Example sentences of "[verb] us [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | — the way in which he and his colleagues can assist us on an individual basis . |
| 2 | She has written a very full report which will assist us with a review of advanced courses policy in the light of the development of general Scottish Vocational Qualifications ( of which more later ) . |
| 3 | Caroline Durkan , the GDA senior projects executive handling the scheme , said yesterday : ‘ It places us in an awkward position if we try to get cash from the public sector if the private sector do not see the benefits of Citywatch . ’ |
| 4 | The court proceedings provided us with a platform ; fines and suspended sentences conferred on us an aura of minor martyrdom … |
| 5 | It is only much later , in On Human Conduct ( 1975 ) , that Oakeshott provided us with a comprehensive account of his views on government and law . |
| 6 | This first season with its dramatic results , provided us with a working demonstration of the trap presented by residual material in any earth shifted from one place to another . |
| 7 | 2 He provided us with a new theory as to the essential reality of governing , in the period of classical parliamentary government , in the period when members of the Commons enjoyed a golden age of independence between the fall of patronage and the rise of highly organised political parties . |
| 8 | He even realised that we might slide off him when he accelerated , and provided us with a vine , like a rope , to hang on to . |
| 9 | My hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth , South ( Mr. Martin ) provided us with a model of how much can be put into a brief speech . |
| 10 | In the course of dealing with those who demanded excessively high wages or who broke their contracts , the courts provided us with a great deal of evidence about wage rates , and continuity and frequency of employment . |
| 11 | ‘ The portacabin provided us with a way to offer them the best possible service under the circumstances . ’ |
| 12 | These short features were independent of my research for the book but they provided us with an opportunity of working together and getting to know each other . |
| 13 | This provided us with an opportunity to investigate the whales to see if we could discover anything about them that might explain why they had beached themselves . |
| 14 | This study provided us with an opportunity to identify some of the myths that predominantly unskilled workers hold about life in their work environment . |
| 15 | The Sandfords provided us with an elderly Amhara called Habta Mariam as cook . |
| 16 | The cyclists received a marvellous reception from the staff of JM Birmingham at 6am on completing this most challenging stage and they provided us with an excellent cooked breakfast . |
| 17 | Their views are readily recognizable in a world where the fuss about the Turin Shroud has reminded us of a time when high hopes and claims of miracle were commonly attached to pieces of the true cross or heads of John the Baptist , where much Christian literature promises believers great success in life if only they have enough faith in God , and where men and women of political power still try to have God and his Church on their side , and to use their authority to enhance their own . |
| 18 | I had hardly had time to consider this problem : rip P J O'Rourke off , or get dressed , before the pilot jerked us into a vertical dive ? |
| 19 | Should we just enjoy the things that touch us in a painting or should it spur us on to learn more ? |
| 20 | Who are these ‘ villains ’ driving us into a state of national agoraphobia ? |
| 21 | Again it is unnecessary for him to explain his reluctance to respond in the circumstances to the hope of this reviewer that he would again delight us with an introduction of the wide sweep of brilliance with which he embellished Volume II . |
| 22 | Mr. Ashworth helpfully referred us to a substantial number of United States decisions . |
| 23 | He referred us to a dictum of Simon Brown J. in Reg. v. Chief Rabbi of the United Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth , Ex parte Wachmann [ 1992 ] 1 W.L.R. 1036 , 1040 , which is to the following effect : |
| 24 | In Chapter ii we found that a good deal of social science has been informed by this view ; but it is nevertheless natural to wonder why individualism should be excluded from the group of disciplines that aim to provide us with a grasp of the social world . |
| 25 | Is either of these two properties able to provide us with a slightly weaker but still attractive form of classical foundationalism ? |
| 26 | Omar learnt that he was related to the Sultan , and we hoped that we might persuade him to provide us with a guide to Aussa . |
| 27 | The general effect of moral rules linked with the category distinction normal/abnormal is to provide us with a sense of social order . |
| 28 | As reports from the Select Committee on Defence have made clear over the past few years , defence cuts are proceeding at such a pace that , if a future Labour Government continued in the same way , we would be left with Securicor and Group 4 to defend our shores and a steamship company to provide us with a substitute for the Royal Navy . |
| 29 | It appears that the next stage is to look for suitable sites and I am told that you will be able to provide us with a large scale map of the area for this purpose . |
| 30 | And they are asked to provide us with a list of businesses which they are happy for us to approach . |