Example sentences of "[pron] [det] [prep] us [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We insist on an area of personal moral sovereignty within which each of us may prefer the interests of family and friends and devote himself to projects that are selfish , however grand . |
| 2 | In contrast to this , according to the emotivist thesis , the typical cause and effect of a statement like ‘ Personal affection is a great good ’ is not any kind of genuine belief , which could be true or false , but an emotional attitude of favouring personal affection , which each of us may find ourselves either sharing or otherwise , but which we can not properly call true or false ; it therefore has primarily an emotive rather than a descriptive meaning . |
| 3 | ‘ This is one way in which each of us can make a difference now ’ |
| 4 | P. T. Geach , Mental Acts , refers to the Cartesian idea ‘ that introspection can give the word ‘ I ’ a special sense , which each of us can learn on his own account' . |
| 5 | God 's warning to the Israelites as they embarked on their conquest of the Promised Land can be applied easily to the renewal of mind which each of us should experience . |
| 6 | We must make the best of an occasion which has overtaken us but which neither of us would want , given the choice . ’ |
| 7 | Then after a long while , during which neither of us could escape from her hatred and savagery , she 'd said tiredly , ‘ OK , Annie , we ca n't do it . |
| 8 | Fear of death means that the most dangerous activity which many of us will contemplate is crossing the road ; while others , no less afraid of death , will canoe down dangerous rapids , explore the wildest of jungles , or whizz around motorcycle tracks . |
| 9 | There is another thing which I know you were thinking about a great deal , which all of us must think about . |
| 10 | Unrealistic prices not related to the long-term supply price of any energy source lead inevitably to excessive and inefficient consumption while rational pricing policies are one of the most important elements in making users accommodate to the harsh realities of the high energy cost environment in which all of us must live . |
| 11 | In the American state of California , people have a life-style which most of us would envy . |
| 12 | Which most of us will have a mortgage protected against death , I E , the sum assured is released to repay the loan , what happens if we get a critical illness , heart attack , stroke , etcetera , and ca n't work . |
| 13 | It might be a laugh if we some of us could communicate like this too . |
| 14 | I do n't think he realised learning the facts of life was precisely what most of us would do if we stopped demonstrating and went back to bed . |
| 15 | However , to be serious , while flexitime , certainly in the way it is put forward , is what most of us would describe as a ‘ complete nonsense ’ for area staff , it does embody a legitimate concern . |
| 16 | After all , if the self is felt to be nothing , any strategy adopted to enhance or promote it , desperate though it may be , is a step towards what most of us would consider to be health , and an action necessary for survival . |