Example sentences of "we [modal v] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , with social feeling about child sexuality running high as it does at present , we may be well advised to keep quiet about it in public ; while , if we ourselves feel guilt as to our own emotions in any such case , a knowledgeable and understanding senior or colleague may be able to help us — otherwise we would be well-advised to hand the case on to someone else . |
| 2 | We may be here for an hour or two so you can go on home if you wish . |
| 3 | I do n't we may be completely wrong . |
| 4 | Such a survival is very important , for while we may be largely ignorant of the details of land travel , the role of ships in transporting men and goods across the waters to England is known to be great . |
| 5 | We may be better off with health care contracts if money follows the patient as the government er intends it to do , but we just do n't know and that 's what we 're investigating at the present time . |
| 6 | If this sounds a strange gospel coming from a theologian , let me say immediately that there is so much in the Bible about the awfulness , the cruelty and the unfaithfulness of human kind that we may be sometimes justified in wondering why God continues to love us at all . |
| 7 | " For reasons which I wo n't go into now , I think we may be specially interested in all matters relating to the Ingard group 's involvement with Winter Marsh — the ex-Ministry of Defence land which you mentioned , Sir Geoffrey , the other day . |
| 8 | We may be more anxious to understand the constraints on individual actions and intentions , as well as the various kinds of factors that bypass them altogether , than the actions and intentions themselves . |
| 9 | We may be very liberated and all that but — ‘ Oh — I must ask my husband ’ ’ She put on a high-pitched imbecile voice like a detergent or wash-up liquid ad . |
| 10 | But for major decisions about interpersonal relationships , careers , investments , etc. we may be very conscious of the decision process because it often causes stress . |
| 11 | We may be totally unable to recall an event or a fact but recognise it and all its context immediately if it is presented . |
| 12 | Absorption or wet scrubbing as it is often called has however the disadvantage of having to dispose of the liquid effluent obtained , which may itself require treatment before disposal , and has led to the comment that we may be merely replacing one effluent problem by another by using this method . |
| 13 | So that we may be together , |
| 14 | We may be together two weeks , two years or ten years . |
| 15 | That is a true work of evangelisation we may be quite sure . |
| 16 | We may be quite right to ascribe agency to a child for his acts . |
| 17 | First , the long term investor ( the one , Manne suggests , we should be most keen to protect ) must actually be selling for reasons other than to make a quick profit . |
| 18 | If there is any separate documentation or further material useful to our Working Party , we should be most grateful to receive it . |
| 19 | We should be most proud that , despite the fact that our health service spends less wastefully than those in some other countries , our figures on , for example , perinatal mortality are better or just as good . |
| 20 | We should be most grateful if you could let us have your thoughts either as soon as possible or by the next QT day ( September 21st ) . |
| 21 | We should be even less safe . " |
| 22 | Mass democracy is a difficult and hitherto largely uncharted territory ; and we should be nearer the mark , and should have a far more convincing slogan , if we spoke of the need , not to defend democracy , but to create it . |
| 23 | That way we should be ahead of Tweed . ’ |
| 24 | We should be vigorously selling the exciting worthwhile quality service that we have rather than selling the packaging . |
| 25 | We should be equally sensitive to the pervasive and often demeaning influences of some of the common images of old age on older men and women themselves . |
| 26 | The disposal of industrial and often hazardous waste is another problem , but one with which we should be equally concerned and one which we can ultimately influence . |
| 27 | ‘ Were it not that Mr Telscombe had business to discuss with Mr Barnet I doubt we should be here at all . |
| 28 | but , but I think we should be just a little careful in accepting this cavalry charge as it has been described too easily . |
| 29 | They will be feeling indulgent towards us , because we are not so evidently , so rowdily in love ; yet we should be discreetly indulgent towards them . |
| 30 | I am not suggesting that we should be completely sceptical about the value of introspection . |