Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] us [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | This accursed recession has blinded us to the fact that we are well placed , vis-a-vis our competitors in Europe , to create wealth . |
2 | I am glad that she has joined us for the debate . |
3 | Almut Suerbaum , of the university of Munster , has joined us as the new Fellow in German ; as a specialist in Medieval German literature she continues the tradition of her predecessor . |
4 | It is your enthusiasm , dedication and sheer hard work which has placed us at the forefront of our industry . |
5 | He care for the whole of mankind and has given us in the Bible a guide-book by which to live . |
6 | Their views are readily recognizable in a world where the fuss about the Turin Shroud has reminded us of a time when high hopes and claims of miracle were commonly attached to pieces of the true cross or heads of John the Baptist , where much Christian literature promises believers great success in life if only they have enough faith in God , and where men and women of political power still try to have God and his Church on their side , and to use their authority to enhance their own . |
7 | ‘ Our visit has impressed us with the skill and the quality of our soldiers , and with the risks they run . |
8 | Henry Porter doubtless spoke for many when he wrote recently in the Guardian : ‘ Little in the post-war years of decline in Britain has prepared us for the deep sense of unease now being experienced by its people . |
9 | They have whetted a lust for sensationalism that has turned us into a nation of accident watchers . |
10 | Professor Black 's TGAT report , for all its expensive complexity , has saved us from the test-led teaching that seemed at one time inevitable . |
11 | The bread and the wine are consecrated with the reminder that ‘ through Jesus , God has freed us from the slavery of sin ’ and given us a life that is free of such bondage . |
12 | ‘ The City is certainly more inclined to look kindly on the film trade than before , and thus a considerable weight that has handicapped us in the past is removed ’ , remarked John Maxwell , as he launched British International Pictures ( BIP ) as a public company with interests in production , exhibition and distribution . |
13 | God means to free us from the bondage to the self-centredness and self-vindication which marked us in the old days , and has equipped us with the Spirit of the Messiah to set us free to serve him unselfconsciously , effectively and joyfully . |
14 | We are particularly grateful to members of the undergraduate years 1965 , who responded to the Librarian 's appeal for items to display at the Gaudy in June , and to Nina Bawden ( Mabey , 1943 ) who has supplied us with a complete set of her novels . |
15 | Michael has told us down the pub , if they had more than a week 's notice |
16 | Mr. Wilson : As the Minister reiterates his enthusiasm for bids that give workers a substantial say , does he consider that there is any conflict between that and what he has told us about the SDA investing £500,000 to ensure that such bids do not succeed ? |
17 | The Operations Officer has briefed us on a shot fired from one of the Turkish observation towers . |
18 | There in Ephesians one three Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ . |
19 | Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ . |
20 | J. Howard , Secretary of Areley Kings Machine Knitting Club , has contacted us with a change of details . |
21 | Our body clock has woken us for the next day after only a minimal opportunity for extra sleep . |
22 | Roland Smith has provided us with a fascinating and interesting book that should whet the appetite of many hill walkers and will certainly provide a wealth of useful background information when planning a walk to some of the ‘ Great Viewpoints ’ of Britain . |
23 | In that event , the Antarctic ice sheet has provided us with a sample of a planetary body we have never seen , but which has a Moon-like anorthositic crust and a Moon-like soil layer . |
24 | Wolfgang Iser ( 1974 , p.288 ) has provided us with a picture of the competent reader 's behaviour , for — as he says — when we read ‘ we look forward , we look back , we decide , we change our decisions , we form expectations , we are shocked by their nonfulfilment , we question , we muse , we accept , we reject ’ . |
25 | Bruno Bettelheim ( 1976 ) — — not without his critics , see , for example , Tucker ( 1984 ) — clearly takes this view , for he has provided us with a detailed study of fairy tales , The uses of enchantment . |
26 | Towards the end of his first letter to the Corinthians , Paul challenges the Corinthian Christians on the quality of their love , and in doing so has provided us with a bench-mark of quality as far as the practice of love is concerned . |
27 | The adoption of a Local Area Network ( LAN ) strategy has provided us with a very flexible base for future computing . |
28 | He regrets that ‘ language , which adapts itself for the most part only to the common uses of life , has provided us with no single-worded or immediate designation ’ for the impression . |
29 | If nothing else , he has provided us with an excellent description of coffin-making , coffin furniture and grave clothes of the mid seventeenth century . |
30 | Perhaps racism has conditioned us to a greater extent than we expected . |