Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] us [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To it we owe that nervous , spidery line of the drawings — so quick , so attentive , yet so despairing — that alerts us to the elusiveness of the subject at the same time that it perseveres in the attempt to render it . |
| 2 | That blessed us with the vision faith had won , |
| 3 | ‘ Then , the British got us into the mess . ’ |
| 4 | This provided us with an opportunity to investigate the whales to see if we could discover anything about them that might explain why they had beached themselves . |
| 5 | As a general approach , this presents a very attractive picture of human beings , but we must not , on the other hand , allow this to distract us from the pressing reality of society as an institutionalised , patterned , constraining system . |
| 6 | Modern conditions have involved us in rivalry of armaments which is now a conscious struggle to achieve by expenditure and science , by diplomacy and alliances , a balance of power which always eludes us , and because it is always variable and unstable condemns us to a bloodless battle , a dry warfare of steel and gold . |
| 7 | PC Paul Lewis of Leicestershire Police , said : ‘ This shows us in an unfair light . |
| 8 | This leads us to a discussion of the concept of ‘ information management ’ . |
| 9 | This leads us to a fundamental distinction in the character of critical judgements , a distinction between what I shall call internal and external criteria of judgement . |
| 10 | This leads us to a brief discussion of the developments within these fields since the time when the early sociologists were working . |
| 11 | This leads us to the composition and behaviour of sports crowds , especially at football matches and the current debate about the reasons for hooliganism . |
| 12 | This leads us to the most widely adopted material for kite sails , Ripstop Nylon |
| 13 | This leads us to the disturbing conclusion that there is a degree of subjectivity in identifying a stretch of language as discourse — it may be meaningful and thus communicate to one person in a way which another person does not have the necessary knowledge to make sense of — yet in practice we find that discourse is usually perceived as such by groups , rather than individuals . |
| 14 | Our concern then Mr Mayor is to see social housing used correctly , for those in greatest need and this leads us to the conclusion that means testing is the best way to ensure , is positive discrimination in favour of people in such need . |
| 15 | He then goes on to say that after her death he loved her more than when she was alive — this leads us into a trap , for we begin to feel that the old man was a ghoulish sentimentalist . |
| 16 | This leads us into the next stage of whole-healing , namely diet . |
| 17 | But this leads us into the area of secularisation that has been the most damaging to the Christian church . |
| 18 | Not only does this provide us with the content to be taught , but it also lays the foundation on which final assessment can be based ; however , before we can devise our objectives , two further collections of information are needed . |
| 19 | ‘ Our area has been pedestrianised , and while we are convinced that this benefited us in the summer , it worked against us in the winter . |
| 20 | It also provides a clinical procedure for treating some psychological conditions , but this takes us beyond the scope of the present book . |
| 21 | This takes us into an area of discussion — what has broadly come to be known as ‘ the environment ’ — which will be dealt with in the following chapter . |
| 22 | This takes us into the realm of language . |
| 23 | This takes us into the nebulous area of psychological assessment , but it is also the case that the supply of information must be of the right type and in the right form to enable human beings to respond and act correctly , especially the air traffic controllers and the flight crew . |
| 24 | What does all this tell us of the rhynchosaurs ' diet ? |
| 25 | This forewarns us of the issue of SELECTION which will be taken up in Chapter 2 . |
| 26 | This decided us on a bold move to facilitate loading . |
| 27 | Having examined the fabric of a church , what can this tell us of the local landscape ? |
| 28 | What does this tell us about a biblical attitude regarding our partner 's body in the marriage relationship ? |
| 29 | Given that all those involved were volunteers , and had been chosen at random to be guards or prisoners , what does this tell us about the influence of power on human behaviour ? |
| 30 | ( 5 ) What does this tell us about the people in the picture ? |