Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] us [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is also firmly committed to proactive management : ‘ This is n't the kind of business environment in which we can set targets and expect something to happen , and we 're not waiting for an economic turnaround to provide us with the kind of results we want to turn in . |
| 2 | That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion : a gesture is more individual than an individual . |
| 3 | We are interested and associated but not absorbed and should European statesmen address us in the words which were used of old — Shall we speak for thee to the king or captain of the host ? ' — we should reply , Nay sir , for we dwell among our own people' ’ . |
| 4 | It could be simply a difference of opinion where conflicting views bring us to an impasse . |
| 5 | It 's a convenient unit , perhaps a useful way of thinking about it is in terms of the time that light takes about eight minutes to reach us from the sun . |
| 6 | But neither should we enable this sympathy to blind us to the greater truth that more persons suffer , many fatally , from corporate crime than ‘ conventional ’ crime . |
| 7 | This differentiation puts us in a place of desire and of choice . |
| 8 | This description introduces us to the tramp and gives us a rough picture of him . |
| 9 | This study provided us with an opportunity to identify some of the myths that predominantly unskilled workers hold about life in their work environment . |
| 10 | John and his team have already extracted considerable concessions from the Inland Revenue , which means that the majority of us will be able to continue as before , i.e. we will be able to satisfy the Inland Revenue that the majority of priests do not have the liability to tax on their income from the Church , without the need for the Inland Revenue to meet us on an individual basis . |
| 11 | Our nervous Iraqi guards kept us inside the small bungalow that was ‘ home ’ for the 12 of us . |
| 12 | A very light northerly wind wafted us round the moored yacht on which we had marooned the photographer . |
| 13 | We 've asked four top designers to join us for the day and show just how they would accessorize the little black dress that is a staple of this season 's wardrobe . |
| 14 | An attempt to answer this question takes us into the field of a phenomenological epistemology . |
| 15 | The attempt to answer this question leads us into a hitherto little-explored region of English grammar since it poses the problem of the relation between the infinitive and the category of person , and takes us back to a use not yet analysed satisfactorily , the so-called " infinitive of reaction " . |
| 16 | There is a need to recognise and further consider the position of male carers , while not using this issue to deflect us from the more general issues which arise for women through entrenched assumptions that this is their ‘ natural ’ role . |
| 17 | ‘ The old girl left us in the dark , ’ said Iris with a jerk of her head towards the empty desk . |
| 18 | This interchange brought us to the foot of the bad step beneath Crib Goch summit . |
| 19 | This quotation points us towards an historical account of both the ‘ social evolution of Britain ’ and the ‘ certain political factors ’ which have weakened the ‘ class ’ alignment in British politics . |
| 20 | This point leads us to the concept of meaning . |
| 21 | I joined the others with great anticipation , of , possibly , hot coffee , French bread , maybe fried eggs awaited us in the barn . |
| 22 | Above , an awkward shuffle up a short steep wall deposited us on a flat-topped summit of the lesser Drug , with only the choughs for company . |
| 23 | The ‘ space ’ of modern astronomy may arouse terror , or bewilderment or vague reverie ; the spheres of the old writers present us with an object in which the mind can rest , overwhelming in its greatness but satisfying in its harmony . |
| 24 | Some hours later , I do n't know how many , two abysmal and free-hanging abseils deposited us below the fangs of the bergschrund . |
| 25 | What can this theory tell us about the changes in the UK economy 's international position in the structural changes of the 1970s/1980s ? |
| 26 | An understanding of the biotic and expressive orders supplies us with an improved appreciation of human agency ; one which means we need no longer envisage people as automatic pilots swept along by the broad forces of capitalist processes and social relations . |
| 27 | This would not apply , for instance , to reference use of the library , where public use qualifies us for a discount on book purchases , but would apply for , say , postal loans of slides , commercial enquiries , online searches , photocopies and so on , where such services would use staff time and involve paying for resources which we would not otherwise have to buy in . |
| 28 | This approach presents us with a particular problem since we must ensure that the representative chosen provides us with a good insight into that political theory . |
| 29 | London 's Evening Standard referred to ‘ AEA Technology — the reshaped Atomic Energy Authority ’ and the Daily Telegraph described us as the ‘ re-styled AEA Technology . ’ |
| 30 | It is possible that this statement commits us to a misnomer at the outset . |