Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [verb] [art] [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 At first the joys of freedom and release will seem more reliable and beneficial , but in ecstasy there is one of the great potentialities of the transcendent for one day we may reach a state of perpetual ecstasy .
4 We may reach a point where the public costs of city life have to be greater than the private .
5 We may observe the scenting and postural greetings of dogs with whom we live every day .
6 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 . ’
7 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 .
8 On this basis we may stress the need to revise language teaching methods to come more in line with second language acquisition .
9 ‘ At Nairn we may fix the verge of the Highlands , for here I first saw peat fires and heard the Erse language . ’
10 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 .
11 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 . ’
12 We may make a trip to Glen Nevis next month .
13 ‘ 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 . ’
14 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 .
15 We may identify a number of different reasons for this lack of clarity .
16 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 .
17 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 ) .
18 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 : .
19 ( 5.12 ) we may estimate the beta of Commercial Union : .
20 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 ) .
21 As a second example of health work linked to hazard studies we may cite the research being conducted by Cross ( 1989 ) on childhood leukaemia .
22 By offering reasonable work at low wages we may secure the power of being very strict with the loafer or confirmed pauper . ’
23 Now , he thought , there is none to whom we may entrust a message .
24 We may construct a table for such definitions ( Table 1 ) .
25 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 .
26 cut crime figures in the U.K. since by re-running the Crimean War we may avoid the invention of the balaclava .
27 Here we may draw an analogy between geriatrics and paediatrics , another age-based medical specialism .
28 In the treaty of union , where is the mechanism by which we may change the law ?
29 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 .
30 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 .
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