Example sentences of "[verb] us to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Ashworth helpfully referred us to a substantial number of United States decisions . |
| 2 | There were no roads direct from the station to where the world began , but the carriage drivers , squatting over their breakfasts , directed us to an abandoned railway line which cut across country . |
| 3 | ‘ They drove us to a lonely creek , ’ she said . |
| 4 | So we might in fact simplify this by saying these are the enabling factors if you like , to leave home these are the motivating factors pulling us to a certain destination . |
| 5 | We see then that the idea introduces us to a radical gospel which brings an uncomfortable message to our hearts . |
| 6 | This leads us to a fundamental distinction in the character of critical judgements , a distinction between what I shall call internal and external criteria of judgement . |
| 7 | His devotional works are full of joy ; religion , he said , ‘ leads us to a huge felicity through pleasant ways ’ . |
| 8 | This leads us to a brief discussion of the developments within these fields since the time when the early sociologists were working . |
| 9 | That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion : a gesture is more individual than an individual . |
| 10 | Modern conditions have involved us in rivalry of armaments which is now a conscious struggle to achieve by expenditure and science , by diplomacy and alliances , a balance of power which always eludes us , and because it is always variable and unstable condemns us to a bloodless battle , a dry warfare of steel and gold . |
| 11 | Nevertheless it is by no means certain that the use of such predicates necessarily commits us to an anti-monist stance . |
| 12 | Talk of ‘ processes ’ and ‘ states ’ commits us to an inappropriate way of looking at the matter — as though the only difference between understanding understanding and understanding sweating is that in the case of understanding understanding our gaze is directed inwards . |
| 13 | If the medium of issue is magnetic then the indefinite maintenance of bit-perfect records commits us to an active program of periodic renewal and integrity checking , or a one-off transfer to a more permanent medium . |
| 14 | Our second association item takes us to a late autumn in the next reign . |
| 15 | A consideration of two dreams in Shakespeare 's plays takes us to a similar conclusion . |
| 16 | Peter Wood 's brief is to guide us to an acceptable quality management system that genuinely reflects our practices . |
| 17 | An unexpected gap in the mountains beckoned us to a silent lake fed by waterfalls and surrounded by woods with banks of moss , lichens and fungi alive with lemmings scurrying among holes and tree roots . |
| 18 | We have set very clear targets which will return us to a basic level of performance in the next two years . |
| 19 | I assume this can go ahead immediately , without tying us to a detailed course outline . |
| 20 | Our approach has the advantage of not tying us to a particular syntax and semantics for the space of expressions . |
| 21 | Russian , ultimately , has brought us to a similar endeavour . |
| 22 | Is the Prime Minister aware , first , that people will want to study in detail what he has brought back and will need far more time to do that , and , secondly , that a treaty committing us to a European union probably represents an even bigger change than our entry into the Community in 1975 , the long-term effect of which over many Parliaments will be great ? |
| 23 | This combined emphasis — that doubt is not the same as unbelief but can lead naturally to it — directs us to a mature handling of doubt that avoids the extremes of being too hard or too soft on doubt . |
| 24 | We had chosen our visit to coincide with the full moon , but it also coincided with a period of maximum solar flare activity , and on every clear night the Lights treated us to a spectacular show in green and red . |
| 25 | What we have now is much more than a game : an exciting story to which we do not know the end ; and a visual image which will lead us to an exciting starting point for a drama , an image which we know has engaged the children . |
| 26 | After climbing to the top of the largest crater , the boat took us to a small bay on Palea Kameni where you can swim to the hot springs and delve into the orange mud of the sea bed , supposedly wonderful for your skin ! |
| 27 | There were three soldiers for every nun ; they tied our hands and took us to a small room , two soldiers pushing each nun . |
| 28 | Reluctantly , he took us to a single kennel at the back of the offices . |
| 29 | After the shopping spree Mary took us to a little tea shop for tea and cakes and then we returned happily with our presents . |
| 30 | Health expenditure increased , but not by enough to lift us to a comparable position with our main industrial competitors . |