Example sentences of "[verb] us [prep] [art] very " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm glad I did n't — it would only have shown us in a very discreditable light . |
| 2 | He added his own comments that Ashby 's tributes to voluntaryism present us with a very serious challenge — to the professional to be patient in service , to aid and abet but not to take over from the voluntary worker any of the tasks or decisions which he should do and make : to the voluntary worker to recognise that the only sure safeguard against injury to the mainstream of voluntaryism is that that mainstream , which is himself , shall never slacken . |
| 3 | We have done some work with your offices on that , and whilst on most of your activities are n't happy with er the scale of such that it does cause me a problem , there is one particular area that we are in discussion with the Chief Executive , and your offices relating to doing work for other bodies to and the contract vehicle hire service , and er , that 's something which we will and no doubt will be brought us in the very near future . |
| 4 | Although it would be possible to pursue the question of history in terms of such analyses of the forms of historicity , such an enquiry would take us on a very different path from that prompted by our original question , namely if poststructuralism can apparently be faulted by reference to a history which it neglects , where in Marxism can this history be found ? |
| 5 | However , formulae such as " adjectives precede their nouns " do not take us beyond a very shallow level of linguistic description ; nor is it an improvement to find phrases such as " an attributive adjective " unless the description proceeds in some way to give an account of how a term like attributive may mean something more than a simple statement about formal grouping . |
| 6 | The adoption of a Local Area Network ( LAN ) strategy has provided us with a very flexible base for future computing . |
| 7 | The appointment of a specialist of considerable experience and an international reputation in the fields of statistics and taxonomic databases will lead us into a very different situation in the whole area of scientific computing within RBGE . |
| 8 | ‘ The decision puts us in a very difficult position . |
| 9 | In her insistence on the range of masculinities in practice , and her argument that masculinity is structured through contradiction , Segal reminds us of the very real shifts achieved by feminists in setting a new agenda for women and men . |
| 10 | An Anglican priest , Father Bernard Schunemann , told the congregation : ‘ The terrible death of James reminds us of the very real possibility of evil , evil in ourselves , evil in each one of us , evil certainly in young people . ’ |
| 11 | " Obedience was number one priority , " Joyce recollects , " and the respect and love we had for our parents and for one another forced us into a very successful household . " |
| 12 | It is called Macrae 's Monument and is one of the few things left in Ayrshire to remind us of a very remarkable man called James Macrae . |
| 13 | He has n't redeemed and restored back to what we were , but he 's gone way , way beyond that , in making us his children and bringing us into a very special relationship with himself . |
| 14 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 15 | Jason hails from St Dodimeads Comprehensive School whose Under-14 side held us to a very creditable 0–0 draw two seasons ago in the County Knock-Out Shield . |
| 16 | ‘ The law leaves us in a very curious condition , ’ former consultant Alan Dixon told the Cox case jury . |
| 17 | That brings us to the very critical question of the balance of power at the end of all this . |