Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [verb] that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Summarizing our findings so far we may conclude that the ego , far from emerging fully formed , in fact underwent a very lengthy and indeed complex process of development in the evolution of the human race . |
| 2 | If there is little generalization of the new response to the test stimuli , we may conclude that the stimulus used in acquisition and that used in the test are readily discriminated . |
| 3 | Since the insertion of the dielectric increased the surface charge density on the plates by a factor with the voltage remaining unchanged , we may conclude that the capacitance has also increased by the same factor , yielding |
| 4 | To complete this discussion , we may observe that the companion matrix , or its equivalent — the regression formula , may be used to find complex roots of a determinantal equation ( see 1.7.6 ) . |
| 5 | One day we may hope that the spade and exploration under water will advance our knowledge much further and bring us close to the expanding merchant fleets of the eleventh and twelfth centuries . |
| 6 | If such a model is correct , we may speculate that the movement of such female associated items may have been enhanced if the giving of women in marriage was at all common . |
| 7 | We may assume that the caution was in the following terms : ‘ You do not have to say anything unless you wish to do so , but what you say may be given in evidence . ’ |
| 8 | We may feel that the argument exposes idiosyncrasies in the concept of knowledge but that we can get by very well both for practical and philosophical purposes with the surviving notion of justified belief . |
| 9 | We may find that the writer was completely biased in his views and that he falsified his evidence , in which case he is a perjurer and we should hold him in contempt . |
| 10 | For instance , we may agree that the course should include such topics as word processing , graphics scanning and page makeup applications , but there could be debate as to which heading(s) they fall under . |
| 11 | In this case we may say that the reflection shows itself through the mirror , and this illustrates the general principle that consciousness can be understood only by an examination of how it reveals itself through the material world . |
| 12 | The characteristic parallel band contour for ν 2 ( a 1 ) and perpendicular contours for ν 5 and ν 6 ( e ) leave no doubt about the correct assignments , and so we may say that the germyl rocking frequency characteristically lies between 550 and 650 cm -1 . |
| 13 | Given that the subjects were trained not to raise the negative flap at all , we may say that the difference between associates established to the two stimuli was greater in the case in which the more extensive motor response was required — that is , in the condition that produced superior transfer to a test discrimination involving the same stimuli . |
| 14 | In place of saying that if the effect occurred so did the cause , we may say that the occurrence of the effect required that of the cause . |
| 15 | Consider the two underlined phrases : ( 3 ) I 'll get some German hock for the party I 'll get some German beer for the party Speaking of the latter phrase , we may say that the noun gives us an initial outline " semantic target area " beer while the adjective , by specifying an additional property , restricts the issue to just that part of the target area which the writer wishes to discuss . |
| 16 | Although it is not in itself part of the system which generates intensional structures , and we shall not make the term part of our fundamental descriptive apparatus , we may say that the property of an adjective applies to an entity when the language user takes the property which it designates to be valid ( in positive statements ) for some entity which he or she also recognizes ( even if the entity itself may be acknowledged as an imaginary one ) . |
| 17 | So , although we may wish that the monster would stop sprouting new heads , it is entertaining to look at some of the blind alleys of the past , most of which were investigated quite seriously at the time . |
| 18 | We may note that the description of the " 200,000 Croats " in McCreery 's AC/190 has here been changed to " 200,000 Yugoslav nationals who were serving in German forces " . |
| 19 | First , we may note that the rationale for marginal cost pricing in public enterprises is based upon a Paretian decision-maker operating in an otherwise first-best economy . |
| 20 | For the moment we may note that the success of the Major Project within a school can not be attributed exclusively to the staff therein . |
| 21 | Similarly we may note that the feeling which was so openly exhibited against the French nobility after the battle of Poitiers reflected something of a growing opinion that , in spite of tradition , the nobility had no absolute right to assume positions of responsibility within the army . |
| 22 | Now we ought to acknowledge that the medium itself is no less suspect . |
| 23 | To be faithful to the over-all impression of the celebratory poems we ought to note that the effect is often the reverse of abnegation . |
| 24 | To finish , we should emphasise that the kind of short-term contract working we have observed in manufacturing is a specific phenomenon . |
| 25 | Equally , we should remark that the interpretation of an adjective as associative does not necessarily depend on the existence of a noun from which the adjective can be seen as derived . |
| 26 | We should emphasize that the marking itself is not electronic but is done by a human . |
| 27 | This is not the place to consider the role of research funding bodies or US universities in constraining the careers or publications of academics , but we should recognize that the bulk of publications in English arc drawn from writers whose work is ‘ conceived in terms congruent with idealizations of US democracy ’ ( Boyd 1985 ) . |
| 28 | We should recognize that the validity of research findings is always relative , and relative in two quite different ways . |
| 29 | Welcome though it is to see such friendly typecasting , we should hope that the opening up of broadcasting to more gay representation will allow for greater diversity . |
| 30 | For the moment , however , we should recognise that the concern to strengthen intra-party democracy through constitutional reforms designed to hold the Parliamentary Labour Party accountable to the rank and file may do little to ensure that any future Labour Government delivers of its manifesto ( and possibly socialist ) promises since these reforms do not come to terms with power , the state , and the market . |