Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] us [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps we do not yet have the tools for a scientific resolution of this task and this is where Utopian thinking may aid us in identifying our political goals . |
| 2 | If the complaint can not be resolved there and then , complete one of our Client Liaison Forms in resort and then you must notify us in writing within 60 days of the date you returned from holiday . |
| 3 | But to say ‘ well we may run into erm problems which we ca n't at the moment foresee , or problems which may make life temporarily a little difficult ’ I do n't think should prevent us from tackling the problem . |
| 4 | It is the emotional and dynamic tug of a story which must prevent us from reading in too literal a spirit . |
| 5 | I have been talking to the leaders in Medicine and Education and clearly there are many areas where we can and will be working together in telling the Government that they must support us in supplying quality services and that the Treasury is a support service , not the determinant of policy . |
| 6 | The fact that the more complex realms of human action and reflection are the most important and valuable should inhibit us in assuming that all education should issue in behaviourally identifiable skills . |
| 7 | ( Searle , 1983 , Harman , 1973 , Fodor , 1979 ) None of this diversity in contents , to repeat , should distract us from perceiving the single duality within consciousness . |
| 8 | The contrast between these two cases should warn us against generalising propositions which make either fluidity and mobility of the working class , or tradition and community within particular branches , into uniquely favourable conditions for socialist organisation ( the first is perhaps Bologna 's temptation ; the second appears to be the temptation of the work done under the auspices of the ‘ History Workshop ’ ) . |
| 9 | The presence of may prevent us from drawing such a conclusion . |
| 10 | It would be wrong to make them pay the price of justice — although this might nudge us into remembering that innocent wives and children and other dependents are made to suffer when the state imprisons thousands of working-class men for crimes which are often insignificant compared with corporate crimes . |
| 11 | The objections that are raised against identity assumptions in respect of meanings in such a context are chiefly motivated by the fear that such assumptions might commit us to accepting meanings as some kind of entities . |
| 12 | By defining standards of rationality ‘ the methodology of research programmes might help us in devising laws for stemming … intellectual pollution ’ . |
| 13 | A principle of inquiry can not be something that may keep us from recognizing a clear and settled conception . |
| 14 | ‘ Yeah , the rats 'd thank us for getting rid of a human , ’ he went on . |
| 15 | And father we pray that our hope may not be in vain but may lead us to sharing again in your kingdom . |
| 16 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 17 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 18 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future . ’ |
| 20 | Sir John , perhaps rightly , thought that this was not our brief , and that the complexities of this problem would prevent us from submitting our Report on time . |
| 21 | He said he would wait to see if the Caliph would reward us for forcing the breach . |
| 22 | ‘ When they came back from the segregation unit they would thank us for getting the chance to get their heads together . ’ |
| 23 | But as we have just seen , Strawson gives us reason to think that it can not be explicable in just this sense , and he is therefore mistaken in concluding that a holist theory would involve us in responding objectively to all actions . |
| 24 | The new money will assist us in continuing this successful growth policy ’ . |
| 25 | Before we examine these two interpretations of liberalism which prevail in modern contract theory , we must draw one further distinction because it will assist us in assessing the merits and implications of the two theories . |
| 26 | ‘ We are hoping that our two new friends will assist us by acting as emissaries to the Court , ’ said Goibniu and , turning his head , smiled at Floy . |
| 27 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that our friends and allies round the world who may be faced with potentially aggressive neighbours are entitled to look to us for support in arms sales , for example , of the Challenger tank which is made in Leeds , and that nothing proposed on restricting arms sales generally in the interests of world peace will prevent us from supporting our allies in circumstances where that is necessary ? |
| 28 | We have to grasp the opportunity , and we hope that all ASH Supporters will join us in persuading people of the case for a ban on advertising . |
| 29 | So I 'll do this and I think Amanda would agree with this that this is the ultimate test that will help us in establishing can we actually do something about target one of the World Health Organisation , which is to narrow the health divide . |
| 30 | Though our reason may fail us in discovering moral truths , it need not in verifying what the Bible says . |