Example sentences of "our [noun pl] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither approach by itself is adequate to take account of the complexities involved in meeting the needs of our children and our schools at the present time . |
| 2 | Both features resembled their names to a baffling degree but , despite this , Abu was moved to expound upon them with such fervent body language that we nearly plunged into the ravine and terminated our lives at the very lip of the sacred symbol of where we had begun it . |
| 3 | AT&T Co says it has negotiating with European carriers to join its WorldSource venture for ‘ better than a year , ’ but that with its customers clamouring for one-stop shopping , especially in Europe , AT&T could n't wait any longer for national carriers to join — ‘ We do n't plan to leave our customers at the European borders , ’ it said . |
| 4 | Despite the length of the ruling it does n't make a lot of difference to our prospects at the European Court of Human Rights . ’ |
| 5 | Until recently we used to laugh behind our hands at the unfortunate women of the Soviet Union , who had to drive buses , work cranes and perform other heavy duties that have been a man 's prerogative since the beginning of time , due to an acute shortage of labour . |
| 6 | All of our businesses have maintained or improved their market shares as managers we concentrate on the full year rather on either half and because of our seasonal bias er , those of you who 've been , er , to our interim presentations before er , will remember that without fail I tell you our results at the half-way stage are not a clear guide to the outcome of the year as a whole . |
| 7 | Being a radical experimental company of the time , given to onstage nudity , we were no strangers to Beth 's voluptuous physique and it was hard to suppress our giggles at the absurd movie , in which a deformed , slobbering handyman ogles and gropes our heroine before coming to a violent end . |
| 8 | ‘ We are working very hard with our colleagues at the Royal Brompton and St Mary 's Hospital in London to complete their experiments using a safe DNA mist . |