Example sentences of "our [noun] [vb -s] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may ensure that , beneath the new uniform , our function remains in effect little different from the former ‘ ambulance service ’ ( Golby and Gulliver 1979 ) instead of increasingly becoming that of ‘ consultants in road-safety ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Around 60pc of our income comes from membership and 40pc from other things . |
| 3 | ‘ A lot of our income comes from bank interest , and when interest rates are low like now , our income has been very significantly reduced . |
| 4 | We used to treat our coral cuts with iodine , unaware that the coral polyps which had entered the wounds normally thrived on iodine which they extracted from seawater — and were now extracting from our blood . |
| 5 | If our work meets with rejection letters and silence on all sides , will we ourselves , in the end , be silenced ? |
| 6 | Our Charity begins at home — theirs |
| 7 | ‘ Our policy takes into account the possible impact of this , ’ said Mike . |
| 8 | And our train leaves at midnight . |
| 9 | In a conversation we can explore meanings , often changing tense as our thought jumps from idea to idea , and we can enforce our reasoning with gesture and facial expression . |
| 10 | To Masters , this film is a vivid parable of the very notion of contamination and a badge our species wears with shame . |
| 11 | Whilst we hope you will find these facility ratings a helpful guide when making your holiday choice , it is important you appreciate both that circumstances can change after our brochure goes to press and that such facilities can not be guaranteed throughout the season , particularly where they are dependent on weather or the level of demand at a particular time . |
| 12 | ‘ The association that our society makes between authority and masculinity , more specifically adult heterosexual masculinity , is a significant underpinning of the power structure of a school system where most administrators , principals and subject heads are men ’ ( Connell , 1985 , pp. 138–9 ) . |
| 13 | A large woman who is not apologising for her size is certainly not a figure to invite the dominant meanings which our culture attaches to femininity . |
| 14 | This is indeed how in general terms our system works at present . |
| 15 | IN BRITAIN THERE IS NOW A WIDESPREAD DESIRE TO COMPETE EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE , AS EVERYBODY KNOWS , OUR PROSPERITY DEPENDS UPON IT . |
| 16 | Our party believes in choice . |
| 17 | In the UK , 93 per cent of our energy comes from fossil fuels , oil ( 35.2 per cent ) , coal ( 32.2 per cent ) and natural gas ( 25.2 per cent ) . |