Example sentences of "[verb] our [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My answer to this criticism was that teachers of English are virtually unanimous in their enthusiasm for literature , but need persuasion if they are to accept our recommendations for the teaching of grammar , Standard English and knowledge about language . |
| 2 | We send our mandates for the certain death of thousands and ten thousands ! |
| 3 | Right , very good , that 's all from Headquarters , right then we move on to then any other business , erm I think mainly it 's just the odd verse with arrangements for next meeting , because our next meeting is our own A G M , erm , at , which we erm elect our officers for the next year , er , and there are , are other arrangements to make , erm we sometimes put a little form do n't we on the end of the minutes that , people to fill in if they wish to nominate someone , I think we should do that even though very , very rarely gets actually filled in , erm , and we have some post which we have elections for others where we can phone the people who are doing those jobs and , and hope they 'll carry on . |
| 4 | ‘ If you really mean what you say , then the solution is obvious : you and I must simply bury our differences for the time being . |
| 5 | Next April 's meeting need do no more than put a tick alongside South Africa 's name and we can all start booking our tickets for the 1995 thrash . |
| 6 | We had to climb to FL070 maintaining VMC before we could contact Lisboa Military , and after passing our estimates for the TMA boundary , immediately requested the Porto weather and reports of CB activity . |
| 7 | Even with such a drastic cut , we estimated our losses for the first year as being in the region of £148,000 . |
| 8 | We all met at a pre-luncheon reception and then adjourned to the dining hall to sample the culinary delights which were to space our classes for the next five days ; four classes with dancing after dinner was the order of the day , all meticulously time-tabled . |
| 9 | During our last seven months , as we prepared our recommendations for the secondary stages , the officials of the National Curriculum Council under their Chairman , Duncan Graham , were rewriting the attainment targets for the primary stages , supposedly in accord with the consultation exercise and Mr Baker 's own proposals about grammar . |
| 10 | It will provide an opportunity for us to explain and present our plans for the development of the community health service as an NHS Trust . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But neither of us allows our feelings for the other to get in the way of all the things we have to do . |
| 12 | ‘ I also tried to say that our unity was in the future when we believe that all things will be gathered together and completed in Christ and that therefore our policies of today have to reflect our longings for the future . |
| 13 | When the fire of the Holy Spirit falls , he warms our hearts for the things of God . |
| 14 | Once we had got our jobs for the morning we set about then eagerly as everything had to be perfect right down to the last detail . |
| 15 | But unless you spent a lot on flowers and balls for the children and on Mary 's birthday present , considering that you had our 15/ and some 5/ or more yes more of your own a month ago , on which no calls but fares need have been made , to which was added about 30/ ( or more ? ) lately , and from it all not 30/ was spent on the dress , you should have a sovereign left : add to this the wages of this month to come , and there should remain , after 35/ to the spectacle man , fully a sovereign , which , considering our needs for the future & also your promises , nay , certainties , at which I laughed , should go to the bank . |
| 16 | The level of support from all the centres involved has been most encouraging and we would like to record our thanks for the co-operation and hospitality , which we have received ’ . |
| 17 | It was a leisurely day and we padded up the rough , warm rock of a plinth of slabs until an awkward overlap sharpened our claws for the crux pitch above . |
| 18 | In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales . |
| 19 | In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales . |
| 20 | And then we went to a few Western shops to get our costumes for the Urban Cowboy premier . |
| 21 | We discussed our plans for the living museum and theme park and told her about the oak tree . |
| 22 | But right now we have to complete our plans for the club and plan for the future . ’ |
| 23 | After all , we live our lives for the ability to indulge in pleasurable activities — and believe me , they are not all found at work ! |
| 24 | After two pitches I suffered one of those inexplicable aberrations and instead of following the blatantly curving crack into which we had been cramming our limbs for the last 60ft I launched up an unerringly straight vertical groove above the belay . |
| 25 | We do n't have to ask our husbands for the money , we know it is paid to us because we have the day-to-day responsibility for our children . |
| 26 | After dinner we all sat in the lounge , the camp supplied wine and Jerry supplied Scotch so we had a few drinks and said our farewells for the night and then back to our cabins were we slept on good mattresses . |
| 27 | We crowded round the table , straining our ears for the magic sounds , while Robert adjusted the cat 's whisker . |
| 28 | The next day we spent the forenoon ashore at Smeerenburg looking at the remains of the old Dutch whaling-station , and setting our feet for the first time on the Spitsbergen tundra . |
| 29 | Their being excited in us in an orderly fashion ‘ gives us a sort of foresight , which enables us to regulate our actions for the benefit of life ’ ; and this testifies to God 's wisdom and benevolence . |
| 30 | My Group faced great difficulties when we tried to formulate our recommendations for the teaching of grammar . |