Example sentences of "[verb] our [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whilst we did lose volume slightly at the start of the year , we have outperformed our competitors during the vital summer peak period , ’ a Sealink spokesman said . |
| 2 | We have been able to consolidate our position as the major private label breakfast cereal supplier to the French market and enjoy further growth in other European markets . |
| 3 | We send our mandates for the certain death of thousands and ten thousands ! |
| 4 | However , half-a-thumb's-length beyond it ( roughly two minutes at 75kts ) is another very distinctive marker point , a 300ft mast reaching to over 700ft amsl ( L ) which we can use to back-confirm our time over the half-way point as we pass south abeam it . |
| 5 | Centres ' replies to the questionnaire , which will be treated in the strictest confidence , will be used to inform our thinking about the future development of these qualifications . |
| 6 | Along with feedback gained from interviews with centres and students , from seminars , and from correspondence , the results of this survey will be used to inform our thinking about the future development of general SVQ . |
| 7 | Mourning leads to happiness when through it we sense our place within the human family , and our need for God 's love . |
| 8 | We 've been prowling around all day on a level with earthworms and rusty , broken down appliances , pressing our ears against the hot wooden trapdoor to the cellar and hearing the silence of ghosts . |
| 9 | She was obviously under the influence of drugs , booze or both and as we approached , typically averting our eyes from the embarrassing spectacle , a girl of about 11 wiped a candle of yellow mucus from the woman 's nose and resignedly helped her to her feet , staring at us with old , resentful eyes as we passed , reminding me of myself and the Saturday afternoon rescue missions . |
| 10 | After twisting our way up the long trail we finally reached the North Rim just after midday , feeling like redeemed souls struggling out of a magnificent inferno . |
| 11 | And one blessing is that we are n't likely to be saddled with the tag ‘ Team of the Nineties ’ — which is a real kiss of death — while we 're trying to find our feet in the Premier League . ’ |
| 12 | From this viewpoint , we have to modify our analysis of the regulatory system in certain ways . |
| 13 | However , to provide our customers with the optimum service possible our Operations Department plan departure schedules approximately 8 weeks before the date of travel . |
| 14 | Likewise , in reviewing Our Towns , the journal Social Work argued that two things stood out about its analysis of the evacuation experience — ‘ our failure to educate our girls as home-makers , in spite of seventy years of compulsory education , and our failure to provide our people with the raw material for home-making ’ . |
| 15 | As he declaimed we were weaving our way through the late-afternoon shoppers who thronged the centre of the town . |
| 16 | We reported our finds to the local office where we were able to borrow the official car to transport the goodies to Valiant . |
| 17 | The history books will list the world records , Olympic title and the record number of sub four-minute miles , but that alone does n't do justice to the man who consistently put his reputation on the line , changed our notions on the possible longevity of a miler 's career and who , I believe , was the inspiration that heralded the greatest decade in the history of British middle distance running . |
| 18 | Mercifully darkness obscured the dripping , gale-lashed countryside as we bumped our way down the unsurfaced track which led from the main road to Number Five , our new home . |
| 19 | We will encourage farmers , retailers and manufacturers to work together to increase our share of the European food market . |
| 20 | And make sure that we provide our staff with the appropriate |
| 21 | Thus finishes our tour of the western crags of Lakeland . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , where has our discussion of the conditional theory left us ? |
| 23 | Royal Mail spokesman Adam Novak said : ‘ The twin town award scheme is just one way in which we can demonstrate our commitment to the European single market by recognising the extensive contribution twin towns all over the UK have made in furthering the development of international communications . ’ |
| 24 | But of course it is the individual who attracts the photographer in the first place ( and in this instance we know the reverse to be true ) , and Yass is obviously keen to sharpen our awareness of the personal face-to-face aspect of these relationships . |
| 25 | Let us pray that we may find the contentment which comes from living our lives to the full and being concerned and thoughtful in our dealings with others . |
| 26 | We felt that this new improved offer would enable us to continue in the short term notwithstanding the fact that we still estimated our losses under the new proposals at something in the region of £67,000 . |
| 27 | The Oak said , ‘ But we have lent our aid to the Royal Houses of the Beastline in times of extreme danger and we have also fought to regain Tara for the rightful heir . ’ |
| 28 | During our last seven months , as we prepared our recommendations for the secondary stages , the officials of the National Curriculum Council under their Chairman , Duncan Graham , were rewriting the attainment targets for the primary stages , supposedly in accord with the consultation exercise and Mr Baker 's own proposals about grammar . |
| 29 | We export our designs to the other world |
| 30 | If we are going to win , and win again , we must be as vigorous in promoting our cause as the Labour Party . ’ |