Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] we the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A chronological table can only give us the bare outlines of a life : one asks three questions . |
| 2 | But organisation charts only give us the bare bones of the organisation 's structure and we should not be carried away with the idea that official descriptions tell us all . |
| 3 | It is argued here , that economics can not show us the correct policy choice ( as some economists would appear to claim ) ; yet it may help us to avoid a wrong , or overly costly , policy choice . |
| 4 | It is a reminder that Chaucer and Langland do not give us the total picture . |
| 5 | But despite the undeniable tendency in financial markets towards a more laissez-faire environment , the term deregulation does not give us the full flavour of events . |
| 6 | However , although we can keep this association in mind , it does not give us the whole picture . |
| 7 | The hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) has huffed and puffed , but he has not told us the Labour party 's position on a single proposal contained in the Green Paper . |
| 8 | This afternoon , he has treated the House to an extraordinary collection of half-truths and inaccuracies , but he has not told us the Labour party 's attitude to the proposals that I identified in the statement . |
| 9 | This is why they ask you things like , on interviews , and they ask you , where do you see yourself in five years ' time , and I used to say , I do n't even see meself where I 'm going to be in five days ' time , never mind five , just give us the bloody job . |
| 10 | Just tell us the long-running TV series in which Backdraft director Ron Howard starred as Richie Cunningham . |
| 11 | ‘ Barratt was just telling us the other night at the Goodys ' , ’ says Prue , as she pours coffee in the living-room , ‘ about how he had lunch with God the other day . ’ |
| 12 | Of more use us the rounded front handle , which twists on to the neck of the body , just aft of the chuck , and serves to hold the depth stop . |
| 13 | He still feeds us the odd titbit , apparently . ’ |
| 14 | It 's also given us the new agreement on working time which our own government have tried to work against consistently for the last two years , they now say they 'll challenge it in Europe 's Court of Justice , well what they seem to forget is it 's got ta come back to Parliament for a second reading yet and they 've created such ill feeling in the Parliament and among the Commission , that it 's likely to be strengthened , we 're gon na end up with a strengthened agreement on working time by the autumn of this year . |
| 15 | Because the market for meals is in competitive equilibrium we saw that the marginal cost curve for films also told us the marginal value of the meals being sacrificed to make the last film . |
| 16 | Treatment improved since it nearly lost us the Crimean War . |
| 17 | They can also tell us the correct name of a city . |
| 18 | We shall be leaving Peking for Sian at 11.30 this evening , and the comrades have given us a rousing send off with beautiful presents including a big embroidered tablecloth and napkins , and a beautiful framed picture made out of shells , with an inscription written on it specially for & I. They also gave us the enclosed photos , which give you an idea of what life is like here . |
| 19 | Our sexless , clawless cats will now give us the perfect companionship we seek . |
| 20 | ‘ They have n't called us the United Nations team yet , but after Tuesday I think they might , ’ admits captain Michael Patton . |
| 21 | Next month even brings us The Good Cat Food Guide ( Chatto & Windus , £4.99 ) . |
| 22 | The band maximum then gives us the vertical ionization energy , and the band origin gives the adiabatic ionization energy . |