Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In Britain of the 1960s this challenge of the Welfare State is not isolated : it is but one aspect of the challenge which confronts us throughout the whole political field . |
| 32 | Well did one writer say : ‘ The evidence for the resurrection is the existence of the Church in that spiritual vitality which confronts us in the New Testament . ’ |
| 33 | By nature I mean , first , the principle of survival which drives us to continue living and necessarily entails the ingestion of food ; and , second , the principle of growth which transforms us from childhood to maturity and thence to old age . |
| 34 | A study published by Age Concern Scotland concluded : ‘ Ageism leads to a perception of old age as an affliction or disease which turns us into a special kind of being which is not fully human . ’ |
| 35 | It proved impossible to block the jets of spindrift which sought us with every gust of the noisily strengthening wind and settled on our Gore-Tex bivvy-bags , making them ineffective unless constantly shaken clear . |
| 36 | It is that , more than the power of abstract reasoning , which elevates us above the kine and the denizens of the deep . |
| 37 | This is the case for the English king 's financial archives which provide us with much information on the sums collected , how they were spent , and the organisation which lay behind that expenditure . |
| 38 | When we plan a language syllabus we can draw on very comprehensive descriptions of the language which provide us with a basis for deciding what should go into the syllabus and in what order . |
| 39 | We can not and never will understand this place appointed for our second race , for we are implicated without choice in the catastrophe of the copulations which splatter us into existence . |
| 40 | We can not and never will understand this place appointed for our second race , for we are implicated without choice in the catastrophe of the copulations which splatter us into existence . |
| 41 | Then they also turned down our application to have Gay News in the library , which provided us with further ammunition and an unexpected new member . |
| 42 | It appeared to us then that the scheme which allows us to hand back a large proportion of the business rates was not widely known . ’ |
| 43 | It is the device which allows us to ‘ speak the truth in love ’ ; be judicious about how we answer others in order not to offend them . |
| 44 | As with IF , there is a law which allows us to " unnest " ALTs . |
| 45 | 'E told us on Sunday at the sermon . |
| 46 | The effects of the adrenaline which prepared us for a fight or flight situation actually work against us when we can not do either . |
| 47 | I know there are terrible things out there , but that is n't an excuse for giving up on that which sustains us in this life . |
| 48 | In the particular instance we ordered a Grub Street title using the information given in the 1993 Directory of Book Publishers , which directed us to ‘ Chris Lloyd Sales and Marketing ’ . |
| 49 | The course content includes : exploring fantasy , sexual response , body image , and a look at some of the underlying feelings which prevent us from reaching our sexual potential . |
| 50 | It is our values and not our limited means which prevent us from recognizing that our society possesses adequate resources for the task in hand . |
| 51 | it is difficult to measure precisely the influence of factors by isolating them in experiments and , even if we could , there may be ethical problems which prevent us from doing so |
| 52 | No , somebody told us about it did n't they ? |
| 53 | Somebody told us in the market , but we never get to the market , do we ? |
| 54 | ‘ I managed to win a few line-out takes and the backrow picked up a bit of their possession which pleased us as a unit . |
| 55 | Death is the removal of all the possibilities which sustain us in our lives . |
| 56 | .. When , at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon we rounded the last promontory which separated us from what was once the magnificent panorama of St Pierre , we suddenly perceived at the opposite extremity of the roadstead the Riviere Blanche with its crest of vapour , rushing madly into the sea . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | It is the Ego which leads us to : |
| 59 | Alternatively , it may be a prerequisite for the evolutionary development of intelligence — which leads us to the premonition that , in a few billion years time , there may be intelligent lugworms stalking the Earth . |
| 60 | Environmental destruction can occur at many points in the life of a product , which leads us to Pitfall Number Four — the ‘ Cradle-to-Grave Trap ’ . |