Example sentences of "set before us " in BNC.
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| 1 | An array of instances , almost of specimens , is set before us ; and we are invited to make our own observations , inferring from them as much as they will bear . |
| 2 | In 1910 , when the Golden Jubilee of Thomas Street was being celebrated , the Quarterly Board looked at all the work of God on the Circuit and among other things they recorded their feeling that ‘ in Edenderry there is set before us an open door and we are determined to enter in . ’ |
| 3 | A fair summary of the whole might be ‘ the brotherhood of man and the Fatherhood of God , revealed in Jesus ’ teaching and example , and set before us as the goal which we are called to realise' . |
| 4 | Never a season passes without something new being set before us ; the resources of the rose seem limitless . |
| 5 | You see , Christmas is linked with the season of Advent — the season of hope which sets before us the hope of his coming to restore all things and bring all things to a glorious conclusion . |
| 6 | In this elegant , compassionate , deeply researched book , the tremendously caring Geoffrey Moorhouse sets before us the facts and figures , the jingoism , pride , pain , as well as the hideous smugness , the cock-ups , the arrogance , and the disasters made by ‘ those who know better ’ . |