Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] we of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Festival of Britain sought to persuade us of the imminence of a better and less contorted world . |
| 2 | A recent pronouncement by a former Education Minister serves to remind us of the kind of thinking we must guard against . |
| 3 | The wildfire growth of the Boy Scouts serves to remind us of the enormity of the Edwardian era 's preoccupation with its youth , and the groundswell of not only national enthusiasm but also deep funds of social anxiety . |
| 4 | The word serves to remind us of the importance of that element so far not introduced into the discussion : diplomacy . |
| 5 | John Bums , President of the Local Government Board , when introducing the first legislation with ‘ town planning ’ in its title in 1909 declared : These objectives may seem happily optimistic when contrasted with subsequent achievements , but they serve to remind us of the tension that always exists in town planning between the engineers and the sociologists ( Goldsmith 1980:Ch. 7 ) . |