Example sentences of "be [conj] we [vb base] " in BNC.
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1 | However , I think the practicalities in the situation are that we have to face the fact that they are not going to behave impartially and you see we have a classic example in er the circumstances of our own situation as described by John . |
2 | erm The other parts of the job are that we do erm all of the fundamental and much of the applied research which the nation needs , we provide an increasing range of advanced courses in technology for people in industry , and continuing education generally , the number of mature students at all levels is rising , and there are a number of other service functions we do for the community as well as just teaching undergraduates . |
3 | Paradoxically , it is only when we accept ourselves as we are that we begin to change . |
4 | Now , now I , now I , personal arguments has always been that we raise people 's standards , out there , throughout the world . |
5 | She said : ‘ The strength of my country in recent years has been that we have had no coalition , just clear leadership , a clear majority and clear decisions . |
6 | So if we 're we 're if we get if we get past that erm er that that point of am I going to take a flier . |
7 | They 're but we do . |
8 | ‘ What a day it 's been and we have n't really done anything at all . |
9 | ‘ Here we are and we 've had our experiment ; there 's been one party , one dominant idea , one fully followed plan , one strong leader — and her grey shadow — and it 's all turned to shit and ashes . |
10 | And they accept us for what we are and we 've got a good erm relationship with the the people w who are left in er the flat complex . |
11 | There may be things that we can improve and I 'm damn sure there are and we work hard at |
12 | We are but we 've never been formally trained in them . |
13 | I do n't expect the heartbeat award scheme to suffer , I will be in touch with Matthew fairly closely to ensure that , but I think the position of the labour group is that we can not support these recommendations as they are but we offer you a compromise solution . |
14 | It is , however , not all that we are because we know that we also have feelings and emotions . |
15 | Well , it might be that we regard it as whether everybody else interprets it that way . |
16 | If a secretarial assistant does not wish to accept the invitation with its terms , we would not press the matter but the policy should be that we appoint no more off-the-payroll secretarial assistants and that the whole arrangement ends by April 1993 . |
17 | Indeed , the most potent argument against it may be that we know only too well how protectionism contributed to the great depression of the 1930s . |
18 | who else could it be that we know , you know ? |
19 | So again perhaps tied in our prices , it might be that we 've assumed that we 'd do more , perhaps than the other groups . |
20 | One effect on the rest of us will be that we cause ourselves endless trouble by losing them . |
21 | I think our strategy should be that we pare our prices down , to the absolute minimum that we think we can do the work for , take a little bit more off that and hope to get some money back on variations . |
22 | It may also be that we look for different attributes in different parts of the public service . |
23 | Er , we 've already got some items on the agend agenda this morning , specifically to do with issue of teen care , but it might be that we look at , at , at a lot earlier |
24 | It may be that we need to offer love , support and encouragement rather than using anger to force a child into what we believe they should or should not do . |
25 | ‘ That is strict procedure but it may well be that we need to have another look . |
26 | It may be that we need to experiment with permanence units , some of which will specialise in achieving permanence through the return to natural families , and others in achieving permanence by placement with new families , and also having units which combine the two functions . |
27 | More likely , it might be that we need to ensure that particular subgroups are represented in the sample . |
28 | be , it may be that we need to get over to the States , to , to , erm pick up the technical vibes from there , but is the state , er our people in the States are n't in with . |
29 | It may well be that we send what we consider to be the fuller report there . |
30 | No well we might well it might be that we say we want a combined party , I do n't know , |