Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] us the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the psychic realm it means that we are free to follow any set of images and symbols which give us the right mental feedback — and the State encourages us . |
| 2 | ‘ We must set up processes of measurement which give us the basis for improvement targetting and monitoring progress . |
| 3 | In our transit across public places we rely on others recognising the rules which assign us the right to proceed without being inconvenienced by impudent stares or unsolicited conversational openings . |
| 4 | Let me not forget to mention the bakery in Waipukurau , which served us the most magnificent cream ( real cream ! ) buns filled with delicious real fruit conserve — wow ! |
| 5 | This link is represented graphically by the unemployment-income curve which tells us the unemployment percentage that will be associated with any rate of national income , given real labour costs . |
| 6 | The arrogance remains which brought us the poll tax , centralisation in Britain and isolation in Europe . |
| 7 | His muscular prose — at its best it has the insistent rhythm if a middleweight boxer pounding the heavy bag — with its imaginative flourishes , was perfectly suited to the age which brought us the utterly modern talents of George Best , Rod Laver , Jack Niklaus , Jim Clark , Pele and Jackie Stewart . |
| 8 | To re-finance ourselves in order to finish the task , we arranged a Flexible Businessloan with a two year capital repayment holiday which gave us the breathing space we needed . |
| 9 | It comes to us from the age which gave us the Great Charter , and founded the House of Commons . |
| 10 | Another came from Le Corbusier and pre-war German and Dutch architecture , which gave us the LCC 's Roehampton Lane ( Alton West ) Estate ; this latter style tended to predominate in the 1950s . |
| 11 | We read in the papers of continuous victories on all fronts , which gave us the impression that the war would be over soon . |
| 12 | ‘ How could anyone despise a country which gave us the Renaissance , Venice , Michelangelo ? ’ |
| 13 | Which gives us the advantage , and keeps us out of range of their artillery . ’ |
| 14 | And yet there is no special ideological practice which gives us the idea of it . |
| 15 | The poem which gives us the best insight into knightly and aristocratic life c. 1200 , L'Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal ( the story of William Marshal ) , rarely fails to tell us how much a particular horse was worth : it could be as much as forty , fifty or even a hundred livres — and this at a time when a serf could be bought for ten livres . |
| 16 | North of Dunkery Beacon , for example , the well-preserved ringwork of Sweetworthy is next to the abandoned medieval farm site — and possibly the Saxon predecessor which gives us the -worth element in Sweetworthy . |
| 17 | That is why we have invented the concept of trust status , which gives us the opportunity to entrust to local people — those who work in the hospitals — a greater discretion and influence over the way in which resources are used in their institution . |
| 18 | In other words , it is the poll tax crossed with a capital value tax — a roof tax crossed with a head tax — a cross-bred monster which gives us the worst of all worlds . |
| 19 | May is one of the quietest months here which gives us the chance to catch up with maintenance and work days only for a whole . |
| 20 | The problem with using small group work with young children is that it 's inevitably rather disparate : they will happily play for long periods , but find it difficult to share each other 's work unless there is a powerful dramatic context , as is provided by whole group work , which gives us the chance to really focus the drama . |
| 21 | ‘ What lost us the match was a rush of blood to the head when they had the man sent off . |
| 22 | But what gives us the sequence ? |
| 23 | When we think about those questions of individ individuation in our normal affairs , the best we can do is to say that what individuates us and also what makes us the same person through changes over time , is a great medley of factors , some of which are bodily , some of which involve our souls |
| 24 | ‘ In times of trial , ’ said the vicar , ‘ what brings us the greatest comfort ? ’ |