Example sentences of "[vb -s] we [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It fills us with a deep warmth that will last past midnight . |
| 2 | We see then that the idea introduces us to a radical gospel which brings an uncomfortable message to our hearts . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | His devotional works are full of joy ; religion , he said , ‘ leads us to a huge felicity through pleasant ways ’ . |
| 5 | This leads us to a brief discussion of the developments within these fields since the time when the early sociologists were working . |
| 6 | That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion : a gesture is more individual than an individual . |
| 7 | This last drawing exercise is a summary of the simple process of thinking which leads us into a deeper appreciation of how we have come to be what we are . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As Christine takes us on a final tour of the house she and Doc D share in a village ten miles out of Norwich , I venture the question that must be on every SHE reader 's lips . |
| 10 | But first he takes us on a brisk trot through lesser ranges , principally the Alps , from Balmat on Mont Blanc to the many feats of Mummery and beyond . |
| 11 | Our second association item takes us to a late autumn in the next reign . |
| 12 | A consideration of two dreams in Shakespeare 's plays takes us to a similar conclusion . |
| 13 | Where the SPRU team takes us at a brisk trot through the literature , Jan Zimmerman adopts more of a wild canter in her survey of the likely effects on women of a range of new technologies , in a piece that makes up in polemic what it lacks in argument . |
| 14 | Part of the inner route takes us through a narrow gap between a promontory of Fetlar called the Ness of Urie , and a small skerry which has a patch of grass on top . |
| 15 | In the 12 chapters the author takes us from a basic introduction to the design of synthesis , through the various methodologies , to a few selected total syntheses . |
| 16 | The kind of reasoning that we have discussed , which takes us from a finite list of singular statements to the justification of a universal statement , which takes us from some to all , is called inductive reasoning and the process is called induction . |
| 17 | ‘ It is also to be remarked , ’ wrote Wallace , ‘ that the great chain of active volcanoes in Sumatra and Java furnishes us with a sufficient cause for this subsidence , since the enormous masses of matter thrown out would take away the foundations of the surrounding district ; and this may be the true explanation of the often-noticed fact that volcanoes and volcanic chains are always near the sea . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | We may all experience the compelling and sometimes painful quality of moonlight , or sense the darkness that surrounds us as a palpable presence . |
| 20 | Each one of them tells us about a different aspect of the creature . |
| 21 | When the whole structure is still , as it were , in two parts we have a noun phrase such that there is no reason to suppose that it has the property of the adjective ; when the structure is united we find first , that the property of the adjective does apply to the noun phrase , and , second , that the verb tells us of a temporal change . |
| 22 | 1993 presents us with a new challenge in the form of charges for admission to non-members and some other services . |
| 23 | Scotland international coach Roxburgh admitted : ‘ The loss of Richard presents us with a real problem . |
| 24 | She presents us with a glistening floor bordered by a number of bells hanging from long ropes , each lit from above to produce its own pool of light . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The treaty of Brest-Litovsk , which the military superiority of Germany forced upon the young Soviet State at the end of the year , revealed the limits of its power : ‘ The past keeps fast hold of us , ’ Lenin observed gloomily at the 8th Party Congress , ‘ grasps us with a thousand tentacles , and does not allow us to take a single forward step , or compels us to take these steps badly . ’ |
| 27 | Enzensberger invites us to a ghastly repetition of the corsi e ricorsi of humanity 's blind tragedy . |
| 28 | This time it is not a natural parting of the ways like leaving school that has happened ; rather , an unexpected factor , for example some form of incurable disease or sudden death through illness or accident has occurred , which propels us into a significant loss that we are not prepared for . |
| 29 | ‘ Added to my millions it bonds us into a formidable team . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It puts us at a great disadvantage playing at Selhurst Park . |