Example sentences of "we [modal v] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may recognize their mannerisms in ourselves or find that we are talking to our children in just the tones that they talked to us . |
| 2 | Indeed we may inhibit their development if we force them to use unfamiliar approaches which slow down their thinking in the cause of a mistaken view of what it is to work systematically . |
| 3 | Our farmers , seeking retribution or justice , and our consumers , who are equally seeking those concepts , now have to go to Brussels , for there is no way in which we may satisfy their aspirations . |
| 4 | If our beliefs have never been challenged or put to the test we may doubt their validity now . |
| 5 | We ought to consider their wishes and feelings , not because we will be hurt if we do n't , but because they will be hurt . |
| 6 | We should boycott their fruit and tell the Brussels bureaucrats : ‘ Yes , we have no bananas . ’ |
| 7 | It is no good arguing that we should take in asylum seekers and that we should process their applications quickly if , in the interim , no financial assistance is given to local authorities for that purpose . |
| 8 | Given the differences between the two interpretation of Wittgenstein 's argument , we should stress their similarities . |
| 9 | Some Whigs were implicated in Jacobite activities , amongst them John Wildman , Charles Mordaunt ( third Earl of Monmouth ) , the Earls of Dorset and Shrewsbury , and the Duke of Bolton , although whether we should see their alleged intrigues as much more than fire-insurance Jacobitism is unclear . |
| 10 | I mean , we should have their site . |
| 11 | Topsel 's compromise was to suggest to his readers that ‘ with a wary and discreet eye we must avoid their harms , making more account of their use than of their persons ’ . |
| 12 | Cyanogen has two equivalent CN bonds , and we must treat their stretching motions together ( see Fig. 5.19 ) . |
| 13 | We must know their weapons and — ‘ There are other folk to tell ! ’ |
| 14 | Often people who share your compartment wish to relax and do not wish to indulge in polite conversation , they may just want to read a newspaper or magazine so we must respect their wishes . |
| 15 | We must demolish their fraudulent claims to be the party of freedom and opportunity . |
| 16 | In addition we must consider their meanings . |
| 17 | There are some whose function has stimulated less comment such as tweezers found in male graves ; if it were accepted that they were primarily depilatory we must consider their role in the alteration of the physical appearance of men and women as a cultural trait . |
| 18 | It follows that we must pre-empt their play for power . |
| 19 | They know that and they 'll try to prevent it — but we must pre-empt their every move . |
| 20 | If N C V O is to be able to fulfil this purpose effectively , we must be working closely with our members , and we must have their confidence and respect , and such confidence , of course , is a two way process . |
| 21 | Lucy says ‘ They always go home happier and friendlier — but most of all we must preserve their love of movement ’ . |
| 22 | If we are to discuss their work we must share their assumption . |
| 23 | We 'll miss their pitch for sure . |
| 24 | Not being an expert herself in the art of model construction , the kids went too — and we 'll get their verdict on the home of Lego tomorrow . |
| 25 | And although we might challenge their right to run our lives we often let them run our language without a murmur . |
| 26 | Although it may blunt some of the sharpness of the terms , we might map their literary specificity against terms traditional to film and television analysis such as ‘ style ’ ( or ‘ mise-en-scene ’ ) , ‘ narrative structure ’ , and theme . |
| 27 | Help make us more efficient — we could prevent their extinction ! |
| 28 | In future we could extend their kind of insurance benefit to people who are divorced , separated or unmarried and looking after children . |
| 29 | and studied and er so that we could copy their |
| 30 | " Is there no way we could hit their magazine ? |