Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , that he came to Earth to save mankind from the wrong in the world , which separates us from God . |
| 2 | It is Ego which drives us to be dutiful and fulfil false obligations . |
| 3 | I have time to discuss only one lexical myth : this is the signpost which points us in the direction of precision . |
| 4 | What Housman has given us is a poem quite poignantly suggestive of that sense of private and personal loss that runs through so many of his lyrics ; a poem which refers us to the places and voices of The Other Shropshire , where the Graces go , and lads lie untimely in the earth . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | It is that , more than the power of abstract reasoning , which elevates us above the kine and the denizens of the deep . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | As with IF , there is a law which allows us to " unnest " ALTs . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is the Ego which leads us to : |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | He has a vision of it as a vehicle which prepares us for the presence of God . ’ |
| 19 | Sections on Calligraphy , Illustration , Typography and Book Design make way for a commercial break which introduces us to 28 first editions of Penguin paperbacks . |
| 20 | While it is true that , in most of them , a party with 10 per cent of the popular vote holds 100 per cent of the power , this is surely preferable to our present system , which condemns us to a lifetime of minority rule . |
| 21 | For now , we should look at more of the essential components of life on Earth : the energy that comes from the Sun , and which keeps the whole system rolling ; and the atmosphere itself , which protects us from too much of that radiation , and provides several of life 's essential ingredients . |
| 22 | It will thus follow the path of tradition — and this becomes the vehicle which protects us against deviation . |
| 23 | In this development , the world of natural things — the making and conservation of which concerns us in Rural Studies — has been the key to the inspiration which Basil Rocke gave us . |
| 24 | I propose that we reject the central image of ourselves as victims and install instead an alternative conception which sees us as an active force working in many different ways for our freedom from racial subordination . |
| 25 | It is this perspective which links us to the work of Goffman , Harre and Giddens . |
| 26 | The kind of morality which Spinoza recommends is one which guides us on how we may live out our lives in the fullest possible exercise of our personal urges and abilities . |
| 27 | There is an ‘ Essential ’ Chamber Music series with the peerless performances , and an ‘ Enterprise ’ collection which takes us into the worlds of Szymanowski , Berio , Ligeti , Schoenberg , Poulenc , Franz Schmidt , Stravinsky and others . |
| 28 | Again after the middle ten lines there is another break which takes us into the last section of the poem with the words ‘ at last ’ . |
| 29 | This is a world where , in Walt 's own words , ‘ If you can dream it , you can do it , ’ and where , as we are told by the audio-animatronic family which takes us through history in the Carousel Of Progress pavilion , ‘ These are the best days of your life . ’ |
| 30 | His first major novel since 1983 , a quest which takes us through the heart of European thought in search of the elusive doctor . |