Example sentences of "[verb] in our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Feminists ca n't blame it all on men — since time began , men have delighted in our wobbly bits , thank heaven . |
2 | It would be quite something to see Flakey Dove and the Price family in here tomorrow … quite something to see you here on Thursday for the Gold Cup … here ’ s your chance … we 've two tickets to be won in our special competition … |
3 | and you could be there at Cheltenham on Thursday for the big day … we ’ ve two club badges to be won in our special Gold Cup Competition |
4 | Our pain lies in our bodily selves , Larry , not in our souls . |
5 | There are many possible causes of ill health ; heredity plays a part ( most unfairly ) but , in the main , its origin lies in our mental state , life-style and diet . |
6 | The answer lies in our own hands . |
7 | The reason lies in our original explanation of multimedia as the manipulation of different kinds of information — text , numerics , sound and images — within a single , digital environment . |
8 | Green consumers have strength and it lies in our growing numbers and our deep personal conviction that we want a planet fit for our children . |
9 | The problem of will lies in our recurring temptation to apply the will of the second realm to those portions of life which will not only not comply , but that will become distorted under such coercion . |
10 | Therefore , many of us — but especially men — have fears , lurking in our subconscious minds , of being dominated again by a woman . |
11 | But for practical walking purposes , we will need in our other hand an up-to-date 1:25,000 Ordnance Survey map , with a compass in our pocket , and knowledge of how to use it . |
12 | That is what we provide in our residential homes for elderly people . |
13 | That is what we provide in our residential homes for elderly people . |
14 | They will all be wined and dined in our private box . |
15 | As we demonstrated in our previous book , moreover , the wedding at Cana — which may in fact have been Jesus 's own wedding — was not a modest village affair , but a sumptuous ceremony of the gentry or aristocracy . |
16 | To be a highly visible minority of two in communities which were often as expressive as they were antagonistic was an abrupt reversal of the roles we had so unthinkingly come to accept in our British prep schools . |
17 | WE have concentrated up to now on ways of starting to write in our own voice : through calling up early memories , waking up the senses and developing an ear for the rhythms of speech . |
18 | Addressing the plenum on July 25 , Gorbachev criticised " the representatives of communist fundamentalism who are unable to escape the grip of dogmatic conceptions " and said that the party had to move away from Marxism-Leninism to " include in our ideological arsenal all the riches of our and the world 's socialist and democratic thought " . |
19 | This example of practical remembrance is paralleled in our other welfare facilities — at Sussexdown and Richard Peack House and the Eagle Lodges — and perhaps most importantly as we reach out through our Honorary Welfare Officers and out members to find and to help individuals in need . |
20 | This effect is temporary unless the feeling which is linked with the tears can be experienced : therapists would say re-experienced , since the deep pain triggering the tears is seldom about experiences happening in our day-to-day lives . |
21 | Commenting on the report , WWF-UK 's forest conservation officer , Jean-Paul Jenrenaud , said : " We have spent too long pointing the finger at the tropical countries for cutting down their forests , without examining what is happening in our own backyard . " |
22 | It 's about what 's happening in our everyday lives , down the street , round the corner , including , and especially including civic art and architecture which , above all , could relate to the real lives of the community . |
23 | To stay and luxuriate in ordinary emotions and sensations means that the contemplative is trapped in our normal limitations . |
24 | We had not bargained on being trapped in our own hall . ’ |
25 | ‘ We now have a couturier cosmetic service , as we will mix any colour of any product for a customer if they ca n't find what they want in our standard range . ’ |
26 | If he were inclined to decide against Elmer , he would worry whether this decision is consistent with the position statutes occupy in our general scheme of jurisprudence , as he understands this . |
27 | This , after all , we ourselves acknowledge in our own world when we speak of ‘ witch-hunts ’ against communists in America , or counter-revolutionary capitalists in socialist states . |
28 | New : wider seats are being installed in our European Business Class , comfortably spaced 2 by 3 . |
29 | ‘ For Hepworth , there are encouraging signs of recovery in some of our UK operations , although trading in our continental businesses is less buoyant . ’ |
30 | The following extract is taken from this last chapter , and elaborates on some of the problems we mentioned in our first chapter , ( pp 7–8 ) . |