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 ,
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