Example sentences of "[adj] we be to " in BNC.

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1 The more distant one of those later groups is , the more likely we are to be able to construct a counter-example ; as is revealed in our own example where = you are a brain in a vat ;
2 The more highly constrained and ritualised the genre , the more likely we are to be able to identify norms .
3 ‘ Dear friends and relations , I think this is the moment when we should be aware of how lucky we are to be partaking of such excellent food and spare a thought for those less fortunate . ’
4 ‘ How lucky we are to be in a band and not having to get up every morning to do a crappy job .
5 ‘ How lucky we are to be in a band and not having to get up every morning to do a crappy job .
6 He told us some harrowing stories of life on a bomber aerodrome which had ‘ main force ’ squadrons , always carrying heavy loads of high explosives and incendiaries , and impressed on us how lucky we were to be on a Pathfinder station .
7 I must again stress how very grateful we are to the IBOA and AIB for their kindness in continuing to help put a little additional pleasure into the lives of our members .
8 And we appreciate how honoured we are to be among the select few who they chose to share this very special occasion with them .
9 However , when we recognize that God is able to rule over our personal woundedness , then we begin to appreciate how profoundly indebted we are to him .
10 He , he picks on us to say how determined we are to actually go into the profession because he knows that er , although there are more parts for females there it 's harder for somebody to stand out .
11 The more open we are to God , and the weaker our self-will becomes , the more desire will grow and flourish within us .
12 The more sensitive we are to the possible stigmatising consequences of charity , the less motivation there will be for giving .
13 Finally , it is of great importance to discover more about how the listener 's brain identifies what it receives from the ear ( stages 4 and 5 ) ; many experiments have shown how sensitive we are to very slight acoustic differences and how flexible we are in being able to adjust to very different speakers .
14 Death will quickly draw the veil and make us see how near we were to God and one another , and did not sufficiently know it .
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