Example sentences of "we have [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though in a different way , what we have seen to be true of Gide was also true of Wilde : ‘ running foul of the law in his sexual life was a stimulus to thought on every subject … . |
| 2 | At the same , the emphasis on equilibrium hampered any possible appreciation of the notion of competition which we have seen to be the outstanding characteristic of the market process . |
| 3 | We would wish to stress again , with the district council 's support I suspect , that that overshoot really it 's to sites within the urban area , as in windfall sites in general planning terms we have seen to be acceptable er in planning terms , but we would wish to stress that part part of that approach has been a continuing resistance to development on greenfield sites on the edge of the the urban area . |
| 4 | The Scottish bus passengers consultative committee proposed in new clause 5 would consider the needs of the disabled if representations were made to it Provisions for the disabled should also be contained in the code of conduct that we have asked to be drawn up . |
| 5 | No doubt this draper 's ‘ Rep ’ would have cut a bit of a dashing figure in the big city in his way , replete with some of the family charm and salesmanship which we have assumed to be one of the hallmarks of William Charles himself . |
| 6 | Chapter 4 will describe and evaluate the legal response to shirking and managerial incompetence , the other problems we have assumed to be exacerbated by the separation of ownership and control , by way of the duty to exercise diligence , care , and skill . |
| 7 | If that power was sufficient , the holy spirit , if that power was sufficient to raise Christ from the dead , you not think he 's able to exert that power in your life and in my life to make us live lives that are pleasing to God , of course it is so we do n't do it ourselves , just let me in closing mention one other thing , this relationship we have needs to be maintained , you know for any relationship to grow , one needs to spend time with the other person , I do n't give a lot of credence to the saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder , it does with somebody else , it 's true , it does not make it grow fonder of that person the person is you know who you , you heard this story so often , like particularly like going back during the last war , folk who were separated sometimes for , for , not just for months but for several years , there they were in concentration camps perhaps , in prisoner of war camps , separated for years , they come back home they 've got to get to know each other all over again you see that a relationship on a human level as well as in our relationship with God is dependent on , on association , it 's dependent on companionship , it 's dependent on spending time with the other person and in our relationship with Christ this is achieved by , by prayer , by knowing and understanding God 's word , by having fellowship with other Christians and fellowship with other Christians is not just meeting them and passing the time of day with them , oh that 's fellowship but it 's far more than that is required , there 's the fellowship in worship , we worship together , of course I can worship God at home of course I can do it , so can you do it and we , we should do it , but there 's that re , there 's that need , that requirement as God 's people we come together to worship him in a corporate act , in the sacraments , in , as we mentioned in , in earlier on in taking the bread and the wine and remembering the lords death , there 's a sense in which I can do it by myself |
| 8 | Much of our recent research has been directed to testing this idea , which we have shown to be incorrect . |
| 9 | That being so , teachers felt themselves to be under pressure to adopt practices whose efficacy we have shown to be debatable . |
| 10 | She writes : ‘ We have to admit to being workaholics and both love what we do … |
| 11 | We 're frightened of what will happen and sometimes we have need to be frightened , you know , they are going to do very different things because they disagree violently with us . |
| 12 | But they do not question traditional psychology 's male-identified emphasis on , for example , objectivity and success : ‘ We are both feminists … and although we have tried to be objective about the value-laden topics discussed in this book , we know we can not have succeeded entirely ’ ( 1974 : 12–13 , my emphasis ) . |
| 13 | We have tried to be too delicate and have lost the g . |
| 14 | Now we have tried to be a pragmatic and innovative authority . |
| 15 | ‘ We realise this is a long-term problem and we have tried to be helpful , ’ said Mrs Mitchell . |
| 16 | We mistake it for reality because we are so involved , so lost in the illusion , so absorbed by the drama , that we forget we have chosen to be here , that we are willing participants in an elaborate stage production . |
| 17 | ‘ Market focus is around what we have to do to deliver our promise to the customer , what we have to achieve to be successful . |
| 18 | I believe in a competitive world , but at the same time I think we have got to be laying sound foundations for future growth and if we are constantly pressured into satisfying stock-market expectations , which are short-term , or under threat of take-over , we will not be investing enough for the long-term development of our businesses . |
| 19 | Either chemists , pharmacists and medical practitioners should be totally amoral and provide patients with any drug they want — including fatal poisons — to use as they wish , or else we have got to be prepared to take the moral stands our consciences and beliefs press on us . |
| 20 | ‘ Their reputation is built on the fact that they are a counter-attacking side and we have got to be careful . |
| 21 | ‘ We have got to be a lot , lot better than in the Canadian game , but I have no doubt we will be , ’ he said . |
| 22 | We have got to be spot on with the depth to which we are digging — too much and the water will be too deep and the reeds will not grow — but I think the new reeds will be good and strong , not the spindly rubbish we are getting as a result of the dry conditions , ’ said Mr Macklin . |
| 23 | Well I do n't se I do n't think that it has been badly designed for the old people , I think the object of building the town as it has been built is to integrate the erm the old people with the young , perhaps the young people resent that but I think we have got to have a mixed community in as much as we have got to be aware that old people need attention in as much as they need companionship and if they are not integrated with the community they are going to be I really se , just left out on their own which in lots of cases there are very , very many lonely people , old people but if they are put within the community I think the community will look after them , in as much as giving them companionship whether the people , some people resent it or not , I do n't know , but I do think that they should not be segregated . |
| 24 | ‘ We have got to be there with a service that is compatible with out clients ’ needs . ’ |
| 25 | If we have come to him and received him as our saviour then if we are gon na live na in , if we are not gon na live in a state of disobedience then we have got to be baptized whether we choose to , whether we like to it 's a , it 's a simple thing , it 's not a matter of choice it 's the straightforward command of the Lord 's . |
| 26 | we have got to be , have confidence in our , in our consultants , that 's the important thing . |
| 27 | A police spokesman said : ‘ We do not believe it is Suzy Lamplugh , but we have to check to be absolutely sure . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I would like us to put a run together until the end of the season we have three games left and we have to try to be professional and win them all . ’ |
| 29 | Over the years we have proved to be an effective and efficient council and I believe you have all contributed greatly to making Lothian such a progressive authority . |
| 30 | First and foremost , we have to understand that we rarely fear what we have found to be true . |