Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , stock levels were increased by nine point three million in preparation for our important winter sale . |
| 2 | I think almost daily there were discussions between our two shop stewards and the quarry owners about you know , levels of production , expected targets , increase in production and all this , and er I think you know through those daily discussions we made our side of the argument known and we we told him that we 'd work to rule if things were n't proper and if we did n't like it . |
| 3 | ‘ The toughest test is staying the course during our own Duns Summer Festival , ’ said John , who 's a craft attendant at Torness . |
| 4 | There must also be a certain transparent suspense about our sexual relations . |
| 5 | ‘ There is a big opportunity for our young players to play regularly in the first eleven . |
| 6 | As I said on Second Reading , there is an explosion of opportunity for our young people . |
| 7 | Now , in the last decade of the century , we have an opportunity through our European institutions to create a wider prosperity and a more lasting peace for all the peoples and all the countries of Europe . |
| 8 | Throughout the 1970S , this delightful village was the priority holiday venue of my wife and myself , a kind friend providing her cottage for our annual visits : always we arrived in eager anticipation and departed with reluctance . |
| 9 | Er Madam Speaker I entirely agree , I entirely agree with my ho honourable friend er the absence of the social chapter in Britain accounts in part for our higher levels of employment and the reforms which we carried out in the eighties and the figures speak for themselves , as do the er people who speak for industry for example when Black and Decker announced their intention to bring their operations er fully into Britain out of Germany , a company spokesman said anyone familiar with this sit situation in Germany will grasp that because of costs it is become very difficult to do business there . |
| 10 | What follows is the list of goals for salt reduction for our typical dieter . |
| 11 | Like spinning tops we dash from from one emergency to another , always citing them as an excuse for our unfailing refusal to face up to the global urgency staring at us |
| 12 | She has never had a stronger string of horses and must be a runner for our Olympic team . |
| 13 | Simple definitions are : ‘ changes in the environment that demand adjustment in our behaviour ’ or ‘ imbalances between our personal resources and the demands being made upon us ’ . |
| 14 | We pray for those who are involved with the plans for our new church building : |
| 15 | The really good thing is that there are a huge variety of plans for our big year . |
| 16 | While we are happy to answer any queries about our own products , we can not answer for the content of other publisher 's works . |
| 17 | ‘ I went with a friend to see the headmaster and ask his permission to go to our local church and say a prayer for our dead King , ’ he says . |
| 18 | She will be working on a wide range of projects for our expanding activities in savoury food ingredients . |
| 19 | However , by the time we had spotted the first speck through our high-powered binoculars , the vulture was already descending . |
| 20 | With regard to the proposals set out in your finalised business plan , we will make recommendations as to the type and source of funds , effect appropriate introductions through our extensive network of funding source contacts ( including venture capital and banking sources ) and advise and support on presentations to funding sources . |
| 21 | It was to be an opening of a very different kind for our hypothetical school-leaver . |
| 22 | We have felt very much a part of Queen 's Park during our 3 years in Glasgow , a lot of which is owed to our friends in the 2 fellowship groups which we have been involved with . |
| 23 | The group members have not been idle during their enforced stay from Glenburrell Bridge as we have been helping out on the Society 's stall at local shows as well as building Thomas , The Tank Engine and , having purchased the show stand that we used to borrow , we are now adapting this stand for our own use at shows . |
| 24 | But I really also see us as a great link between our two countries . |
| 25 | The President and I agreed to establish a secure telephone link between our two offices . |
| 26 | It was he who taught some of us how to use a .38 calibre revolver when we went hiking on the rolling prairies for shooting competitions , with gophers or tin cans as our main targets . |
| 27 | Inane adolescent power games are numbly played out , with all the usual navel-gazing and self-justification supplanting any insight or honesty between our irritating trio of protagonists . |
| 28 | Thorne and Jones were senior officers of the National Union of General Workers ( NUGW ) , which declared its commitment to overthrowing German aggression and to the candidature of Thorne ( SE 26 January 18 ) ; meanwhile the massive Stratford branch of the NUR congratulated Kirk on his ‘ loyal support for our valued representative Alderman Will Thorne M.P . ’ |
| 29 | But more generally , if we use superordinate norms as our main reference point , we can not explain why , despite superordinate pressures towards uniformity , varieties of English and other languages can still remain so astonishingly divergent from one another and so variable within themselves . |
| 30 | I 'm beginning to realize why perfectly sane people pitch themselves at the mercy of the elements miles from the security of terra firma , has provided the perfect resort for our first events of the . |