Example sentences of "our [noun pl] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Table 2.2 demonstrates changes over the seventeen years to 1987 : western Europe took over half our exports for the first time in recent history ; by 1987 , the EC alone took virtually half , and most other destinations , except for North America , had declined in relative importance . |
| 2 | An essential element in our proposals for the secondary school is that pupils should increasingly make their own decisions about their writing : what it is about , what form it should take , and to whom it is addressed . |
| 3 | ‘ Our crowds for the Anglo-Italian Cup will probably be better than for Zenith Cup matches but you have to reach the final to make real money out of it . ’ |
| 4 | We discussed our plans for the living museum and theme park and told her about the oak tree . |
| 5 | Our plans for the current year , therefore , do not assume a general market improvement , however , our increasing market share and strong balance sheet will ensure that the Company is well placed to take advantage of the upturn when it comes . ’ |
| 6 | After that I do n't remember very much , except that in our ecstasy the fatal word ‘ love ’ passed our lips for the first time . |
| 7 | Even with such a drastic cut , we estimated our losses for the first year as being in the region of £148,000 . |
| 8 | And then we went to a few Western shops to get our costumes for the Urban Cowboy premier . |
| 9 | We bought him and his friends a drink which gave him a chance to quiz us on our movements for the next day . |
| 10 | The next day we spent the forenoon ashore at Smeerenburg looking at the remains of the old Dutch whaling-station , and setting our feet for the first time on the Spitsbergen tundra . |
| 11 | We 've put those together , we 've looked at the staff that we need to administer that particular level of activity , and we 've come out with a figure that we think is a reasonable estimate , in fact I would go so far as saying , we think this is the lowest estimate that we can safely put forward , as to our needs for the coming year . |
| 12 | Right , very good , that 's all from Headquarters , right then we move on to then any other business , erm I think mainly it 's just the odd verse with arrangements for next meeting , because our next meeting is our own A G M , erm , at , which we erm elect our officers for the next year , er , and there are , are other arrangements to make , erm we sometimes put a little form do n't we on the end of the minutes that , people to fill in if they wish to nominate someone , I think we should do that even though very , very rarely gets actually filled in , erm , and we have some post which we have elections for others where we can phone the people who are doing those jobs and , and hope they 'll carry on . |
| 13 | William Smyth , the company chairman , said : ‘ It is difficult to imagine any time since 1967 when our prospects for the future look brighter . |
| 14 | We send our mandates for the certain death of thousands and ten thousands ! |
| 15 | This corresponds relatively well with our results for the pou[c] POU domain . |
| 16 | Our results for the financial year , although showing a deficit , are mainly attributable to two extra ordinary items which have been clearly identified in the introduction to the accounts ( see p 15 ) . |
| 17 | Next April 's meeting need do no more than put a tick alongside South Africa 's name and we can all start booking our tickets for the 1995 thrash . |
| 18 | As my vouchers are used up in about four months each year this means that for eight months I 'm out of pocket using our stores for the weekly shop . |
| 19 | Our recommendations for the National Curriculum emphasise the importance of drafting , the process of writing as well as the final product . |