhead representing qualification passes through the bracket into the property which is the descriptive identification resource of the noun : ( 7 ) [ ( DISTANT ) ( COUSIN ) ] We should still speak of the adjective as attributive , since it remains part of the same entity-identification as the noun ; and it is still perfectly proper to describe it as qualifying the noun syntactically , inasmuch as it marks an extension of what would be achieved by using the noun alone . |
| 12 | Distortion of doubly-degenerate states gives two maxima , but often these are not resolved , and we may only observe a broadening of the band . |
| 13 | We may now consider a paper of Stoyanov ( 1979 ) in which he claimed to have obtained a solution without singularities . |
| 14 | Though the term is commonly used as an umbrella to cover all types , we should properly attempt a distinction . |
| 15 | I hoped desperately that we should soon have a respite , however short , but the trawl would be alongside once more and the pens filled up again . |
| 16 | We may need them , but we should also spare a thought for our cats when using them , or sooner or later our pet animals will suffer . |
| 17 | And we should also have a fire escape plan . |
| 18 | Systematic sampling of West German voters carried out in 1979–80 indicated that 13 per cent of all voters in the Federal Republic had a consolidated extreme rightist ‘ world view ’ ; 14 per cent responded positively to the statement that ‘ we should again have a Leader who would rule Germany with a strong hand for the good of all ’ . |
| 19 | Like the White Queen , we should perhaps make a habit of believing as many as six impossible things before breakfast ! |
| 20 | So with your pennies and her pennies I think we should all make a lot of money for Save The Children , do n't you ? |
| 21 | Erm , I 've been thinking that I ca n't chair this meeting and take the notes and things when it becomes , and if it , the fund comes through and it becomes the audio description project as opposed to this group , and you know we will be widening out a little bit , I wonder if we should actually have a chairman type person . |
| 22 | I mean , many , many wards , but that does n't mean that we should therefore ignore a ward because it 's got an area that is not deprived , you 've got the , I think that by choosing East and St Clements as areas , that they seem then quite sensible areas to start with , nice central , fairly central location . |
| 23 | But there can not be an infinite series of causes stretching back endlessly ; for in that case , no matter how far back we were to look , we should never find a beginning of the whole process , and that in turn would make it quite impossible to understand how it could ever have got off the ground , let alone reached its present state . |
| 24 | That 's why we should now make a start on reminding ourselves of the relevance of our own particular life story . |
| 25 | We must both find a way through this , and I demand that we in this country support the Commission in its negotiations , demanding that the United States come further towards us , so that together we can find a solution for the whole world , instead of throwing batons at each other across the Atlantic . |
| 26 | If there is a disturbance at the periphery we already know some observation sentences which we have to revise , and we must also make a revision in the interior , for our original theory has been proved false . |
| 27 | The finiteness of the simplex method , established in Chapter 3 , shows that in any sequence of tableaux optimal over degenerate intervals , we must eventually reach a tableau with for all critical columns j , and consequently , at the next iteration , a tableau optimal over a non-degenerate interval . |
| 28 | We must always have a note , you see . |
| 29 | We must therefore give a lot of thought to publicity . |
| 30 | I was going to say , when it comes to paragraph five , do you erm suggest that you actually think in terms of church organisations , they 're not mentioned , and I look forward in in paragraph seven one to the seminar , the working seminar that 's going to be in the near future , and I hope that we 'll soon get a date , so that we can get it in our very busy diaries , in the hope that we can come along and learn more about this . |