Example sentences of "the [noun] we [verb] [is] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there seems to be more to the formation of a child 's personality at birth than these two viewpoints — that we are either born as a blank sheet or that the formation we have is via our mother , and begins prior to our birth . |
| 2 | The remaining two-thirds of the sucrose we eat is in " hidden " form , as in chocolate , confectionery , biscuits , cakes , soft drinks , and ice-cream . |
| 3 | Easson noted : ‘ One of the things we need is to be together with these guys for a lengthier period , whether pre-season , or an off-season tour . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The metal we used is from an old caravan roof which we bonded to the wood with Evostick , ’ explained Tony . |
| 5 | Opinions vary , however , as to the form of air pollution policies in structure plans , the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution for example felt that the only way to control the air we breathe is by indirectly limiting emissions and recommended a system of air quality guidelines for major pollutants which could be adopted by local authorities and incorporated in their structure plans . |
| 6 | It may be true that the life we destroy is in the main of the lower orders or minute forms , but it is none the less destruction of life for all that , and since ahi sā involves doing no injury to any form of life , it follows that no matter how careful and compassionate and self-restrained a person may be he can not entirely escape committing hi sā . |
| 7 | The shot we require is of an American Trident missile being launched from a submarine and eventually going out of control . |
| 8 | It 's then we 've got of course and once we 've got it , we 've got ta take on board the implications in relation to what the training we provide is in relation |
| 9 | One point five inverse time , fifty six point three is in there , so the answer we want is minus two , one , three one , two , three , , seven , so add that to and I hear one , two , four , . |
| 10 | The title of his last book , Possible Worlds , gives a key to the process : that the world we inhabit is by no means the only one , but only one of any number we may care to imagine . |
| 11 | To take one last example , when we read in Canto 101 ( and many other places ) about ‘ Mont Ségur ’ , the gloss we need is in the Michelin Guide to the pyrenees , where we learn that the Château of Mont Ségur saw the last stand of the Cathars or Albigensians , another heretical movement of the Middle Ages which is mysteriously connected with the quest of the grail . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't you ever realise , ’ said Helen , ‘ that the way we live is unlike the way other people live ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ But I just want to make sure , and we are really close to it , that the agreement we have is to my liking . |