Example sentences of "our [noun sg] [is] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We feel that our function is to convey accurate information . |
| 2 | Our intention is to identify some of the pressure points in married life and indicate why they have a different impact . |
| 3 | It 's traditional at the Cambridge Arts and our review is given extra impetus by an equally blue send-up of the pantomime , performed for our benefit by the crew . |
| 4 | Our work is to find that whisper , to control it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Our plan is to make all our songs famous enough so that we can go back to Cork and do the circuit again , and they 'll recognise Walters Trip as a song by The Frank & Walters ! ’ |
| 6 | We have recently moved to an area of Norfolk that is infested with holiday homes : our village is rendered lifeless for half the year , and local people find it impossible to afford homes because prices have been forced up by the greater buying power of outsiders . |
| 7 | Our short term aim is that our business is split 50 per cent North Sea oil , 25 per cent international oil and 25 per cent non-oil related activities and we are already close to reaching these targets . |
| 8 | Right yes I am keen on that because I think er one of the keys to growth in our business is to attract more people and to attract people you must tell them that we 're here and what we 're doing . |
| 9 | Our aim is to give all of you as much fun as you can take for as little of your hard-earned cash as possible . |
| 10 | Ultimately , our aim is to establish regular contact with both primary and secondary schools within our area and , in effect , to become and accessible reference point . |
| 11 | On the subject of equitability across Europe , our aim is to establish that and competitive conditions for all United Kingdom ship builders as soon as possible at national and international levels . |
| 12 | Zoo director Jo Gipps said : ‘ London Zoo will become an increasingly interesting and enjoyable place to visit and our aim is to attract more visitors by telling them that we are an exciting and relevant zoo of the future . |
| 13 | Our aim is to prevent long-term unemployment , rather than just trying to cope with it after it has occurred . |
| 14 | The vast majority of teachers are working extremely hard to achieve good results under the national curriculum and our aim is to get all schools up to the standards of the best . |
| 15 | ‘ Our aim is to raise low wages in Britain over time so that the lowest-paid worker will receive an hourly rate not less than two-thirds of that received by the male median full-time worker . ’ |
| 16 | Our aim is to maintain this balance . |
| 17 | Our aim is to build one hundred new homes for our homeless children . |
| 18 | Our aim is to build substantial new business . |
| 19 | Seve Ballesteros criticised the length of the tour when it was announced in September , but Schofield stated : ‘ Our job is to get competitive opportunities for our members and we are not going to turn down opportunities . |
| 20 | ‘ Our job is to provide some activities so that people can then choose whether or not they want to be involved . |
| 21 | ‘ Our directive is to support multinational companies moving into Eastern Europe , ’ says Andrew Gibson , BT 's director for Eastern Europe , whose group welcomes enquiries from accountancy firms thinking of setting up there , or whose clients intend to do so . |
| 22 | The central question , then , is not whether or not we should tolerate the rules and conventions , the systems of thought , the preconceptions that regulate enquiry and instruction — for if our enterprise is to have any significance at all we have to — but which rules , conventions , and preconceptions are likely to offer us the most relevant and reliable set of bearings for our work , and how we are to use them so that we can allow for their modification , or even their complete replacement , when new insights and experiences need to be accommodated . |
| 23 | ‘ That I can not answer , although our knowledge is advancing all the time . ’ |
| 24 | Our policy is to promote wider participation and more opportunity in higher education . |
| 25 | Our strategy is to focus all our resources on the two core businesses of spirits and beers . |
| 26 | If our democracy is to retain popular support and respect , it seems vital that the 60pc of voters regularly voting for change are given some opportunity to bring their ideals and values to bear on society . |
| 27 | This unfair distortion of our role is given continuing currency by the media and infuriatingly increasingly often by the Government . |
| 28 | Our object is to illuminate one of these l.e.d.s in a random manner directly a correct hit has been made by the batsman at the crease . |
| 29 | ‘ Our objective is to make certain you know we strongly object to this development . |
| 30 | Is that the right sort of , if our I mean from our objective is to get more sales |