Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] our [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are so satisfied , then we are free to exercise our own discretion . |
| 2 | As I am satisfied that the judge applied an incorrect test to the foster mother 's application , and was also deprived of material necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion , it follows that we are free to exercise our own discretion and it is to that question that I now turn . |
| 3 | I feel very uncomfortable therefore , to sit in a room full of members , sitting here proposing to add five percent to the limit for members allowances , simply because we 've been unable to control our own behaviour , and to come in within that , I think it 's a very poor example , and it 's an example that I 'm not prepared to set . |
| 4 | We should assess the current and future requirements for GIS within RBGE , to determine whether or not it would be cost-effective to acquire our own expertise and hardware in-house , or contract out our GIS work . |
| 5 | We , as jurymen , must listen to one set of evidence only and be prepared to do our own mental cross-examination . |
| 6 | A worrying thing at the moment is as I said we 're in close contact with is that the Malaysian Government is sending representatives over to visit the European Community Ministers in May , to try and say that there 's absolutely nothing wrong with what 's going on in their country with the logging , and they 're saying that people like Friends of the Earth are calling for a ban on timber , not because they care about sustained yield , but because we want to be able to sell our own wood , and this is to depress their trade . |
| 7 | Now the second problem is that we all value our freedoms and we the greatest thing that we all have in our lives , whether it 's in work , or whether it 's in our marriages or just in our social life , we all value our freedom and initiative , we want to be able to use our own initiative . |
| 8 | ‘ We might be able to do something with licensing agreements in Europe , but we want to be able to market our own products . |
| 9 | ‘ In that way , we will be able to groom our own accountants , combining banking skills with accounting professionalism , and a thorough knowledge of the Bank , ’ said Julian Leiper , Head of Group Internal Audit . |
| 10 | I wonder what you will say in answer to this letter ; I shall await your reply with some anxiety , for if our letters go into the waste paper basket we shall be unable to continue our many services for the benefit of those who are blind . |
| 11 | Wo n't it be wonderful to have our own home at last ? ’ |
| 12 | Whether it 's the launch of Concorde or a dramatic scientific advance — such as the invention of the hovercraft — we are slow to thump our own tub and even slower to exploit our own innovations . |
| 13 | then we stand the possibility of being able to influence our own purchasing issues in order to er er to make it happen . |
| 14 | It 's being able to write our own history . ’ |
| 15 | I too desired to be at home , and was glad when we were able to close our own dear front door behind us , and be gathered in to the silence of our little parlour . |
| 16 | We ca n't get a large plane in there of course , but it 's useful having our own field sometimes . ’ |
| 17 | It is fair to point our that training and education were one of the few positive points that the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) made . |
| 18 | It was stupid to burn our own neighbourhoods , though . |
| 19 | We may have been brought up to believe that it was selfish to put our own needs before others . |