Example sentences of "we [modal v] [adv] [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nature of black holes makes them difficult to detect ; all we may ever have is indirect evidence for their existence . |
| 2 | So I mean if you , if that 's how you actually feel then what we should really do is to sign a note at some stage saying you are fit for work on a certain date . |
| 3 | I did , you 'll have to forgive me , I mean I think for the sake of those who were not at the meeting erm what we should really say is that actually said that he wanted to hear what kind of a parish we are so that he could attempt to match the , the incoming priest with you know the need of the parish . |
| 4 | In Act 4 the theatre score and the quarto are in total agreement : the only problem is the blank space left in the score for the Dance of the Four Seasons , which we must regretfully conclude is lost . |
| 5 | Scottish Office Minister of State Lord Fraser , launching the package in Edinburgh , said : ‘ What we must always remember is that the victim is never to blame . |
| 6 | Considering the possibly apocalyptic and doom-laden task we have on hand , the least we could reasonably expect is high winds , torrential rain , thunder , lightning , tempests , tornadoes and all those other adverse weather conditions that King Lear encountered on his walkabout around the blasted heath . |
| 7 | Yes that , that is very possible cos what we could actually do is erm we could , we could put it under your life and then we could put it into a trust , a flexible trust . |
| 8 | And what we shall eventually do is to turn it back , when we 've finished furnishing it , we 'll put the people back in again . |
| 9 | Well what we shall probably do is erm if you like get the bus down to McDonalds and like after that have a look around Wood Green . |
| 10 | and then what we would simply say is that , I mean a day is one point zero |
| 11 | What er , we would normally say is that , what you say in here does n't leave this room via Peter and myself , er , in order , sometimes , to talk about the other situations , I think perhaps we 'll we 'll have an agreement , with whoever 's gon na pick this tape up afterwards . |
| 12 | I think what we would now say is that of course women are extremely competent programme-makers , but there is n't a lot of evidence that they want to cover different topics . |
| 13 | to say that in fairness to them , so what we would respectfully submit is that your Lordship having assessed the damages and erm , together with interest other than court of protection costs that the figure which we had mentioned and , and adjourn the matter for consideration of a structured settlement erm and that 's the first figure erm , that , the , the second thing , is that there is money in court er we would ask for a direction of the balance of the money , the balance over and above the money in court which is an extra three hundred and six thousand , three hundred and forty pounds at the present stage be brought into court within a reasonable time which we would note is fourteen days , maybe the defendant would ask longer , we have n't discussed it . |
| 14 | What we will now do is go down to S O one eight and we will discover the answer to this , or we will begin to discover the answer to this . |
| 15 | What we will never know is what price Ford will have to pay to get it to the top spot . |
| 16 | the one thing we will certainly mark is that the answer which you get does depend on the way in which you read some of the statements or some of the principles . |
| 17 | All we can reasonably conclude is that they happened at the same time . |
| 18 | Right well first of all the first thing we can probably do is broadsheet to the trade introducing product and incentives . |
| 19 | After all , while most of us would condemn escapism as a total way of life , our capacity to use our imaginations to construct alternative worlds into which we can temporarily retreat is certainly a central human characteristic and seems , on the whole , a valuable one . |
| 20 | Some are so widely separated that their motion relative to each other is too small to be measured at all , and all we can really say is that they are travelling through space together , at the same rate and in the same direction . |
| 21 | Mr Gibson says : ‘ What we can always do is listen to the problem and see if we can work out a solution . ’ |
| 22 | What we can still do is to escape at long last from the constitutional fiction which we once grasped to ease our transition from the capital of a worldwide empire to a nation state alongside other nation states , but which , having produced so much havoc here at home , has turned into an instrument for external duress to be brought to bear on our own political institutions . |
| 23 | What we can actually do is suggest to the C , the C D or the computer shop your manufacturer can send directly to Peter via us , I then say via us . |
| 24 | Probably the only assumption that we can safely make is that ‘ our man ’ , as you call him , is still in the area . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't really think we can necessarily say that it must be vitamin E that is a protective factor , but what we can now say is that fruit and vegetables seem to protect against heart disease , ’ says Professor James . |
| 26 | What we can now see is that for the first timefor a very long epriod we have inflation at a ver low level and the clear prospect of growth without inflationary difficulties . |