Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I just felt you should know that our spare room is waiting for you and Dimity when you return . ’ |
2 | Nor did I know that our intestinal tracts are those of a herbivore , 32 feet long and that if we were meant in enjoy Contre-filet braisé à l'ancienne they would be only a quarter of that length . |
3 | After all , how do we know that our own picture of Jesus is necessarily right , especially when we realize that we too bring assumptions to faith ? |
4 | We will ensure that our educational reforms are strengthened by other legislation which we are introducing to increase inequality — in particular , our measures to reduce public expenditure on health , housing and welfare benefits , and to curb the powers of trade unions . |
5 | I conclude now , with even more emphasis than before , that the over-valuation of sterling , superimposed on very deeply entrenched adverse long-term trends in overseas trade , will ensure that our foreign trade performance will not warrant a growth rate of more than 1–2 per cent at the very most during the next five years . |
6 | But , before we consider any amalgamation with the T & g , we must ensure that our own house is in order . |
7 | Can my right hon. Friend confirm that our European partners are not losing sight of the need to make the European Commission democratically accountable , any more than they are losing sight of the need to conform to the European Commission directives that we scrupulously honour ? |
8 | To explore what these relationships are let's just use the example of total product , right , so we will be looking at total product curves , right , T P Okay and lets assume that our total product right , is simply a function labour and capital . |
9 | First , how dare she assume that our main goal is to walk , without consulting us in the first place . |
10 | Yet we can not claim that our sensory reality is more real than theirs : that we see it the ‘ right ’ way and that they see it in some less than real manner . |
11 | I do not believe that our European neighbours will hang back from this for long . |
12 | I am certain that in time and with courage one of us will leave this place but we must always remember that our first enemy is ourselves . |
13 | In this case , time needs to be given to establishing such a way of thinking , so that we can see that our very purpose as Christians is. to grow to be more like Christ . |
14 | We do not see that our own friends and colleagues have the same one-in-ten incidence of addictive disease as anyone else 's friends or colleagues . |
15 | I I that 's a problem that in terms of could see whether our natural wastage in er would would cope with it . |
16 | Many have already departed by the way of this terrible illness , no doubt others will follow before our present travail is over . |
17 | ( Even at this point either psychogenic or physical impediments may arise but our illustrative pair are uninhibited and highly desirous of each other so we will assume it does not ! ) |
18 | If we had any hope that our eventual account of knowledge would help us to reject the sceptical arguments , this particular account seems to make matters worse rather than better . |
19 | Well , I do hope that our public companies take into consideration inflation in the future . |
20 | " In addition to these proposals we should recognize that our economic strength depends upon being competitive in world markets . |
21 | ‘ I have n't been able to sleep or eat since our last meeting and , from the way you look , neither have you , ’ he said , taking in the discarded food and her too slender form with one glance . |
22 | Does this mean that our mental images depend on this amine in some way ? |
23 | Even the most seemingly trivial gap in our knowledge or understanding can represent some very major failure in our comprehension — it can mean that our overall ideas are seriously wrong . |
24 | This incident made me realise that our careful descriptions of the relationship between dialect and Standard English might be misread , and so in the final Report I insisted that we should reiterate many times that all pupils should learn , and if necessary be explicitly taught , Standard English . |
25 | Some of his characters develop , and change and we follow their progress but others such as Pumblechook do n't change and our first impressions of them will not change . |
26 | How can we eat and drink when our poor brothers starve ? |
27 | The parables of Jesus promise that the harvest will come and our constant prayer is that the kingdom will come and that all God 's children will be free . |
28 | It came out so matter-of-factly that even Joy and Alan did n't notice and our new guest was , luckily , slightly deaf . |
29 | Thus we could require as our fourth condition that our justification would remain even when every truth is added to our belief set , all at once . |
30 | ‘ You could say that our first success is the fact that we exist , ’ he says . |