Example sentences of "[pron] and our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is for ourselves and our lost youth we weep . |
| 2 | ‘ We put as much distance between ourselves and our martial friends as possible . ’ |
| 3 | We 'd created our own power , fed ourselves and our many guests from our own soil , and the cottages were letting well . |
| 4 | In my first year as chairman I am delighted to report that we have again achieved outstanding results , and we have increased the gap between ourselves and our nearest competitors . |
| 5 | This view could be called cynical , but my experience leads me to believe that in most situations we are preoccupied with ourselves and our own agendas . |
| 6 | That is , we refer to our sensations as ‘ hot ’ and ‘ cold ’ because they are the sensations which usually go with our bodies being hot or cold ; and it is not the case that we call external things hot and cold because we think there is something in common between them and our bodily sensations . |
| 7 | What modern science seems to suggest is something rather different : that there are other universes just as real as our own , but that there is no connection between them and our own reality . |
| 8 | Meantime it gives us great consolation to know that you and our dear children are well . |
| 9 | We and our European Community partners have repeatedly condemned the Burmese military junta for its failure to respond to the unequivocal outcome of the May 1990 elections , as well as its continuing disregard for human rights , notably demonstrated by the house arrest of 1991 Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi . |
| 10 | Yes , we can look forward to that application , for under the provisions agreed in the treaty , if we and our European partners fail to implement directives that we sign up to , we shall be subjected to substantial fines by the European Court of Justice . |
| 11 | We and our European partners have made clear to the Guatemalan Government the importance that we attach to human rights , and expecially to the rights of street children . |
| 12 | When in 1913 Alison Neilans of the Ladies ' National Association announced that ‘ we and our former antagonists can work cordially together ’ , Wilson explained that the olive branch was a result of the change of heart among medics and their new expansive definition of health . |
| 13 | We and our daily rhythms can respond to bright light and an appropriate use of this may become part of our armoury for speeding up adjustment of the body clock after a time-zone transition . |
| 14 | The system operates autonomously but we can link it and our other ADI systems to produce information like correlations between Hay/MSL points and salaries paid . |
| 15 | The method is probably too little used because communication has an aura of truth about it and our cultural habit is to seek out truth rather than design workable falsehoods . |
| 16 | The activities and financial attributes of each candidate will then be summarised ( together with any relevant press comment ) for your and our further consideration . |
| 17 | Yes , the Alexander Technique is a very useful tool which you can use to help you find the solutions to many physical , emotional and mental problems but , more than that , it has the potential to help us use our intelligence in a way that is constructive both for us and our fellow man . |
| 18 | They are coming for us and our only way to stop them is a public campaign . |
| 19 | They are coming for us and our only way to stop them is a public campaign . |
| 20 | In earlier years , he may have smiled indulgently on seeing us and our makeshift tables with their colourless array of old books and goods . |
| 21 | That I On the first point about us and our own showing of forgiveness . |