Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [prep] our " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old issues are re-emerging from our history books on to the political agenda : the status of Germany , the problems of the Balkans , the ambiguous relations of peripheral countries like Britain and Russia to the politics of Central Europe . |
| 2 | Thus we are accumulating in our local rubbish dumps tons of baby excreta , some of it infected , which sooner or later will dribble into our water supply . |
| 3 | These are calculated for our sample of 1608 men who were unemployed longer than 28 days and did not give retirement as their reason for their pre-cohort entry job . |
| 4 | If we are to proceed in our quest or to search our land we have to accept that we are unlikely to do so , unless we accept some measure of control ourselves . |
| 5 | This can not be asserted as a metaphysical proposition ; as something , that is , which is true of the world of existents irrespective of the manner in which existents are given in our experience . |
| 6 | Full details of some of these are given in our London feature inside , but others include Ernst & Young ( two staff restaurants in the city and five satellite locations , plus function catering ) ; London Docklands Development Corporation ( a top quality restaurant for up to 300 ) ; and the Penguin Group ( staff restaurant for 100 ) . |
| 7 | Each year about 90–100 new patients with testicular cancer are treated at our hospital . |
| 8 | Demeaning offences fall into two broad categories , those which are treated by our participants as part of the generally resented background of personal devaluation , and those which call for specific retribution according to rule . |
| 9 | All the people mentioned in this issue of The Red Triangle , and thousands more besides , are listed on our database — if you have lost contact with old friends or colleagues , drop the Alumni Office a line and we 'll try to reunite you ! |
| 10 | Those and all other grants available from other statutory organisations are listed in our booklet ’ Conservation and Diversification Grants for Farmers ’ . |
| 11 | Many people with these handicaps are marginalised within our society . |
| 12 | Yet how many of us are paralysed by our fears ? |
| 13 | Though that 's beginning to be qualified a little because of the erm effects of erm national legislation , for example national employment legislation nowadays requires that all employers in a certain field of employment , and universities is one , erm pursue similar policies towards their staff , and indeed in our case erm pay them on the same pay scales and erm so in that sense we have to enter into agreements with trade unions and others which are binding on our members . |
| 14 | I do n't think that anyone could contemplate a retrospective of Matisse without the involvement at least of the four central institutions which are collaborating on our exhibition : the two Russian museums ; Paris and ourselves . |
| 15 | But this generous accolade does not mean that we are resting on our laurels . |
| 16 | It also gives you the greatest possible control over costs , because your fuel , servicing and shop sales are centralised at our service station . |
| 17 | Our bondage to society is not so much established by conquest as by collusion … we are entrapped by our own social nature . |
| 18 | Although world trends are blamed for our present problems , to a certain extent they result from bad legislation . |
| 19 | Alternatively , it is also considered that the period in which we are carried in our mother 's womb begins the process of determining our nature . |
| 20 | These are forbidden by our law , which is called the Yasa , and so he killed both of them . |
| 21 | Their characteristic properties , many of which are included in our complex idea or nominal essence , are what the natural philosopher might collect , observe , and list in a ‘ natural history ’ . |
| 22 | Some synthetic chemicals are excreted from our bodies unchanged — in urine , for example , or on our breath when we exhale . |
| 23 | After a short break , we are returning to our studies in the Old Testament . |
| 24 | Four new titles are added to our range of space videos . |
| 25 | We are committed to our Strategic Intent of becoming the world 's foremost brewer , working with partners all over the world to continue providing quality products and an excellent service to an increasing number of customers . |
| 26 | Cash flow forms , together with advice on how to complete them , are contained in our brochure ‘ CREDO-planning , The Business Plan ’ , available from any Midland branch . |
| 27 | All our emotions are harnessed in our endeavour to find true love . |
| 28 | And do we take ourselves and our responsibilities so seriously that our worries are transmitted to our offspring ? |
| 29 | This is done on the basis of the objects of feeling which are mapped in our inner worlds . |
| 30 | In the Carboniferous and Permian the insects were highly diverse , and there is still debate over how closely these forms are related to our living fauna : some forms , like the cockroaches , undoubtedly have a long history . |