Example sentences of "[v-ing] our [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wrecking our house , sorry , yeah , I do n't mean to exclude you . |
| 2 | HAVE you noticed the new fashion for psychoanalysing our leaders ? |
| 3 | that in setting and applying our standards , our staff will seek to be open , helpful and polite in explaining our position |
| 4 | Perhaps we should have written a chapter explaining our reactions to critics such as Brian Doyle or to books such as Terry Eagleton 's Criticism and Ideology ( 1976 ) , but I doubt whether the Working Group would have easily reached agreement . |
| 5 | I 've spoken to several of the barmen , explaining our dilemma , and elicited a promise that if a couple answering to the description of Svend and your sister put in an appearance and are conversing in English the man shall be discreetly asked if he is Svend Eriksen and , if so , requested to get in touch with me . |
| 6 | At this murky hour the luxurious hotel had a seedy , spiritless air , matching our mood . |
| 7 | Ellen 's manner was almost British in its cool restraint , matching our welcome which we had deliberately pitched at a low key . |
| 8 | Matching our gifts and preferences to the job and its opportunities . |
| 9 | Here the emphasis is on technology as an autonomous and primary force driving our society in a certain direction . |
| 10 | The pleasures of driving our GTi are equalled only by the irritations . |
| 11 | Some of us may compensate for this by driving our cars like dervishes or creating dramas in our personal lives . |
| 12 | Flora was driving our car towards us , bumping over the ruts . |
| 13 | Head of year nine John Hunter added : ‘ The results will provide important information about the state of the footpath network in Essex as well as enabling our students to make suggestions on how the network can be protected and enhanced . ’ |
| 14 | It was a great success , judging by the comments I heard afterwards , not only for enabling our volunteers to play an influential role in the local plans process , but for generating a sympathetic under- standing of the difficult balancing act expected of planners ! |
| 15 | A notable event in the year was the re-introduction of an advanced course in Physics , which offers students the option of studying both Physics and Chemistry for a full two years , thereby enabling our BSc Honours graduates with degrees in Biology or Biochemistry and Education to teach all of the three major science subjects in their subsequent careers as secondary school teachers . |
| 16 | We 're calling upon the G M B to incorporate environmental training and awareness in health and safety courses , thereby enabling our safety reps to address the issues with their employers , and stress the need to establish environmental policies . |
| 17 | As I explained , we would be pleased to under-write the costs of enabling our agent , Mr John Popham , to represent your interest in protecting your property and the public amenity of the Glebelands against damaging groundwater effects that might be caused by the barrage . |
| 18 | Whatever the motivation , church planting can be recognised as a powerful means for enabling our churches to grow . |
| 19 | But a new EC directive is in danger of denying our support for some of the most exciting organic wines . |
| 20 | Of course there is no possible denying our need for people so educated that they may fill the jobs that are at present unfilled , or offered to people from other countries , because of our own shortage of skilled and competent technologists . |
| 21 | This tradition of denying our forwards possession continues today . |
| 22 | We ca n't have more Jewish babies ; we 've got our work cut out liquidating those already polluting our lands . ’ |
| 23 | Lead-laden exhaust fumes will dissolve in the bubble-fluid , and will be washed down the roadside drains instead of polluting our lungs . |
| 24 | Coal powered factories , warmed homes and moved the railway steam engines ( as well as polluting our cities ' air ) . |
| 25 | We have , in fact , as well as polluting our environment chemically also polluted it with radio waves of varying frequencies . |
| 26 | This seems to leave us only two options : either to believe anyway ( repressing our doubts and feeling guilty about those that remain ) or to give up faith . |
| 27 | Before justifying our claim , however , we wish to say something about the main criticisms levelled at Realism . |
| 28 | ‘ Political instability is tearing our continent apart . |
| 29 | We realise that political instability is tearing our continent apart and that everlasting peace , which is a condition for development , can only be founded on the enjoyment of , and observance and respect for , human rights . |
| 30 | tearing our house down love Ca n't |