Example sentences of "we need to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What training , in languages and other skills , do we need to be ready for the single market ? |
| 2 | We needed to be clear about the nature and purpose of English as a school subject . |
| 3 | We need to be reasonable in our demands as parents are also under pressure to dig in their pockets for spare cash to support brownies , cubs , clubs , churches and a whole range of other worthy causes . |
| 4 | What we need to be certain about is that whatever society is involved in or whatever organisation is involved in balloting that it should be seen to be done properly . |
| 5 | We need to be sure of the relevance of the circumstances Paul is describing if we are to seek to apply his principles to our lives now . |
| 6 | Finally , and most importantly , we need to be sure of the reliability of the information . |
| 7 | To do this we need to be alert to the processes going on within society and the economy , what range of alternatives is available , who can and should take part in the decision-making process , and what the effects of the various possible outcomes might be . |
| 8 | Of course not all of the elderly of the future will be relatively affluent , and , to repeat , we need to be alert to inequalities among the elderly — between age cohorts and within them : the cohorts who will be bringing more occupational pensions and owner-occupied houses into old age will also bring in experience of early retirement and early run-down of resources due to unemployment . |
| 9 | We need to be alert to all aspects of our environment if we are to live sanely in the world . |
| 10 | As things stand , the visual system is proving a good model to guide investigation of other sensory systems but we need to be cautious about interpreting data and to avoid forcing these other systems into a straitjacket defined by the visual system . |
| 11 | Erm , we need to be convincing in challenge , otherwise the challenge , erm , we should question whether there is a need for any change , erm , if things have been done in a certain way for a certain period of time , erm , just because we want to change them , does n't mean to say that it does n't |
| 12 | There 's only one death we need to be frightened of , and that 's our own . " |
| 13 | We need to be sensitive to what seems appropriate . ) |
| 14 | The Ego clutters up our reality with a great deal of unnecessary detail , in the hope that we 'll miss the ‘ whispers ’ — so we need to be discerning about what we pay attention to . |
| 15 | So having said that I thought that there were more important issues for the council to discuss , I do n't think it 'd be fair to let this second debate on the subject pass without actually making a few er er a very short erm a few short remarks cos I think we need to be clear about the issues . |
| 16 | One of the things that we need to be clear about is that erm computers are not unlike us . |
| 17 | ‘ We need to be kind to each other . |
| 18 | AT the moment we need to be aware of what is happening and make others aware too . |
| 19 | We need to be aware of changes in patterns of kinship and in the organisation of the family and household . |
| 20 | To begin with we need to be aware of the extra-discursive realities which environ these statements . |
| 21 | Within the public sector we need to be aware of formal relations existing at different levels and we need to show how these organisations relate to each other . |
| 22 | A second dimension that we need to be aware of is one of organisational change and the reasons for it . |
| 23 | A number of writers have concentrated upon the psychological make-up of individuals and indicated that we need to be aware of the individual 's nature . |
| 24 | As teachers , we need to be aware of the extent to which inequalities are enshrined within the status quo and the fact that many of the students with whom we work are the products of an unequal social system . |
| 25 | The work of Martin Bell elsewhere , however , indicates that the landscape and its use can change , and we need to be aware of this for earlier periods . |
| 26 | We need to be aware of the distinction between these roles ; |
| 27 | In the time that I have to move the report I 'd like to concentrate on some of the developments that have been taking place in health and safety this is not to , er , give the impression that environmental developments are not important but over this next year the government are going to be taking certain measures that we need to be aware of , er , in the health and safety area . |
| 28 | I was trying to hint at that this morning that we 're looking at a whole child and sometimes they 're not gon na succeed in a subject they 've put it cos there 's sod all else for them to put and we need to be aware of that . |
| 29 | There are issues across Europe that we need to be aware of as a city . |
| 30 | We need to be aware of our expectations because our expectations can be limiting and can be stretching and inspiring . |