Example sentences of "we [to-vb] our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the context of such a history , how are we to interpret our local sensation , the death of an obscure Englishman , who acted as house agent , courier , travel guide , purveyor of groceries in short supply , house-sitter and , it has been daringly suggested , pimp to the English army of occupation in Chiantishire ? |
| 2 | The last thing that the Labour Party now wants is a compact with failure — particularly since such an arrangement , formal or by implication , would require us to sacrifice our ideological identity . |
| 3 | Often , these have been successfully used in other research and this allows us to compare our own work with that of others . |
| 4 | As for the speed of the machine I can not comment as lack of time with the machine did not allow us to perform our usual tests . |
| 5 | Some malicious twist in the labyrinth of Sudanese bureaucracy required us to obtain our Sudanese visas , not at the embassy in London , ill the tranquillity of St James 's , but in Cairo . |
| 6 | If Disneyland , which is only 150 acres in size , can attract 10 million visitors a year , the opportunity must exist for us to attract our own type of tourist . |
| 7 | Obviously this does not signify that we have resolved our specific problem of " being women " nor that militancy can be the panacea which allows us to find our own identity . |
| 8 | Complications have also occurred that caused us to modify our original technique ; namely to abandon ultrafine guidewires , to use a reverse bevelled transjugular biopsy needle , and to avoid the percutaneous transhepatic placement of portal catheters for guidance . |
| 9 | Well now , because we were in the Ipswich Borough Police , we were in the fortunate position of knowing that we would serve our full thirty years in Ipswich , which enabled us to buy our own houses through building society . |
| 10 | Too often , rogue insurance sellers advise us to surrender our old policy , and sign up for one big enough to cover our new loan in full . |
| 11 | These contributions will enable us to subsidise our Annual Outing which members look forward to eagerly from year to year . |
| 12 | Finally , the consultation process induced us to broaden our proposed provision quite considerably . |
| 13 | The psychologist Abraham Maslow concluded that , if these basic physical and security needs are not satisfied , it is difficult for us to fulfil our higher needs . |
| 14 | It is also worth considering whether historians have a role to play in developing SGML-aware software and/or conversion utilities which will enable us to fulfil our favourite processing aims while reading and writing TEI-conformant files . |
| 15 | Our partnership with J. Rothschild Assurance as well as allowing us to extend our competitive advantage of service provision in a major way also provides an opportunity for us to extend our knowledge . |
| 16 | ‘ Help us to awaken our beloved country to its great danger . |
| 17 | ‘ Our set-up enables us to use our existing materials and take advantage of emerging CD-Rom technologies , ’ explains Elaine English . |
| 18 | At a time when the world 's largest nuclear power is in the process of disintegration into separate republics , if not worse , and when 27,000 nuclear weapons exist there , the vast majority of which are capable of inflicting considerable damage on this and other countries , it would be lunacy for us to undermine our nuclear deterrent . |
| 19 | It 's easy for us to keep our religious faith when things are going well for us and we feel successful . |
| 20 | Erm but do you want us to keep our own results or do you want us to pool all together |
| 21 | This will certainly help us to expedite our derelict land reclamation programme . ’ |
| 22 | The confidence that often comes with maturity can help us to voice our sexual preferences to our partners in a way which we may have been inhibited about in the past , and the ability to communicate sexual needs gives a good foundation for a satisfying relationship . |
| 23 | This facility for selective attention increases the processing power of our brains enormously by enabling us to direct our limited processing capacity where it is most needed . |
| 24 | He wants us to develop our own line of ready-bottled cocktails : I can see he 's got his eye on a new bottling plant ! |
| 25 | These inner ‘ whispers ’ are always creative , since they come from our inner self which is encouraging us to develop our full potential , to expand our awareness , to live more magically . |
| 26 | The fitter we become and the more energy we expend on a regular basis , the easier it is for us to maintain our new figure . |
| 27 | ‘ We are obviously delighted to be starting this contract which enables us to offer our high standard of service in Wandesworth . ’ |
| 28 | Our newly created marketing team has identified customer requirements in major markets as well as helping us to redevelop our corporate image . |
| 29 | ‘ Only a great deal of luck has enabled us to complete our main objectives and get out — just — before the portcullis of the oncoming Antarctic winter cut us off . ’ |
| 30 | Even now we still use a caravan on site to reduce travelling time , which has the additional benefit of allowing us to take our black cat , Muffy , with us . |