Example sentences of "[v-ing] us [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gorbachev was equally forceful in attacking radical reformers , warning that some were " pushing us towards a bourgeois system and linking the solution of current problems with the country 's switch on to capitalist tracks " . |
| 2 | He is a zealous Cassandra , frantically warning us about the Trojan Horse of Monsieur Delors 's federalism . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Another Greek has cut down a Trojan who falls under the handle , leading us to the other side . |
| 5 | Our very success is leading us into a dangerous future … |
| 6 | If they do not ( and the track record is not good ) , they will be responsible for leading us up the wrong path ( again ) and they will create yet greater levels of exhaustion and disaffection . |
| 7 | We are very grateful for Dr Carey Griffiths and Vic Smith for stepping into the breach and presenting us with a two-part programme . |
| 8 | Not only does the text tend to be repetitious but each item of gear if prefaced by an otherwise blank page informing us of the Key Point to be gleaned in that section , pearls of wisdom such as : ‘ A file is useful for sharpening the edges of your … hooks . |
| 9 | Perhaps this surrender to the invading power of God 's Spirit , this willingness for him to take us and break us and use us , IS one of the prime lessons which the charismatic movement throughout the churches is teaching us at the present time . |
| 10 | Into the vacuum has sprung a bewildering variety of alternative philosophies , facing us with a post-Christian mosaic of confusing pluralism . |
| 11 | What you have seen today may well be the best lesson you will ever learn of the difficulties facing us in the outside world . |
| 12 | Two five five , the reason why the Executive asked for withdrawal was because it 's moving us a bit too fast along this track , and it 's moving us in a particular direction before we 've had the time to think about whether that 's the right direction to go . |
| 13 | The course was run by trainers who were themselves disabled , providing us with a real example of disabled people in a position of control . |
| 14 | No one of the theories we have set down is all wrong , any more than any one perspective is all right so providing us with a single key to " explain " British politics . |
| 15 | Knowledge of English literature is also of value in providing us with a common range of reference , and is of great importance in developing linguistic skills in Standard English . |
| 16 | Barbara Davies writes : ‘ It is astonishing how Somerville , as well as feeding us on the meagre wartime rations , saw to it that we had our full ration of tutorials ; and that University lectures were given in the Arts subjects when almost all the male academics had departed for the forces or war-work . |
| 17 | I assume this can go ahead immediately , without tying us to a detailed course outline . |
| 18 | Our approach has the advantage of not tying us to a particular syntax and semantics for the space of expressions . |
| 19 | Guest teacher was Joan Daniels , and we thank Kent display team for joining us despite the miserable weather . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | I suspect it may soon be superseded by a very different idea derived from evolutionary theory and the knowledge molecular biology is giving us about the genetic control of brain processes . |
| 22 | That twist is not limited to lumbering us with a sinful nature . |
| 23 | ‘ Details are just reaching us of a major breakthrough in the Martian revolution , ’ Derek Carlisle announced . |
| 24 | Sam , on occasion , played his part by taking us to the annual Kelvin Hall Circus and Carnival — a wonderful treat . |
| 25 | He is taking us on an interesting excursion , |
| 26 | He says : ‘ There are great forces at work , and they 've already embraced us in a world market , they 're sweeping us towards a European destiny . |
| 27 | Dave , waltzing us along the undulating peat based roads of Mull , said he was giving us wave action practice before embarkation at Ulva Ferry . |
| 28 | Now , the world 's leading impartial computer industry report — produced by Dataquest — has confirmed it , by placing us as the Overall Leaders for Customer Satisfaction in their annual user poll . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know why we keep coming here , ’ says an older clown on the bus shuttling us to the big top , ‘ all it does is rain on us and blow us about . ’ |
| 30 | In contemporary Britain it seems almost impossible to go a single day without hearing , from some quarter or another , a senior policeman hectoring us on the deteriorated condition of public morals , while assuming the right to deliver homespun history lessons in which the past is lovingly remembered as a time of harmony . |