Example sentences of "we [modal v] take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may take a mild-mannered horse , one that is bottom of the pecking order at home , out to ride in the company of others — perhaps at a show or on a trail ride — and find to our embarrassment that it is threatening to kick every horse in sight . |
| 2 | We may take a piece of existing discourse , and add more information into it ; then instruct students to remove surplus information in order to pitch the discourse for a specified receiver . |
| 3 | The bullet in the groin at the end of Lipstick may be cathartic , and we may take a certain ghoulish delight in watching Farrah Fawcett in Extremities debate whether to bury alive in the garden the attempted rapist she has tied up in her house . |
| 4 | We may take the ambiguity to imply that Wordsworth was unwilling to admit that the visionary gleam was entirely self-deception , and was trying to have it both ways . |
| 5 | In a third class of cases we may take the latest condition , the one closest in time to the effect , as the cause . |
| 6 | That is , we may take the " message " of an utterance to be what it conveys about " the real world " . |
| 7 | As another ( commonly quoted ) example , we may take the Faulhaber ( 1975 ) case involving economies of scope . |
| 8 | Mr. Speaker : With this , we may take the following amendments : No. 1 , in clause 1 , page 2 , line 20 after " Group " , insert " and representatives of consumer interests " . |
| 9 | Either we may see them as qualifying the properties inherent in the nouns , or we may take the view that lawfulness and distance serve to mark out certain generally recognized subcategories of heirs and cousins ( whereas one can scarcely argue for any generally accepted subcategories of strangers and kids marked out by totality and mereness ) , so that they can be treated as ordinary ascriptive adjectives . |
| 10 | As examples we may take the grotesque sexual extravagance , and the intense foolishness , of the peasant and his wife in Les quatre Souhais Saint Martin , or the state of the peasant in Le Vilain asnier , " The peasant ass-driver " , who is overpowered and anaesthetized by the beautiful scent of flowers and brought back to himself only by having dung thrust under his nose . |
| 11 | This may also be written in the form Since F ( ) is monotonic , we may take the inverse of ( 7.5 ) : |
| 12 | I would back Mr 's opinion , and I think we ought to take a responsible position towards paying off our debts . |
| 13 | ‘ Now the evening 's drawing to a close , and I reckon we ought to take the opportunity of conveying to Jack here the heartiest good wishes of the Kingsmarkham and District Darts Club . |
| 14 | Er er it seems that the Council have known about this for six months er and it 's only within the last week or two er that information has got out so it seems to me that that 's something that er that we ought to take an interest in . |
| 15 | Were hoping to get a mini bus , I do n't think we ought take a bus because we were very badly treated when we did that , we do n't to allow ourselves open to that again , but I have written to say were hoping to get enough people to take a mini bus . |
| 16 | ‘ We should take every opportunity to recycle our waste cardboard so that we reduce the quantity of our waste which goes to landfill or is incinerated . ’ |
| 17 | Where is it clear that reliance may be placed on our association with the preparation of financial information , and where that reliance is not justified by the nature of the association , we should take every opportunity to make the nature of our position clear ( for example , in discussing information , prepared but not reported on by ourselves , with a client 's bankers ) . |
| 18 | We should take a more substantial point , though as one grapples one 's way through the forest they are not always easy to identify . |
| 19 | That we should take a more dispassionate view and consider the long-term effects of Briant 's work . |
| 20 | But Barry Ward says we should take a closer look at the East of England . |
| 21 | So we 're more than looking forward to reviewing this one , although before we examine it in detail perhaps we should take a quick look at Lowden 's model-numbering system , since with so many different options available , like cutaways , special inlays , different bindings and decoration , it 's sometimes hard to spot which model is which . |
| 22 | We should take a close look at what is being offered here before accepting it too readily . |
| 23 | I would like to suggest , with respect to the historic churches , that we should take a lesson from the sects . |
| 24 | ‘ Then we should take a vote , ’ shouted Samuel , oblivious of royalty . |
| 25 | ‘ I meant we should take a trip to Hadrian 's wall . ’ |
| 26 | In view of the warm weather , he suggested that we should take a walk , for which purpose he would change into lighter things . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps we should take a little walk , ’ he suggested mildly . |
| 28 | We should take a radical approach to the position of elderly people beyond the year 2000 , and consider whether technology can allow them to enjoy a better standard of living and to rely less on residential and nursing homes . |
| 29 | ‘ Maybe we should take a little time out … just the two of us … |
| 30 | But it 's no bad thing — we should take the two way traffic of actors and directors more seriously than we do . |