Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [art] [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 witness the recurrence of all those awful health problems which made Diana so terribly ill , ’ says Penny . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Campbell concluded that we may not see the effect of economic recovery for at least a year — perhaps not until 1993 . |
| 5 | He was quite prepared to argue the case that savage practices might be integral to a culture : ‘ We may not like the notion of cannibalism or head-hunting , but that it formed part of a distinct and tenable form of culture in Melanesia is indisputable . ’ |
| 6 | We may not like the fact that they stop exports — they affect some of the exports of my constituency — but they are bloody-minded because they think that they , too , are getting a rotten deal from the CAP . |
| 7 | ‘ You have only brought one teacup with you , McAllister , so we may not share the tea as we shared the coffee earlier today . ’ |
| 8 | In such circumstances we may not describe a band as being due to a single local mode , and the empirical methods we have used so far break down . |
| 9 | We may not understand the occult ( hidden ) powers that lie behind these activities but be warned — they are REAL and they are HARMFUL . |
| 10 | Many in the Labour movement were prepared to admit that without a strong combination forcing the National Government out of office " we may not get a chance for a very long time of putting into effect our ultimate aims " . |
| 11 | As I said we may not have a set up but if we have n't we 'll set one now . |
| 12 | We may not have the courage to scream for attention but we can ensure , by being ill , that we get it . |
| 13 | Likewise , we may not wish a budget-holder to take risks with taxpayer 's money and to ensure equity the official may need to follow formal rules rather than respond flexibly to each new case . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , given that it will not do to define law as a means to institutionalise dispute-resolution and so inhibit unregulated conflict , we may surely expect the control of force to be a major objective of law . |
| 15 | We may surely placate the shade of Max Beerbohm sufficiently to acknowledge that the danger we run in approaching poetry this way is indeed the danger of one sort of professionalism — specialized and therefore blinkered , inflexible , and humourless . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It is of course important that growth in size be linked to growth in maturity , otherwise we may simply see the fulfilment of Jesus ' warning about the seed sown on the rock , which shoots up fast but withers because its roots are not deep enough . |
| 18 | Of course it may , and indeed has , been argued-that the middle-class model is the model for the future [ = = ] but for the present we may simply note the variety of modes of family living that continue to exist and flourish . |
| 19 | We may also detect a crisis of national consciousness in the old nations , and for similar reasons . |
| 20 | We may also feel the need to use the toilet during a severe panic attack and we may find that our breathing pattern changes markedly . |
| 21 | We may also instruct a solicitor or debt collection agent . |
| 22 | We usually have some warning when one of these changes is about to happen and we may also have the worry about this change balanced by the excitement that a change in circumstances often brings . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | We may also derive the stress equilibrium equations in a simple manner . |
| 25 | We may also consider the value to A and to B of a bet , say for a simple example a 50 per cent chance of £0 and a 50 per cent chance of £1000 . |
| 26 | We may just need a bit of fine tuning on the day . ’ |
| 27 | Diane , I believe that if I place this disc onto the rotating turntable of a hi-fi system — not forgetting to place the stylus onto the groove , of course — then we may just find the break we 're looking for … |
| 28 | Diane , I believe that if I place this disc onto the rotating turntable of a hi-fi system — not forgetting to place the stylus onto the groove , of course — then we may just find the break we 're looking for … |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | If we are listening to a story and somebody says So I ate it we may well know the meaning of it from somewhere earlier in the story . |