Example sentences of "[vb -s] us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | More recently , we have amended the legislation in the Environmental Protection Act 1990 , which again places us in the vanguard of Europe , with additional provisions for integrated pollution control for those industrial processes with the most potential for pollution , and for a duty of care for all producers and handlers of waste . |
| 2 | It is that , more than the power of abstract reasoning , which elevates us above the kine and the denizens of the deep . |
| 3 | In biblical language , God makes himself known always and only as the Lord who lays his claim upon us ; in that of Kierkegaard , he is the Subject who can never be reduced to an object , but is always the One who challenges us across the gulf of the ‘ infinite qualitative difference ’ , and so awakens in us the ‘ infinite passion ’ of faith . |
| 4 | If we are intended for great ends , we are called to great hazards ; and , whereas we are given absolute certainty in nothing , we must in all things choose between doubt and inactivity , and the conviction that we are under the eye of One who , for whatever reason , exercises us with the less evidence when He might give us the greater . |
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| 6 | Often the wonderful natural natural story-teller in Walker breaks through the marshmallow and has us on the edge of the chair , but finally and lamentably this is a failure . |
| 7 | In narratives as diverse as Jane Eyre and Great Expectations , we are aware , when reading , of a certain inevitability of outcome : the writer has us by the hand — in his or her hand , almost — and we know we will be led , not necessarily to a happy conclusion but that the narrative will be resolved at a place that feels safe and right , that leaves us satisfied . |
| 8 | Tomorrow , of course , Kathleen Long joins us for the Phone the Doc slot . |
| 9 | Stewart joins us on the line now good morning Mr . |
| 10 | Sustainable development consoles us with the idea that we can go on having more provided we are more hygienic and respect nature . |
| 11 | In the flickering firelight Kalchu beseeched him , ‘ Lord , you are the one who , when we have nothing , feeds us with water and clothes us with the wind . |
| 12 | Mr Moore bounces us up the stairs , throwing open the door of a small room painted buttermilk yellow in the converted stable . |
| 13 | Olivia Durdin-Robertson meets us at the porch , under the protective wing of Horus . |
| 14 | Kim meets us at the door wearing a shimmering dress . |
| 15 | The old , old fashion — Death ! ( 4 ) Oh thank GOD , all who see it , for that older fashion yet , of immortality ! ( 5 ) And look upon us , angels of young children , with regards not quite estranged , when the swift river bears us to the ocean ! ( 6 ) At such points Dickens has a way of enlarging his theme beyond the narrative pretext , addressing his readers directly as sharers of a common human lot with himself and his characters . |
| 16 | Unlike the singer-songwriter creed , attention is always drawn away from the song to the figure of the person working at it : there 's a flagrant exhibitionism that forces us into the role of voyeur . |
| 17 | It is perhaps appropriate that even the date of the birth of a personality who still eludes us despite the myriad of books written about her is uncertain . |
| 18 | Much eludes us about the government of the Merovingian civitates , but some aspects of their role within the administration of the kingdom are reasonably clear . |
| 19 | Elstir 's paintings persuade Marcel of their truth , but it 's a truth which is different from the intellectual truth which he first brought to his initial contemplation of those paintings , and Marcel says that in this way , by his art , Elstir frees us from the cramping tyranny of the intellect , by painting , and again I quote , ‘ by painting some unusual picture of a familiar object . |
| 20 | Separation releases the brakes of the inhibition and frees us in the two worlds . |
| 21 | It is this perspective which links us to the work of Goffman , Harre and Giddens . |
| 22 | Recent newspaper reports have highlighted the potential threat to Britain when the Channel Tunnel links us with the Continent . |
| 23 | The mystery therefore , remains , but it is not the only mystery attached to the Charfield disaster , indeed the one which most concerns us in the context of the strange and uncanny is the riddle of the unclaimed bodies . |
| 24 | On the main part of the continental shelves , which is the region that chiefly concerns us in the stratigraphy of the continents , the chief contribution of Recent sedimentary studies , in my opinion , has been the demonstration of lateral rather than vertical sedimentation . |
| 25 | Week 1 The Church 's Liturgy introduces us to the prophet Isaiah whose words echo throughout Advent , calling us joyfully to live in God 's presence . |
| 26 | When Mrs Gaskell introduces us to the Bartons ' lodging , we supposedly see it through the eyes of Mrs Barton . |
| 27 | In Valentina 's Italian Family Feast ( Conran Octopus , £15.99 ) , TV favourite Valentina Harris takes us on a tour of Italy and introduces us to the food served by her family at parties and other celebrations . |
| 28 | This description introduces us to the tramp and gives us a rough picture of him . |
| 29 | After tea , her brother Lawrence shows us round the house . |
| 30 | Skip shows us in the book how his aspirations for the boat decrease and how newcomers to the boat had to get used to the crew 's relaxed attitude . |