Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] our [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , stock levels were increased by nine point three million in preparation for our important winter sale . |
| 2 | ‘ Manuals were given to staff and we then had to encourage them to work to these procedures in preparation for our own internal quality audit . |
| 3 | ‘ The toughest test is staying the course during our own Duns Summer Festival , ’ said John , who 's a craft attendant at Torness . |
| 4 | There must also be a certain transparent suspense about our sexual relations . |
| 5 | ‘ There is a big opportunity for our young players to play regularly in the first eleven . |
| 6 | As I said on Second Reading , there is an explosion of opportunity for our young people . |
| 7 | Now , in the last decade of the century , we have an opportunity through our European institutions to create a wider prosperity and a more lasting peace for all the peoples and all the countries of Europe . |
| 8 | Throughout the 1970S , this delightful village was the priority holiday venue of my wife and myself , a kind friend providing her cottage for our annual visits : always we arrived in eager anticipation and departed with reluctance . |
| 9 | In the process of reflecting on the history of the game , Hampden Babylon can barely conceal a loathing for our near and dear neighbours England . |
| 10 | Er Madam Speaker I entirely agree , I entirely agree with my ho honourable friend er the absence of the social chapter in Britain accounts in part for our higher levels of employment and the reforms which we carried out in the eighties and the figures speak for themselves , as do the er people who speak for industry for example when Black and Decker announced their intention to bring their operations er fully into Britain out of Germany , a company spokesman said anyone familiar with this sit situation in Germany will grasp that because of costs it is become very difficult to do business there . |
| 11 | What follows is the list of goals for salt reduction for our typical dieter . |
| 12 | Like spinning tops we dash from from one emergency to another , always citing them as an excuse for our unfailing refusal to face up to the global urgency staring at us |
| 13 | She has never had a stronger string of horses and must be a runner for our Olympic team . |
| 14 | ‘ I went with a friend to see the headmaster and ask his permission to go to our local church and say a prayer for our dead King , ’ he says . |
| 15 | However , by the time we had spotted the first speck through our high-powered binoculars , the vulture was already descending . |
| 16 | Since last week 's bumper post bag caused our 50-storey multi-plex office block to cave in under the sheer weight of ever-hopeful readers ' entries , we here at Bizzerk have had to temporarily relocate to a Hawaiian island where cargo boats deliver letters by the sackload for our native postal workers to process . |
| 17 | Since last week 's bumper post bag caused our 50-storey multi-plex office block to cave in under the sheer weight of ever-hopeful readers ' entries , we here at Bizzerk have had to temporarily relocate to a Hawaiian island where cargo boats deliver letters by the sackload for our native postal workers to process . |
| 18 | It was to be an opening of a very different kind for our hypothetical school-leaver . |
| 19 | We have felt very much a part of Queen 's Park during our 3 years in Glasgow , a lot of which is owed to our friends in the 2 fellowship groups which we have been involved with . |
| 20 | The group members have not been idle during their enforced stay from Glenburrell Bridge as we have been helping out on the Society 's stall at local shows as well as building Thomas , The Tank Engine and , having purchased the show stand that we used to borrow , we are now adapting this stand for our own use at shows . |
| 21 | But I really also see us as a great link between our two countries . |
| 22 | The President and I agreed to establish a secure telephone link between our two offices . |
| 23 | Inane adolescent power games are numbly played out , with all the usual navel-gazing and self-justification supplanting any insight or honesty between our irritating trio of protagonists . |
| 24 | Thorne and Jones were senior officers of the National Union of General Workers ( NUGW ) , which declared its commitment to overthrowing German aggression and to the candidature of Thorne ( SE 26 January 18 ) ; meanwhile the massive Stratford branch of the NUR congratulated Kirk on his ‘ loyal support for our valued representative Alderman Will Thorne M.P . ’ |
| 25 | However , we would hope that some of the income could be earmarked to provide financial support for our many talented sportsmen and women to enable them to achieve their true potential . |
| 26 | I 'm beginning to realize why perfectly sane people pitch themselves at the mercy of the elements miles from the security of terra firma , has provided the perfect resort for our first events of the . |
| 27 | A two part Assault Course for our younger visitors , one for the Tiny Tot Commandos and through the escape tunnel for the potential SAS members . |
| 28 | We had a visitor for our last day on the ranges : the Army Commander , Lieutenant-General Sir David Ramsbotham , who had commanded us in 3rd Armoured Division during our last tour in Germany , in 1985 . |
| 29 | Still , most of us were glad to be relieved of responsibility for our failing learners for a few months . |
| 30 | May we learn to accept responsibility for our own actions and inactions and for our mistakes as well as for our success . |