Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Write unc Then unc Premultiply by unc then since unc unc Thus unc is a new approximation to R , and we may repeat the cycle as required to obtain R , subject to convergence of the method . |
| 2 | Such action will be confirmed to you in writing and ( if appropriate ) we may demand the return of your Card . |
| 3 | We may observe the scenting and postural greetings of dogs with whom we live every day . |
| 4 | Towards the end of his reign , in the ordinance of the forest of 1306 , the king speaks of being confronted ‘ with the inspection of human weakness ’ and the wide burdens that fell upon him , he being ‘ inwardly tormented with divers compunctions , tossed about by the waves of divers thoughts ’ , and being ‘ frequently troubled , passing sleepless nights , … hesitating in our inmost soul upon what ought to be done , what to be held , or what to be presented ’ ; ‘ about this chiefly is our mind busied without intermission , that we may prepare the pleasantness of ease and quiet for our subjects dwelling in our realm , in whose quiet we have some rest , and in their tranquillity we are inwardly cherished with odours of satisfaction and the flowers of hoped-for peace . ’ |
| 5 | These are some of the ways in which we may expect the Spirit of God to illuminate not only the person of God but his will for us . |
| 6 | On this basis we may stress the need to revise language teaching methods to come more in line with second language acquisition . |
| 7 | ‘ At Nairn we may fix the verge of the Highlands , for here I first saw peat fires and heard the Erse language . ’ |
| 8 | Indeed here more than anywhere we may detect the Council 's most characteristic of orientations in comparison with all other Councils : a concern with ‘ the signs of the time ’ ( Gaudium et Spes 4 and cf. 44 ) , things outside the Church 's own life , the major problems cultural , economic and political of the contemporary world . |
| 9 | He was to add that the French should also be glad to be allied to the Scots , ‘ for from Scotland we may repulse the English , and from thence enter easily into their country , which gives no great odds against them , and thus enables us to curb and check them . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ The truth in question is hidden , lying concealed beneath appearances ; we must then inquire , since its nature is not open to us , whether it is still possible to know it through some sign and whether we have a criterion by which we may recognize the sign and judge what the thing truly is . ’ |
| 11 | Nor is a spiritual director a guru to whom we turn to satisfy our needs for dependence , even though we may recognize the hand of God providing this particular person at this particular time . |
| 12 | We may identify the person from external physical cues : the woman in the corner , the man with a beard , the student who has had his hair dyed , the child in the pink dress or , more or less flatteringly , the tall distinguished looking man I the man with a big nose and stringy hair . |
| 13 | Using the information in Fig. 7.2 for BP and assuming a risk-free rate of interest of 10 per cent we may estimate the call values for an in-the-money option expiring in October with an exercise price of 220p , and an out-of-the-money call with an exercise price of 260p expiring in April : Using Table A1.2 ( page 269 ) we may convert d 1 and d 2 into cumulative probabilities : ( the figure of 0.1819 is arrived at by using the two values in the table that bracket the real value and employing straight-line interpolation ) . |
| 14 | Therefore , we may estimate the share price elasticity of the option by multiplying N ( d 1 ) by the share price divided by the call price : . |
| 15 | ( 5.12 ) we may estimate the beta of Commercial Union : . |
| 16 | We may terminate the loop either by means of an " increment ( decrement ) count and jump on zero " instruction , or when the contents of the index register reach a certain value ( in which case we need an instruction to compare an index register with a store location ) . |
| 17 | As a second example of health work linked to hazard studies we may cite the research being conducted by Cross ( 1989 ) on childhood leukaemia . |
| 18 | By offering reasonable work at low wages we may secure the power of being very strict with the loafer or confirmed pauper . ’ |
| 19 | We may compare the intricacy of the production of small objects , such as brooches and musical instruments which were both functional as well as objects of beauty , with craftsmanship at the opposite end of the scale which involved complex carpentry as well as considerable effort , for example boat building and house construction . |
| 20 | cut crime figures in the U.K. since by re-running the Crimean War we may avoid the invention of the balaclava . |
| 21 | In the treaty of union , where is the mechanism by which we may change the law ? |
| 22 | Later , the presence , or even the existence , of the people we care about may not be necessary for their influence to apply , for we may retain the desire to be the kind of person who would have won their affection and approval . |
| 23 | But if , without derogation of the Divine power , we may conceive the existence of such ministers , and personify them by the term ‘ Nature ’ , we learn from the past history of our globe that she has advanced with slow and stately steps , guided by the archetypical light , amidst the wreck of worlds , from the first embodiment of the Vertebrate idea under its Ichthyic [ fish-like ] vestment , until it became arrayed in the glorious garb of the human form . |
| 24 | Similarly , for the purpose of emphasis we may place the tonic stress in other positions ; in these examples , ( a ) is non-emphatic and ( b ) is emphatic : |
| 25 | By false cues and by real cues lumped under the general title ‘ distraction ’ , we may shift the behaviour of adults , babies and animals . |
| 26 | We may explain the fact that the production units of a particular industry have grown larger over a period of time by appealing to the economies this yields , and in doing so claim that a cause ( increase in scale ) occurred because of its propensity to have a certain effect ( economies of scale ) . |
| 27 | We may spread the bread of life with caviar , and smoke the sides of salmon to toast the fisherman of Galilee , and turn the water into the best claret , but we can not guarantee He will sit at our table unless we have laid a place for the poor , the outcast , the hungry and the friendless . |
| 28 | However , the problems that we have considered mean that it is likely that we may miss the target and actually arrive at an unintended situation . |
| 29 | On the other hand , we may know the subject but not want to reveal it to our listener , e.g. : |
| 30 | ‘ We may know the answer to that question very soon , ’ said Holmes . |