Example sentences of "if we [be] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is one more role we have to play if we are to been seen as a socially responsible company , setting standards for the industry within the society in which we operate . |
| 2 | But if we are to be fixed to the Deutschmark , that should be an agreed and acknowledged policy . |
| 3 | If we are to be at all logical in our approach to contemporary ethics , we must accept this much . |
| 4 | But if we are to be able to talk to our children about this at all , then we must have some understanding of the choices and risks they face . |
| 5 | The motivation must be right if we are to be effective in the Lord 's service . |
| 6 | Yet if we are to be realistic in our starting-point we must accept that the relationships which give rise to nuclear catastrophe are likely to be relationships between sovereign states , each able to possess and deploy armed force for their own interests . |
| 7 | That if we are to be individuals there is no escape from our interdependence . |
| 8 | It will be needed , above all , if we are to be able to read the historical record . |
| 9 | And so , if we are to be judged by the wishes in our unconscious , we are , like primitive man , simply a gang of murderers … . |
| 10 | ( To be precise , there are four Humean conditions to satisfy , if we are to be sure that c caused e on some occasion , namely : c preceded e ; there was no intermediate event ; events like c are always followed by events like e in those conditions ; and we are in the habit of expecting the sequence . ) |
| 11 | Like so many journalists , I am very Opinionated , hopefully in private only — even about my own profession , journalism If we are to be seen as an independent , unbiased and creditable observer , should we really be in the political arena with our trade union the NUJ ? |
| 12 | This question needs to be tackled if we are to be reasonably certain that observed variation reflects a speaker 's norm rather than random fluctuation in the data . |
| 13 | With regard to " temporality " ( in the sense in which this concept was used above ) , this can not be regarded as a sufficient condition of particularity so long as it is not shown that temporality alone ( in the indicated sense ) ensures numerical identity of particulars ; and if we are to be able to justifiably claim that it is a necessary condition of particularity , we must first show that there can be no extra-temporal particulars . " |
| 14 | For evidently we need both reflexive and non-reflexive polyadic predicates , as well as monadic predicates , if we are to be able to describe at all adequately the world around us . |
| 15 | But , as we saw , this will not work ; for if we are to be able to make significant identifying references to qualities , we need a distinction between qualities and their existentially unique instances , and this raises the problem of determining the precise ontological status of such instances : i.e. what such instances are , and how they can be identified and distinguished from each other . |
| 16 | If we are to be more specific , we must compare one particular type of indirect tax system with one particular type of direct tax system . |
| 17 | I need that from Bobby and the rest of the side if we are to be successful , ’ says newly-appointed Larder . |
| 18 | If we are to be successful , we must have Europeanwide agreement . |
| 19 | If we are to be able to select the most appropriate selling opportunities , the information on our database must be as comprehensive as possible . |
| 20 | As the Chairman , Pat Retief in his Annual Chairman 's Review says , ‘ we must continue to be a profitable company if we are to be a good employer in the fullest sense , capable of maintaining and enhancing our portfolio of assets and maximising the development of the Group 's human resources . |
| 21 | We shall now see that in order to account for changes in the modern world this evolutionary background of the ego and superego is by no means irrelevant ; on the contrary , we must take it very seriously if we are to be able to understand what is going on around us . |
| 22 | ‘ We both saw her put in the taxi , if we are to be accurate . ’ |
| 23 | In turn , if we are to be able to pay for these commodities , we must export . |
| 24 | Conference believes that if we are to be truly representative , with full democratic involvement within the movement , then the T U C should allow this conference the right to send two motions and delegates to the T U C Congress each year . |
| 25 | We may want to make the point that if we are to be committed to doing something about the global warming of the ozone layer then we will need to say when we will do it by . |
| 26 | There 's work in plenty if we 're to be finished on time . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , David , we 'd better be off if we 're to be back in time for this afternoon 's session . ’ |
| 28 | If we 're to be , if we end up being audited on that , then we will fail the audit because we do not do that . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , judging from the size of the village , there may well be room for us if we 're to be content with small animals only , but I 'm afraid we 'll never get any farm work . |
| 30 | When I told him that if we were to be married I would n't ask my father for a penny he … well , he threw me out . ’ |