Example sentences of "[noun] we [vb base] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our arguments are based not only on our national interest but on the risks we perceive to the competitive position of the Community as a whole . |
| 2 | In their two contrasting styles we return to the main theme of this chapter : boyo Neil 's communicating style emphasising ‘ commonality ’ ; and the formal prime ministerial Margaret Thatcher style emphasising ‘ control ’ . |
| 3 | In this chapter we look at the general nature of weak syllables . |
| 4 | In practice we distinguish between the external cause of a rhythm , which is caused by our life-style or environment , and another internal cause , which we might say is due to a clock within our body . |
| 5 | From the Palgrave Cross at the top of Church Hill we continue down the High Street as far as Belmont — the centre of dissent — on the left . |
| 6 | In contrast , the data we have on the somatosensory cortex indicate that all of the areas specialize in some way and that there is no generalist area . |
| 7 | With the end of that accumulatory episode we arrive at the second resultant stratigraphical situation as suggested in " 7 " . |
| 8 | ‘ We will use whatever influence we have to the full to ensure , for example , that you do n't tax middle-managers with a 49 per cent rate at £27,000 , and you do n't tax people above £40,000 with a combined 59 per cent rate . |
| 9 | that talk about the company of which I 'm chairman is that there is a personnel and compensation committee which in the absence of a chief executive sets the chief executive 's remuneration and with the presence of the chief executive , although he 's not , I 'm not a member of that committee we work on the other senior executives of the company , it 's quite similar to the process used here in your company . |
| 10 | We try as far as possible to relate the work we do in the Technical Department to what goes on in industry and commerce . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ The reception , professional way the meetings are organised and the help we receive from the local authority makes us return here time after time . |
| 12 | In Spain we drive on the other side . ’ |
| 13 | The facts are there there has been a staggering rise in attacks and murders this union must take the lead we call for the British government to bring in legislation to ban the evil nationalist and fascist political parties , and insist that government strengthens legal protection for third country nationals . |
| 14 | Similarly , the picture we have of the civil service drawn from such programmes as Yes Minister ! only depicts a small number of Mandarins at the top of the civil service . |
| 15 | To obtain a hand specimen we rely on the differential weathering of the sponge and the matrix . |
| 16 | This motion is about Labour Party accountability to our own union members and not about our accountability to a handful of M Ps , so whatever the result of the er particular , er Labour Party links debate we 've just had , it 's still important to consider the practical er effects of the link we have with the Labour Party locally . |
| 17 | It is up to each one of us , he wrote , at every point in our lives , to decide how much order and how much disorder , how much discipline and how much freedom we need for the best realization of our project of the moment , even though that project may turn out to be flawed or even utterly mistaken in the short run , of course I am only talking about the short run , he wrote , in the long run , as I have already said , both success and failure are quite without meaning , the notion of meaning is quite without meaning . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's one of the most important projects we have for the 1990s , ’ says Philip Goldsmith , head of Earth observation at the European Space Agency . |
| 19 | Nearly all the farmhouses we see between the compact villages of the country between the Yorkshire and the Dorset coasts date from the century 1750–1850 . |
| 20 | If in our plans we hope for the best and are prepared for the worst then we should be ready for anything in between . |
| 21 | Since the values for E and G vary , of course , for each solid the values we get for the theoretical strengths will vary too . |
| 22 | Do you think the fact that the French erm constitution and the French administration is so different from the British administration , this leads to some of the erm occasional tangles and differences of views we have between the British and French ? |
| 23 | Erm I have already referred sir to the investigations which are proceeding with regard to the ability to erm , as it were , encourage er this er amphibian to go to other ponds , and I would again call your attention to the state of the knowledge we have at the present time , which is that that is not possible . |
| 24 | After prayers and meditations we move to the high altar where a female form , draped entirely in black , is seated on a chair beside the statue of Isis . |
| 25 | For the latter , the term God is the main religious symbol for the Ground of Being while , for the former , God is the name we give to the mysterious power that pervades the universe and not a symbol in the Tillichian sense . |
| 26 | A third witness , you understand , adds no further dimension but only spreads it thinner , and a fourth thinner still , and the more witnesses there are the thinner it gets and the more reasonable it becomes until it is as thin as reality , the name we give to the common experience … |
| 27 | As with all dreams we reach for the ideal … ’ |
| 28 | We greatly value the close contact we have with the Junior School prefects and the Sixth Year pupils , as well as the assistance we receive from parents in a variety of situations . |
| 29 | All of our businesses have maintained or improved their market shares as managers we concentrate on the full year rather on either half and because of our seasonal bias er , those of you who 've been , er , to our interim presentations before er , will remember that without fail I tell you our results at the half-way stage are not a clear guide to the outcome of the year as a whole . |
| 30 | That 's reach a common understanding which reflects the realities of a relationship we enjoy at the present day so that we can all get on with the task of serving our members and forming a Labour government . |