Example sentences of "[is] that we [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Owing to the terrible destruction of scores , the only dramatic work of Monteverdi 's that we know between those of 1607–8 and the last two Venetian operas is a peculiar experiment ‘ in genere rappresentativo ’ , Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda , performed in the Palazzo Mocenigo in Venice in 1624 .
2 The how we come to Jesus , the why 's we come to him are not the important thing , the real issue is that we come to him .
3 The result is that we try to ‘ give pupils confidence ’ by providing simple tasks with little or no challenge .
4 So what I 'm proposing is that we write to er Mick and erm Richard , asking what powers and responsibilities that they propose at the moment to devolve to Southwell .
5 The other point I would make is that our company policy is that we write to every policy holder when we receive their policy .
6 ‘ You do n't realize , ’ says Myra , Michael 's wife , from the far end of the sofa , ‘ the fantastic thing is that we went through all this scene twenty minutes ago , in the car on the way here .
7 The worst thing by far , and what I can never get used to , is that we went around Europe with them for a month , living with them , sleeping in the same room , and apart from the odd bit of nagging , everything was fine .
8 It is that we tend to be left with an RE which effectively has lost its " R " .
9 One good thing is that we communicate with each other .
10 So what I would suggest is that we reply to this for you .
11 What you are about to suggest , of course , is that we wait for the Kilcharran to come along and hoist the damn thing to the surface . ’
12 Well , we do see a good deal of what is around us and not simply whatever it is that we happen to be staring at .
13 The reason for this is that we want to be able to attribute all changes of meaning on substitution to differences in the semantic properties of the items being substituted .
14 The trouble is that we live in a part of the world in which many people depend on Unix — not to fight Microsoft and NT , but to earn their living — and there are too many unknowns .
15 If that is what getting engaged does to him , the pity is that we live in a monogamous society !
16 The major difference between the American and British systems is that we vote for an MP , the party with the most MPs wins and its leader moves into Number Ten .
17 The arguments given in favour is that we vote for the wise and then the wise go on to make a proper final decision about who 's best .
18 My worry now is that we meet at his house before moving on .
19 ‘ I am afraid , Prime Minister , the answer is that we have to be more efficient than our European competitors . ’
20 I think the other issue is that we have to be defending erm , the family planning centres that are being closed down , like the forty or fifty in Glasgow , the thirteen in er Edinburgh , th the east of Scotland
21 One of the factors which must be taken into account is that we have to be responsive to changes in our scientific activities in order to provide the necessary Library support for them .
22 What they would say is that we have to , perhaps we do have to leave things to the individual , but we should leave as little possible to individuals , as little as practically possible so that we should the people involved in making all the important decisions , particularly the carrying out of them that we have to leave to particular appointed individuals .
23 It has had considerable benefits , it 's had one or two drawbacks and er I think the biggest lesson that we have probably learned so far from the Eurofighter programme , is that we have to be very careful when we make work sharing agreements in future , that er we do n't try to drive the work sharing requirement down to too low a level .
24 One of the contexts in which we are exercising ministry is that we have for the last fifty years well I have n't personally !
25 One of the most important messages that we must give to everyone in our country is that we have in place proper , fair and effective policies to deal with the unprecedented flow of asylum seekers .
26 The only other thing I would say is that we have in the report used the words , freedom to run and since writing the report we have been advised that er that is capa not capable or satisfactorily with legal terms and I would suggest that instead of the words , freedom to run we use the words , access management and permissive rights of way , to cover these .
27 The only important thing is that we play as a team and that we win .
28 If we have only indicators what his methodological reasoning suggests is that we look for patterns among indicators which might suggest that we have found something of substance and significance .
29 Er , which I think is , is excellent , and what I suggest is that we look at trying to get exposed in some of the professional journals really .
30 One of Pearce 's main points is that we need to be able to apply monetary values to environmental gains and losses .
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