Example sentences of "[v-ing] us [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gorbachev was equally forceful in attacking radical reformers , warning that some were " pushing us towards a bourgeois system and linking the solution of current problems with the country 's switch on to capitalist tracks " . |
| 2 | So we might in fact simplify this by saying these are the enabling factors if you like , to leave home these are the motivating factors pulling us to a certain destination . |
| 3 | Our very success is leading us into a dangerous future … |
| 4 | We are very grateful for Dr Carey Griffiths and Vic Smith for stepping into the breach and presenting us with a two-part programme . |
| 5 | Into the vacuum has sprung a bewildering variety of alternative philosophies , facing us with a post-Christian mosaic of confusing pluralism . |
| 6 | Two five five , the reason why the Executive asked for withdrawal was because it 's moving us a bit too fast along this track , and it 's moving us in a particular direction before we 've had the time to think about whether that 's the right direction to go . |
| 7 | The course was run by trainers who were themselves disabled , providing us with a real example of disabled people in a position of control . |
| 8 | No one of the theories we have set down is all wrong , any more than any one perspective is all right so providing us with a single key to " explain " British politics . |
| 9 | Knowledge of English literature is also of value in providing us with a common range of reference , and is of great importance in developing linguistic skills in Standard English . |
| 10 | I assume this can go ahead immediately , without tying us to a detailed course outline . |
| 11 | Our approach has the advantage of not tying us to a particular syntax and semantics for the space of expressions . |
| 12 | Is the Prime Minister aware , first , that people will want to study in detail what he has brought back and will need far more time to do that , and , secondly , that a treaty committing us to a European union probably represents an even bigger change than our entry into the Community in 1975 , the long-term effect of which over many Parliaments will be great ? |
| 13 | That twist is not limited to lumbering us with a sinful nature . |
| 14 | ‘ Details are just reaching us of a major breakthrough in the Martian revolution , ’ Derek Carlisle announced . |
| 15 | He says : ‘ There are great forces at work , and they 've already embraced us in a world market , they 're sweeping us towards a European destiny . |
| 16 | Sand-covered wooden steps hug a large man-made sand dune buffer , delivering us onto a vast expanse of pale beach . |
| 17 | He develops a theory which accounts for changing attitudes in terms of largely unexplained swings between ‘ matrist ’ and ‘ patrist ’ cultures , leaving us with a grandiloquent but unsubstantiated cyclical theory of social change . |
| 18 | Such surveys are , of course , confidential leaving us with a cold set of statistics and meaningless fractions such as . |
| 19 | ‘ Could Hitler be lulling us into a false sense of security ? ’ |