Example sentences of "us [conj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The giant database operator is extremely unforthcoming , but it 's hard to keep these things quiet and our spies tell us that at the last count — which was about a year ago , it was a three-way split between IBM Corp , down to one 3090-300S and one 3090-200 , Amdahl Corp with a 5990-1400 and two 5990-1400As , and Hitachi Data Systems Inc with three EX/100s ; at the time , there were also 350 of IBM 's disgraced RT Unix boxes , and 21 IBM System/88 fault-tolerant machines . |
| 2 | Patricia Branca has reminded us that in the Victorian household where the man earned between £100 and £300 a year , an income range which excluded the highly skilled manual worker and included as many as 42 per cent of the middle class , there was only enough money available for the employment of one or at most two domestic servants and very little at all for the rest of the ‘ paraphernalia of gentility ’ desired by the aspiring middle class household . |
| 3 | An interesting gloss on the medieval understanding of Christ as a nurturing mother is provided by Caroline Bynum , who tells us that in the medical theory of the time breast milk was believed to be processed blood . |
| 4 | The Keraing had told us that in the 1950s a military scouting party from Makassar had angered the village by entering the caves with special equipment and making off with a good deal of valuable porcelain — indicating it had also been used as a burial-chamber by early visiting Chinese mariners . |
| 5 | There must , though , be space to say how deeply Eva and I have appreciated all the love and generosity Queen 's Park has shown to us and to the Bulgarian Baptists and to say a big ‘ Thank you ! ’ for making my visit possible . |
| 6 | May the MEDAU SOCIETY continue to blossom , grow and stay alive — it is an example for us and at the same time an inspiration to continue our work for the benefit of people everyone . |
| 7 | and nice for us but on the other hand , tomorrow , it will be |
| 8 | The issue of women in communication has historically been an important issue for us because of the sexist structure of Latin American and Caribbean society . |
| 9 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |
| 10 | ‘ This is a critical exercise for us because of the relative complexity and sophistication of Intersleek , ’ said , vice-president , marketing . |
| 11 | Perhaps your correspondent could enlighten us as to the best method of preventing unwanted teenage pregnancy , bearing in mind that young people will always form sexual relationships , regardless of the wishes of their parents or anyone else to the contrary . |
| 12 | The State then operates as an educational function , as Gramsci suggests , in this case , to educate us as to the worthy and the unworthy , the deserving and the undeserving . |