Example sentences of "[verb] we [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The policy seems to be to segregate us from the Chinese as regards eating , sleeping travel , etc. as much as possible , but mainly for our own comfort , so that we can enjoy a higher standard of life than the Chinese themselves could expect .
2 — the way in which he and his colleagues can assist us on an individual basis .
3 Caroline Durkan , the GDA senior projects executive handling the scheme , said yesterday : ‘ It places us in an awkward position if we try to get cash from the public sector if the private sector do not see the benefits of Citywatch . ’
4 2 He provided us with a new theory as to the essential reality of governing , in the period of classical parliamentary government , in the period when members of the Commons enjoyed a golden age of independence between the fall of patronage and the rise of highly organised political parties .
5 It is only much later , in On Human Conduct ( 1975 ) , that Oakeshott provided us with a comprehensive account of his views on government and law .
6 This first season with its dramatic results , provided us with a working demonstration of the trap presented by residual material in any earth shifted from one place to another .
7 In the course of dealing with those who demanded excessively high wages or who broke their contracts , the courts provided us with a great deal of evidence about wage rates , and continuity and frequency of employment .
8 The Sandfords provided us with an elderly Amhara called Habta Mariam as cook .
9 The cyclists received a marvellous reception from the staff of JM Birmingham at 6am on completing this most challenging stage and they provided us with an excellent cooked breakfast .
10 I had hardly had time to consider this problem : rip P J O'Rourke off , or get dressed , before the pilot jerked us into a vertical dive ?
11 Mr. Ashworth helpfully referred us to a substantial number of United States decisions .
12 It appears that the next stage is to look for suitable sites and I am told that you will be able to provide us with a large scale map of the area for this purpose .
13 You are required by law to provide us with the following information : —
14 If you are currently unable to provide us with the relevant information , please indicate by which date this would be possible .
15 Wrangham 's work goes far to provide us with the essential spatial structuring that underlies this flexibility .
16 One of the Taï chimpanzee mothers , Ricci , was kind enough to provide us with the first record of observable active teaching ( acceptable to a psychologist ) in a non-human animal in the wild .
17 The hound wakes , growls , shakes itself , and with a show of haste begins to pull us towards the four corners of the great morning .
18 ‘ Have you booked us into the same hotel , Drew ?
19 Such an exhibition , and its permanent record in the lavishly illustrated new book edited by Wendy Roworth , should alert us to the rich possibilities offered by serious reassessment of the work of such a varied , complex and intellectual artist as Angelica Kauffman .
20 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 .
21 We invited Corpus Christi to tea and they in turn invited us to a sumptuous Sunday brunch in their garden overlooking Christ Church meadow .
22 These views , laid out primarily in The Constitution of Liberty and his three-volume work , Law , Legislation and Liberty , provide us with a powerful insight into the liberal theory of government and law .
23 But they represent a great slice of gardening history ( no plants , no gardens ) and provide us with a rich , exciting and often colourful tapestry of adventure and discovery going back at least several hundred years .
24 Recent developments of Darwinian theory provide us with a new and deeper understanding of the processes of natural selection .
25 Our brain uses these slight differences to give the scene depth and so provide us with a three-dimensional image .
26 They provide us with a first-hand and unique record of cooking as it was understood and practised in the kitchens and still-rooms of aristocratic houses of the first half of the seventeenth century .
27 Notice also how these skills provide us with a timeless wisdom , applicable to all people-situations anywhere .
28 Turtles provide us with a different example .
29 The improvements in performance over the last two years provide us with a secure base from which to move forward .
30 The changes , which were taking place in the economy and society during the period of formative influence on the functionalist style , provide us with a further dimension to consider .
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