Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] us [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , whilst the image of the ‘ head and tail ’ coin is pertinent to our understanding of the rituals , the rabbis ' words provide us with little more than an appreciation of how Jewish society ( or a part thereof ) at the time perceived and explained the religious state of affairs . |
| 2 | Note We will make payments as stated above provided ( a ) the injured clients notify us of any claim for personal injury within 3 months of their return from holiday ; ( b ) they assign to Horizon Holidays Ltd. any rights against a supplier or any other person or party they may have relating to the claim ; and ( c ) they agree to co-operate fully with us should we or our insurers wish to enforce those rights which have been assigned to us or to which we are subrogated . |
| 3 | Conflict theorists emphasise that most areas of our lives involve us in institutionalised power relationships , and most of us are subordinate most of the time . |
| 4 | When trials come we must trust what he has revealed about himself in the Bible rather than what our senses tell us at that particular point in time . |
| 5 | Looking at the long sweep of the historical past , Temple had seen that ‘ Historical analogies lead us to one conclusion only ’ — that subject races invariably at some point regain their liberty . |
| 6 | The apes provide us with much information concerning possible roots of sociable behaviour in man . |
| 7 | Books are essential and it is a sad day when financial troubles force us to this action , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Each of these versions has its own authenticity ; and editorial decisions are interesting in their own right ( and merit investigation ) for what they tell us about the times when they were made ( for example , the Tutuola revisions tell us about British attitudes during the 1960s to the English of non-native speakers ) . |
| 9 | Naturalists shower us with intriguing accounts , both anecdotal and experimental , and their range tends to put in perspective the sense , if any , in which we might wish to claim that some were consciously purposive and others not . |
| 10 | Indeed , many of these tacit rules remind us of those examined by the Chicago School in their early studies of youth gangs . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , we can look back on the year with pride and feel confident that our achievements stand us in good stead for 1992 . |
| 12 | Many issues affect us as disabled people , from accessibility down to ignorance . |
| 13 | The oceans provide us with much more than pleasure for the diver and beautiful photographs for the photographer ; they also give us invaluable knowledge . |
| 14 | Inasmuch as the parables provide us with some indication of how Jesus saw the world , it must be said that women would appear . |
| 15 | Her great painful and ecstatic climaxes make us at last to know something the man has always wanted to know … |
| 16 | Thus our next problems are to understand what principles govern the establishment and modification of the interconnections between unimaginable numbers of nerve cells , how these interconnections endow us with higher mental functions , and the cellular mechanisms that bring about these remarkable processes . |
| 17 | The huge conglomerates that assemble on such occasions provide us with some of the greatest spectacles in the animal world . |
| 18 | After another 13 years of getting the country into a mess the Tories tell us of all the good things they are going to do if re-elected . |