Example sentences of "we [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ultimately they merely carry out what we as a democratic society demand . |
| 2 | Things like , it was us who set up the Benefits Unit in the Town Centre , you know , we , it was considered that you know we as a neutral policy team are in without departmental buyers rather than political buyers , that 's a joke , erm , would be the best people to erm , er set up this unit , we do n't have any less interest , the benefit 's , the benefit 's felt within the housing department with with the introduction of Poll Tax and the Poll Tax benefit , it was n't clear where that could go , so we were the people who had to sort that out . |
| 3 | I think either we as a Labour party are serious about having more women in the House of Commons and we do very badly compared with many of our European neighbours . |
| 4 | Should not we as a practical matter offer them the facilities of Burghfield and Dounreay to do something about the beryllium and other toxic compounds which are doubtless leaking from ill-maintained equipment ? |
| 5 | Not only does the 24-hour delivery time achieved week in week out put most publishers to shame , but if it were not for their buyers ' notes and regular representative visits , we as a small bookshop all too often ignored by publishers — The Bookseller apart , whose efforts are also appreciated — would not be made aware of new titles and promotions . |
| 6 | Because when I was thinking about trying to talking to you today , I thought although we 've worked quite a lot with people along this group , you might be sitting here and thinking well you do n't seem to be doing any specific work for and with old people erm , well I think your quite independent and can work out your right that , but one of the things this front line review erm it erm , it 's considering Council front line services under various headings , one of which is Retired Services that the Council provide as a group , now the leader of the Council wants to erm , get public views on how we look at these services , so , and that 's , that 's individuals and groups and one of the things that you might like to think about and I 'm that we as a local government unit who are servicing this review can help you with , is to consider how you might want to fee in for that review , erm and , and consider this , that the re-services for retired people , that the Council provides that you use and basically whether you use that , or service , we want to hear that , the Council would need to know that cos were gon na be making decisions about whether or not they should continue in this front line review erm , and erm , you know , or what things you would , what , what are your questions on about those services , what other things you would like to see provided , things like that and I thing this group could quite easily make a collective representation , a collective submission to that process then you could do it as individual 's as well , so that , that exercise it , it should be over by the eleventh of October it starts on the sixth of September . |
| 7 | I would like to outline some of the major terms of the legislation , the far reaching implications it has for unemployed people and what we as a local group are trying to do to combat it . |
| 8 | And through request to the county solicitor , it was again Mr quite rightly said , it was said we would , and we as a corporate body , i e the county council , and the C P D. And I would go along with the the er proposition . |
| 9 | Do you just want to touch on I twelve as well Mr Williamson , before we in a general discussion ? |
| 10 | Who are we in a free democracy to condemn this ? |
| 11 | ‘ Are we in a fit state to receive a visitor ? ’ , |
| 12 | And I mean there 's s there was a company , it 's still going in Mansfield today , that er it w c making twenty thousand dozens , per week , for Marks and Spencers alone , in the heydays of , only about eight years ago and we down a little bit . |
| 13 | What does this tell us about a biblical attitude regarding our partner 's body in the marriage relationship ? |
| 14 | Each one of them tells us about a different aspect of the creature . |
| 15 | Part of the inner route takes us through a narrow gap between a promontory of Fetlar called the Ness of Urie , and a small skerry which has a patch of grass on top . |
| 16 | Teaming up with the Unanimous Decision Crew he talks us through a languid groove based story of how ‘ hard it is for a black man to get a job ’ , ‘ If you 're black , what 's your destination ? ’ he enquires . |
| 17 | From here , boatmen took us through a dog-leg cave where refracted light gleamed strangely blue in the water . |
| 18 | When low down it seems to flash various colours , because its light is coming to us through a thick layer of the Earth 's atmosphere . |
| 19 | If ever he used to take us for a spare lesson , all he used to do was draw on the blackboard the scrum lineouts and things . |
| 20 | Having tried several adjustments to the system over the past 6 years , I hope this provides a format which will serve us for a good while into the future . |
| 21 | It is a growing problem partly and one that is likely to be with us for a long time . |
| 22 | It is likely to be with us for a long time to come . ’ |
| 23 | And I remember to this day , though I was so small , that mother was very angry with me , for unclothing myself before the servant , who was a very nice girl who had been with us for a long time . |
| 24 | Leslie had a very good lot of men in his section , some of them had been with us for a long time . |
| 25 | It has seemed to us for a long time that something special about Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane is called for , and this is an attempt to meet that need . |
| 26 | We could hear the V2s thudding down onto London in the far distance , but the sound came over as a far-off double bang , which puzzled us for a long time until someone told us what it was . |
| 27 | Of course the phenomenological approach has been with us for a long time , and has been the primary source of evidence in the psychoanalytic tradition . |
| 28 | Within a month of the start of the war it was beginning to appreciate its mistake , but the consequences will be with us for a long time to come . |
| 29 | It is true that it has been forecast as being upon us for a long time , but things are now really moving in some areas . |
| 30 | You may also get extra discounts on top of the no claim bonus shown above if you have had a policy with us for a long time and you have not made any claims . |