Example sentences of "we [modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intellect merely helps us choose the means by which we may best achieve ends dictated by our instincts . |
| 2 | Whilst it is our preference to generate fees for the provision of professional advice on a transaction we may also generate fees for a brokerage transaction . |
| 3 | We may therefore imagine performances centring , as the Dionysiac mysteries did , on his dismemberment by the Titans and his hoped-for rebirth , which would be presaged in the worshippers ' songs of triumph . |
| 4 | We may roughly classify problems connected with fishing industries as those which are affected by very quick changes , such as uncertainties of the weather ; or by changes of moderate length , such as the increased demand for fish caused by the scarcity of meat during the year or two following a cattle plague . [ … ] |
| 5 | Assuming , we may now substitute equations ( 5A.6 ) and ( 5A.7 ) into ( 5A.4 ) , and hence . |
| 6 | When we look at what the centre of the political spectrum ( if we may so classify Liberals , SDP and Liberal Democrats ) mean by citizenship and its implications , we discover different emphases in its constituent parts from the Conservative formula . |
| 7 | None of this is to deny that we may often regard doctors ' claims to special privilege with some cynicism and distrust . |
| 8 | We should instead create opportunities which encourage them to seek that information . |
| 9 | We should use narrative and dramatic tension to structure our work in such a way that it draws the children in , but we should also create opportunities to teach about narrative . |
| 10 | Listening to fellow colleagues , patients and relatives is an important skill , but we should also teach nurses to be aware of what the patient or relative does not say . |
| 11 | We should also address issues such as our abort fees or minimum costs or indeed a retainer . |
| 12 | We should therefore see shields on their own as aniconic representations of the deity ; the shield motif in the frescoes at Knossos is a religious , not a military , symbol . |
| 13 | Notable among these is the fact that the mismatch of range is even greater than in the case of the prenominal adjectives ; it is true that one can usually expand a postnominal adjective to a relative clause containing be , though we should certainly note cases like : ( 31 ) he is dreaming of the whisky which will be galore with her arms which were akimbo she stared at Victor food which is aplenty is on sale in the end tent however , there is not the slightest difficulty about producing numerous examples where the relative clause with be is fully satisfactory but can not be reduced to a grammatical postnominal adjective . |
| 14 | We should only buy woods that have sustainable sources , look first for furniture in second-hand shops , and give away old household items to be sold by charities . |
| 15 | He added : ‘ We must also urge institutions which have supported the mineworkers and are owed money not to take precipitate action before this report is published . ’ |
| 16 | We must also consider syllables in which no vowel is found . |
| 17 | As Strevens ( in Altman 1979 ) points out ‘ In order to focus better on the learner we must also produce teachers of a calibre to do the focusing . ’ |
| 18 | We 'll probably do things the old-fashioned way . ’ |
| 19 | We 'll also need orthopaedics and neurology , and possibly a surgeon . |
| 20 | Mind you , we 'll still make sets with the old gauge low Bs in them , because some players do n't want to make the shift and some basses just are n't set up for strings that big . ’ |
| 21 | Now I just worry about whether we 'll still have tubes or not . |
| 22 | Eventually we 'll all have locks on windows |
| 23 | Colleagues , perhaps I could explain to you , er , how we 're gon na deal with the rest of the programme , certainly in the , the next hour or so er , I 'm proposing that we take the special report , Health , Safety and the Environment Service Review be asking Nigel to move the report to be seconded by Fred from the central executive council we 'll then invite speakers from all the regions and then we 'll put the report to the vote . |
| 24 | Give us a taste , just once , and then we 'll live like monks forever , in a tapered bed and a kitchen that smells of Pine Sol . |
| 25 | ‘ We 'll always need teachers , that 's for sure . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ There are some great titles out there , ’ he said , exclusively to ZZAP ! , ‘ … and many will swap them because they 've completed them , so we 'll always have loads of great games . ’ |
| 27 | And the sailor said , ’ Have it your own way but if we do n't we 'll never have kids . ’ |
| 28 | As the anticipated " crisis " fades from memory , we might also expect managers to show less concern for improving the career prospects and conditions of work of nurses . |
| 29 | If we get involved , we might only make things worse . ’ |
| 30 | We might then ask students to rewrite the passage , removing superfluous information . |