Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the contrary , much of it — the taxation proposals in particular — is calculated to sacrifice our competitive edge . |
| 2 | Although I was still barely into my teens when I was spending this time with Maureen tending sick birds , I learned a lot about general care and identification — even if we failed to spot our Russian defector . |
| 3 | ‘ Let's say we agreed to go our separate ways . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We agreed to go our own ways a year ago . |
| 5 | Suez was the watershed between our imperial past and our offshore island future : before Suez we sought to restore our declining power ; after Suez we shed our self-imposed colonial responsibilities as fast as we could reasonably do so . |
| 6 | In the West we tend to trust our official government statistics and then to distrust the use made of them by politicians . |
| 7 | Malc was still struggling to revive our ailing business , leaving me to travel alone and , despite my well-earned local reputation for purity — ‘ The only place Marti Caine performs is on stage ’ — I was prey to the occasional foreign wolf . |
| 8 | The Forces were then given four strategic roles : maintaining the British strategic nuclear deterrent ; defending the United Kingdom Base ; contributing to the landward defence of Western Europe ; and helping to secure our seaward defences in the eastern Atlantic . |
| 9 | And why should any brother of Shrewsbury want to see our best patroness carted away to Ramsey ? |
| 10 | Above all , I do not believe the people of Britain want to see our constitutional monarchy , the ‘ eternal jewel ’ with which our political liberties are bound up , brought into danger or contention by the deceptive device once adopted so ill-advisedly so many years ago for a purpose that is past . |
| 11 | If she wants to continue our private battle , then who am I to stop her ? |
| 12 | We expect to continue our excellent record in attracting inward investment . |
| 13 | Each of us has to find our own truth and our own self in relation to the world ; all you can do is to remain true to yourself and your chosen path . |
| 14 | The Central Council of Physical Recreation helped to establish our first course in 1955 with an external examiner from the physical education profession joining internal adjudicators to ensure compatibility with nationally accepted standards at the qualifying examination . |
| 15 | ‘ we want to encourage our young people wherever possible to be heterosexual ... |
| 16 | Then , indeed , existence will not need to resemble our past life , and a person can die with a vague yet justified hope . |
| 17 | I 'd like the people of Cambridge city to know that we do care about the people that are in dire situations financially and that we realise we we have got a problem in housing in the city and that maybe we should be saying no matter what 's going on nationally , that locally we want to pinpoint our social housing towards those people that we feel are financially less off and in more unfortunate situations erm get ghetto creation has been mentioned and I I would n't consider council houses to be ghetto . |
| 18 | We just want to create our own space . |
| 19 | We just want to create our own space . |
| 20 | We all want to hear our distinguished visitor who has come to us to make the final arrangements with those going to Eretz — and with any others who might want to go , too ; there 's still plenty of time , it 's never too late . |
| 21 | We are in an interesting position , where we could shoot ourselves in the foot — but we want to grow our own business , here in Newtonmore . ’ |
| 22 | A new scheme designed to help our regular theatregoers to save money . |
| 23 | Want to help our gallant team at the World Aerobatic Championships ? |
| 24 | Others believe that the countries of the southern hemisphere need to learn from the West 's mistakes in eating a diet high in fat , sugar and salt if they want to avoid our high incidence of heart disease and cancer . |
| 25 | in effect , knowledge and thinking about events are determined by the degree to which the events can be organised to fit our personal knowledge and meaning system . |
| 26 | Despite Sealink 's best efforts , I ca n't wait to escape our tiny cabin for the Bentley , whose interior I reckon has about the same amount of room but is more expensively trimmed . |
| 27 | James Burns , chairman of the region 's child care subcommittee , said yesterday : ‘ Many young men , women and children with learning difficulties want to use our shared care scheme and there is tremendous potential for it to expand . |
| 28 | We shall need to overhaul our descriptive systems . |
| 29 | Before going on to look at the Government 's proposals in detail , we want to underline our serious concern over the threat to strategic minerals planning associated with the proposed reorganisation of local government in Wales . |
| 30 | The weather has been very warm , but now there 's another cold front coming down from Siberia , and we expect to don our long johns again before the week 's out . |