Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb -s] us [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In other words , it is the poll tax crossed with a capital value tax — a roof tax crossed with a head tax — a cross-bred monster which gives us the worst of all worlds . |
2 | In today 's programme he gives us an exclusive interview , the first since his heart attack four months ago . |
3 | Early on , he was anxious to combine the view that our beliefs about the social world are determined by the structured whole with the claim that historical materialism has achieved the status of a science , a body of knowledge which gives us a true account of the world . |
4 | Erm the cost of sales is two and a half million pounds which gives us a gross profit of almost two and a half million pounds . |
5 | The poem which gives us the best insight into knightly and aristocratic life c. 1200 , L'Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal ( the story of William Marshal ) , rarely fails to tell us how much a particular horse was worth : it could be as much as forty , fifty or even a hundred livres — and this at a time when a serf could be bought for ten livres . |
6 | But the man who gives us the clearest picture of the link between the Spirit and evangelism is St. Luke in his two volume work . |
7 | It is God as Spirit who brings us the intimate presence of God to us , enabling us to be friends of God . |
8 | It is Erasmus who gives us an interesting picture of the ordinary people 's homes , and he comments on the custom of covering the floors with rushes . |
9 | North of Dunkery Beacon , for example , the well-preserved ringwork of Sweetworthy is next to the abandoned medieval farm site — and possibly the Saxon predecessor which gives us the -worth element in Sweetworthy . |
10 | It is a remarkable document which gives us a fresh and immediate insight into Marcel Duchamp 's mind . |