Example sentences of "that [noun] [modal v] [verb] we " in BNC.

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1 It seems unlikely that experience can take us outside of the closed circle of experience to reveal that upon which experience — experience in general , rather than particular experience — is based .
2 Mikhailov was quoted by the Washington Post as saying that Russia would need US help to dispose of its stockpiles , and that the commonly cited figure of 27,000 warheads was " the lowest estimate . "
3 He received assurances that Moldova would meet US conditions for recognition .
4 ‘ No 1 ’ was small , but ‘ Carlisle ’ , built in 1865 , was a largish engine with tender and we soon got to know that Whitaker would let us onto the footplate .
5 We had some wonderful family holidays during this time — usually in easy reach of London so that Father could join us from his business , as a leather factor , at weekends .
6 And I find it somehow very encouraging that television can present us with real people instead of the usual cyphers and still strike such deep and resonant chords in so many .
7 We know what CAMRA did for real ale and there is even a chance — is n't there ? — that Greenpeace will save us from ourselves .
8 Speaking in Record Mirror , Johnny Marr answered accusations of arrogance accordingly. : ‘ It always surprises me that people should call us arrogant or pretentious .
9 ‘ If these two concepts are interpreted too simply , there 's a danger that people will believe we have to ensure only that the customer is satisfied or delighted .
10 And the nice thing was that people used to join us .
11 While non-evangelicals and atheists might agree that there have been historically specific benefits from Protestantism , and that we ought to preserve such benefits , the evangelical adds a more direct link with the belief that God will punish us if we deviate further from his commands .
12 Another important rare process that lasers may help us to detect is the decay of the proton ( New Scientist , vol 85 , p 1016 ) .
13 There are the jellyfish that Ediacara would lead us to expect .
14 We also look at the lessons that France can teach us — the French implemented a vigorous nuclear programme in the wake of the oil crisis of the l970s .
15 We felt that silence would make us safe . ’
16 Now that box can save us we could look a bit happier .
17 The result did our boys a certain amount of good , but now — following our own bizarre 3–3 draw in Poznam — we will have to venture abroad in the fervent hope that Poland can do us a Big Favour .
18 The idea that the past harbours a golden age of tranquility also readily lends itself to the view that history might furnish us with effective methods of commonsense crime control .
19 Peirce could probably allow the same : his position rests upon the belief that there is a logical guarantee that induction will take us to the truth in the long run , but that our confidence in the short-run efficacy of the method is simply an ‘ acritical ’ commonsense certainty which may be susceptible to scientific explanation .
20 Max told me that Smith would meet us on the following Monday , which would have meant waiting around for five days .
21 We now have the most difficult phase of the campaign coming up and I 'm confident that Wilko' will steer us through it as successfully as possible !
22 Only two of the sixteen believers in the Bible accounts agreed that spirits could visit us during dreams although it is crucial to the sense of these accounts that God did make Himself known to individuals during dreams , and actually visited them in their dreams .
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