Example sentences of "[conj] we all [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But without rationalisation Chairman we will not be able to extend those services that we all know that we want to assist people to stay in their own homes . |
| 2 | I am very sure that you will agree with me , if I may borrow a phrase from Joyce , that we all hope that it 's not at all unlikely that George Craig will come again to preach . |
| 3 | It was a wonderful show , ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ , but it was n't practical for a tour so we all thought that if we got the Broadway experts to put it together , it would be the best thing possible — but it was n't . |
| 4 | A part or organ in one animal that has the same function as another part or organ in a different animal ’ ( 1843 ) ; ( on late nineteenth century biology ) — ‘ Morphology was studied because it was the material believed to be the most favourable for elucidation of the problems of evolution , and we all thought that in embryology the quintessence of morphological truth was most palpably presented ’ ( 1922 ) ; ( on developmental constraint ) — ‘ But if organisation and the laws of development exclude some lines of variation and favour others , there is certainly nothing supernatural in this , and nothing which is incompatible with natural selection ’ ( 1919 ) . |
| 5 | Nobody had seen the prisoner for a fortnight , and we all thought that he had probably left the moor . |
| 6 | I do not doubt that she wants to live and we all hope that she will . |
| 7 | Ivy and Margaret smiled , and we all agreed that it was remarkable that An Adventure had held so many people 's attention for so long . |
| 8 | BUT all the activities centred on Mosely and King 's Heath and we all know that our Birmingham Central Branch covers B5 , B10–14 and B25 ! |
| 9 | There are two different problems , and we all know that in order to gain the confidence of patients , every doctor has to be seen to behave in an impeccable manner . |
| 10 | Brain of Britain — I 'm struggling with todays Sun crossword — I know it 's embarrassing but I 've only got a degree in Chemistry and we all know that chemistry students are amongst other things the partners of defenders with no brains , i.e Weatherall and Newsome . |
| 11 | What er Newstat does though is something quite interesting he says well we all know , well I hope you all know , that there are limits on presidential power and we all know that the president ca n't direct congress , we know the president ca n't appoint anybody without consulting congress , we know the president ca n't control the supreme court , we know all these limitations but nevertheless , leaving that to one side , pushing that to one side , there are major powers here . |
| 12 | That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ . |
| 13 | On nights like this all Fontanellato was out , defying the curfew , and we all prayed that it would soon end and prayed for the people who lived there . |
| 14 | This already exists on private land , and we all accept that we can only search with permission and not at all when crops are growing . |
| 15 | Yet another happy and successful Christian Aid Week is now over and we all rejoice that £8063,36 can be given to the cause in 1982 . |
| 16 | And we all realize that our responsibility to be the catalyst for peace in the region does not end with the successful conclusion of this war . |
| 17 | ‘ We talked to Elizabeth , to Monty 's doctor and to Monty , and we all decided that it would kill Monty if we took him off the picture . |
| 18 | Men , men , mentioned here by our friend , that Leicestershire has got no business to discuss about fox hunting , we are not elusive , there are other county councils who have banned fox hunting on their land , so do not make this as a sacrosanct and or something that Leicestershire are doing , they are not doing first , there are so many other county councils in this country and for your information , I was listening to radio four few days ago , even in Pakistan , a third world country , is banning hunting in their country , we should be ashamed of ourselves here to discuss , I agree with Councillor when the discussion start and he said move for the ward , because the logical thing was to move for the wards rather than discuss , if we all believe that this is horrible , acrimonious and abhorrent in today 's day and age , as the slavery was abhorred two hundred years ago . |
| 19 | When you 're keen to push something through , summarise at regular intervals : ‘ So are we at the point where we 've got agreement over this ? ’ or ‘ Can I ask if we all accept that more money is needed ? ’ |
| 20 | We take the piss out of him , because of this idea that he will be doing ‘ real police work ’ , but we all know that divisional work has higher status for a Chief Supt. than Research , and this is the cause for celebration . |
| 21 | America is very comfortable — especially California , but we all know that in a lot of ways it 's not culturally satisfying . |
| 22 | Nell dies in mid-winter , far from home ; but we all know that she is homeward bound and will see another and better spring : |
| 23 | But we all know that a moment 's overload , may wreak havoc . |
| 24 | Of course we hope that Dounreay will diversify and look for work outside nuclear tasks , especially in the area of alternative and renewable energies ; but we all know that the fast reactor programme will cease in 1994 and I do not think it right that , as a matter of policy , the hon. Lady should seek to shut off the work going on there to reprocess nuclear fuel . |
| 25 | If there were significant differences between regions , there might be an argument , but we all know that that simply is not the case . |
| 26 | Strasbourg 's talented winger is fully fit again and desperate to play … but we all know that Hughes and Black just do n't blend on the same team . |
| 27 | But we all know that stories , you know , people have got to be out there at the scene taking samples . |
| 28 | I did not want to leave my sad family , but we all knew that I should go . |
| 29 | It is difficult to generalise , but we all thought that the pupils related their work on the Second World War to the current conflict in the Gulf . |
| 30 | The two plots were also very predictable , because we all knew that Carrie would not be accepted back into society just from going to the ball . |