Example sentences of "us [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our study allowed us to estimate dose equivalence from the dose response findings with salbutamol and salmeterol . |
| 2 | These enabled us to estimate numbers of resident males aged 11–21 and 22–35 . |
| 3 | But these features were obviously not the ‘ causes ’ of crime , they were merely signs that supposedly enabled us to spot criminals . |
| 4 | But the plump little white ducks and the fresh St-Marcellin cheeses from the Isère , the exquisite black and green olives from Nyons which we bought for lunch tempted us to drive north or south-east of Valence instead of directly south . |
| 5 | In these days of high land values and intensive land use it is comforting to the conservationists among us to see areas such as Threipmuir Common being designated as a Site of Special Interest and thus being left to nature . |
| 6 | It forces us to see man in total and forces us to recognise the limitations of a positivist view of the social sciences . |
| 7 | It should be remembered that in this chapter we are dealing only with stress within the word ; this means that we are looking at words as they are said in isolation , which is a rather artificial situation — we do not often say words in isolation , except for a few such as ‘ yes ’ , ‘ no ’ , ‘ possibly ’ , ‘ please ’ and interrogative words such as ‘ what ’ , ‘ who ’ , etc. , but looking at words in isolation does help us to see stress placement and stress levels more clearly than studying them in the context of continuous speech . |
| 8 | Our star is too bright for us to see stars from further away . |
| 9 | Mark intends us to see Jesus in this divine sense , walking on the water as an example of divine authority . |
| 10 | The war has torn the scales from our eyes , and forced us to see things as they really are , and by the light of this clearer vision we have come to regard many conditions as intolerable which before had only seemed inevitable … |
| 11 | They should have played a more open game and allowed us to see Bangor scoring lots of goals . |
| 12 | The Silmarillion by contrast seems to be trying to persuade us to see death potentially as a gift or reward — an attitude to which other authors in this sceptical age have felt drawn . |
| 13 | ‘ I made an appointment for us to see Mr Barnes — your mother 's solicitor — at ten o'clock tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 14 | God always has to ‘ empty himself as the incarnation demonstrates , for us to see God . |
| 15 | We intend to place the money in our building fund and it is also a faith-building experience for us to see God blessing us in this way . |
| 16 | ‘ Playing regularly in south Wales has helped us to go places and 10 years on it 's nice to crown it with a win like this . |
| 17 | It conjectures that God/dess , the Source , the Universe , the Force , the Light — or whatever term you wish to use — just might prefer us to enjoy life to the full , to open ourselves to the joy and abundance of the universe ; that All That Is is perhaps a loving force , and does not want us to endure sorrow , poverty and hardship . |
| 18 | Come with us to enjoy Mount Usher whose lilies , poppies and peonies gladdened the heart of William Robinson . |
| 19 | It can require us to support legislation we believe would be inappropriate in the perfectly just and fair society and to recognize rights we do not believe people would have there . |
| 20 | To try to educate us to remain docile , and what they call ’ good natives ’ . |
| 21 | IXOS SIGNS UP UNIPRESS IN US TO PEDDLE iXBUILD |
| 22 | With a number of major international partners , including Airbus Industrie and Lufthansa , we have set up a programme to assess safety factors on ageing aircraft ; Pirelli commissioned us to conduct field inspections of joints in high voltage power distribution cables to meet quality assurance requirements . |
| 23 | ANALYSING THE trends of incidents and accidents gives us an important measure of performance , allowing us to compare year to year , company to company , site to site , and comparable operations outwith the Wood Group . |
| 24 | To allow us to compare community care plans without appearing overly judgemental , and to structure our discussion of the part played by care programming in different authorities ' policies for mental health , the rest of this section employs the biological concepts of assimilation and adaptation . |
| 25 | ‘ There is less wear and tear on top management and it allows us to arrange meetings more quickly which might not take place otherwise , ’ says Royal Bank spokesman Alwyn James , speaking in Technicolor from his studio in Edinburgh . ’ |
| 26 | The unimpressiveness of some of Gandhi 's arguments in favour of ahi sā , however , should not be allowed to detract from the strength of other arguments , or cause us to lose sight of his basic position . |
| 27 | ‘ We ought none of us to lose sight of the fact that human beings count far more than institutions or procedures or precedents , and we ought always to be willing , given justification , to sacrifice the latter to the former . ’ |
| 28 | Of course , each village does contain its own unique qualities , but to dwell on these only serves to obscure the nature of the changes which have overtaken them , since a concern for the minutiae of each individual village leads us to lose sight of the widespread changes that have affected almost all villages in recent years . |
| 29 | Lovell 's overall conclusion on the results of the tests he surveyed is pessimistic : he writes ‘ … it seems to me that the weight of empirical evidence is sufficiently strong to compel us to suspend belief in the hypothesis of rational expectations , pending the accumulation of additional empirical evidence ’ ( Lovell , 1986 , p.12 ) . |
| 30 | Sir Lawrence refused to disclose details of the voting on Tendulkar 's signing at yesterday 's meeting of the Cricket Committee but Bradford member Bob Appleyard said : ‘ A batsman will not help us to bowl sides out twice . |