Example sentences of "but we have to be " in BNC.

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1 But we had to be mature enough to undertake this independence .
2 ‘ We could n't take the risk of blowing so much money on someone we are unsure of , ’ said Toulon 's manager Roland Courbiss , ‘ I wanted Charlie in the team but we had to be sure because of his reputation . ’
3 But we have to be careful to try to understand what steps are proper in order to keep it at bay .
4 ‘ We can be like a flea on their backs , but we have to be ready when they turn over .
5 We are all agreed as to what ought to happen , but we have to be realistic and question how it can be made to happen .
6 I 'm sorry , but we have to be very careful who we deal with here .
7 It really is something that I would like to see us achieve in the future and if this can be brought forward by meeting the developer down there , then I would be , certainly be in favour of that and I would certainly like , and this is what we said at this meeting , to find out a little more detail of exactly what they were offering but we have to be minded all the time , as I said again , is how we 're going to acquire permission to go over one or two different land owners ' lands .
8 But we have to be aware that other contexts of interpretation , other ways of reading , are also constructed by the institution of literature .
9 ‘ If it 's any comfort , I 've never known all the beds to be full , but we have to be prepared for any eventuality .
10 It 's a terrible thing to have happened , but we have to be strong — if only for the sake of Emma and Sophie . ’
11 But we have to be prepared for the unexpected .
12 ‘ It 's true that I 've given my personal backing to Kevin Keegan in our search for players , but we have to be realistic .
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