Example sentences of "we the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can also tell us the correct name of a city . |
| 2 | Flashman has made us the laughing stock of football . |
| 3 | There is only what from our side is neither predictable nor controllable — the coming of the Word from beyond which opens and displays to us the overwhelming advent of God as he makes himself known in the ‘ eternal moment ’ . |
| 4 | For most of us the mental picture of an experiment goes back to school laboratories . |
| 5 | It is God as Spirit who brings us the intimate presence of God to us , enabling us to be friends of God . |
| 6 | Who would like to have a go at describing for us the General Assembly of the United Nations ? |
| 7 | We had a very good time , & good weather , for the rest of our stay , & I think Richard enjoyed showing us the many attractions of his area as much as we enjoyed seeing them . |
| 8 | May he bestow the riches of his peace upon us , bring us the good news of salvation and always fill us with love for all peoples . |
| 9 | The Bible is for us the primary source of authority but not the only source . |
| 10 | In supporting our own active participation in , and control over our own affairs , such people are giving us the right kind of help . |
| 11 | Only such anthropology can give us the all-round vision of primitive man and primitive culture . ’ |
| 12 | Having a sentimental attachment for them , I can not resist mentioning the Cotswold Hills of western England where the formation still quaintly known by William Smith 's original name of the " Inferior Oolite " , reaches what is for us the tremendous thickness of about 100 feet . |
| 13 | We 've had a couple of stoppages in the first half , not the sort that will give us the nine minutes of added time we had at Highbury on Saturday , but certainly a minute or two this evening . |
| 14 | For several years he has been a helper , and having decided to return to Birmingham where he had a distinguished career as a teacher of English , he resolved to give us the greater part of the library , collected over many years by himself and his late wife . |
| 15 | Please confirm that the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this letter . |
| 16 | This will be achieved by including in the offer letter a clause similar to that set out below : Please confirm your acceptance of the above offer by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this letter within the next seven days . |
| 17 | His 1970s cycle of the complete Symphonies all too often gave us the plainer side of Masur 's musical nature : these tend to be rather sober accounts . |
| 18 | I only wonder why nobody has given us the small print of the Social Chapter that Labour and the Liberal Democrats want so badly . |
| 19 | ‘ The MCC made a profit of £568,000 last year , it had administrative expenses of £2.2 million which included Pounds 47,000 spent on ‘ hospitality ’ — now they begrudge us the paltry sum of Pounds 17,000 for a worthy cause for the good of cricket . |
| 20 | But the man who gives us the clearest picture of the link between the Spirit and evangelism is St. Luke in his two volume work . |
| 21 | However , some raw materials and goods , whether they fall into a utilitarian or luxury category , were not always available locally and these give us the clearest testimony of the extent of exchange in early Anglo-Saxon society . |
| 22 | Former technical direct Dr Nigel Mykura told us the immediate cause of his February 1991 resignation was a transfer of £350,000 from AMS1s bank account to another MacDonald company , which Mykura believed would make it impossible for AMS to continue its research . |
| 23 | Once we attain the transcendental standpoint , we have ceased to carry with us the substantive concept of truth required to raise epistemological questions . |
| 24 | For us the key piece of this period is the François vase ( detail , fig. 47 ) , found in an Etruscan tomb at Chiusi ; Athens is now capturing the western market from Corinth . |
| 25 | But the English mystics and their followers give us the other side of the picture . |
| 26 | We listened to the hon. Member for Derby , South when she gave us the present status of Beckett 's laws — a pledge to increase pensions and child benefit , to which the new manufacturing package has been added . |
| 27 | But organisation charts only give us the bare bones of the organisation 's structure and we should not be carried away with the idea that official descriptions tell us all . |
| 28 | A chronological table can only give us the bare outlines of a life : one asks three questions . |
| 29 | If you 're able to lend us the entire amount of your covenanted donation at the outset ( e.g. £100 if you decide to covenant £25 a year ) we can invest your contribution as a lump sum and earn extra interest over the years and still reclaim the tax . |
| 30 | Below us the broad terraces of Hatshepsut 's temple were set into the curving amphitheatre of the cliffs . |