Example sentences of "we are [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary is dead , he told himself , and we are to each other for ever what was bearable only in my intuition of its impermanence . |
| 2 | Every human being makes an imprint on their surroundings because we are at all times radiating energy which is soaked up and stored by items around us . |
| 3 | Indeed the settlement where we are at this moment , is to be expanded very considerably . |
| 4 | There should be such a requirement in Britain , instead of just relying that we are about these orders er on the o o on the er auditors er them that that that the the themselves . |
| 5 | While we are on this subject , it may be remarked that even social workers sometimes give credence to one or another of the old wives ' tales which surround pregnancy and childbirth . |
| 6 | Sex is often used as a means of getting close and having contact , but if we are of this type then we feel that the partner will sense our detachment of feeling and lack of giving , and so will reject us . |
| 7 | ‘ I do not think we are under any duty to publish malicious gossip , ’ he said , ‘ which remains gossip however true it may be . ’ |
| 8 | But whether it is Ortega 's ‘ vital system of ideas of a period ’ , or Leavis ' sense of an ‘ organic life ’ which it is the university 's function to foster , or Bantock 's concern that the organic relationship between education and ( what he admits to being ) a minority culture was being attenuated , or Robbins ' view with which we started , we are in each case being asked to accept an unduly conservative function . |
| 9 | We 've all , we 've got ta remember this , that every one of us , we have a place in God 's will and plan and whilst we are in that place everything is good well there 's , there 's still problems of course , there are still difficulties , there are still heartaches , but things are working right . |
| 10 | We are in that situation and all we can do is try and do the best we can to survive and keep some sort of service going to help people who desperately need it . |
| 11 | Naturally , one looks ahead to his year and we are in little doubt that Nick will provide scope for further celebrations . ’ |
| 12 | It is precisely because market forces have in the long run caught up with the operation of the CAP , as they inevitably would , that we are in such trouble . |
| 13 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |
| 14 | Now if we took this view about parental investment theory , it would immediately erm concentrate our attention if we 're talking about human beings as we are in this course on er one critical factor which er is astonishingly important and that is er body fat . |
| 15 | It never ceases to amaze me just how backward we are in this country when it comes to the use of boats and Peripheral equipment . |
| 16 | ‘ We just do n't think it is helpful to talk about a lot of these things while we are in this process , ’ he said . |
| 17 | That is why we are in this trouble , and why the Government have been grossly irresponsible . |
| 18 | We are in this chapter considering misrepresentations made to the buyer by the seller ( or the seller 's agent ) . |
| 19 | We are in fewer businesses and we have leadership positions in them . ’ |
| 20 | We are in some difficulty in resolving that matter , for two reasons . |
| 21 | If they do more adversely affect women , our track record in using the legal process that we have , faulty and flawed that it is , might mean that we are in some way able to address the problem . |
| 22 | In most encounters with discourse , especially written discourse , we are in some way prepared for what is coming , if only because we ourselves have sought it out with a clear purpose ( Widdowson 1983 ) . |
| 23 | Wordsworth returns again and again to his main problem , whether we are in some sense ‘ led ’ by spiritual agencies — notice that he is not sure , and carefully qualifies any dogmatic statements — or whether we are alone responsible for what we become . |
| 24 | We noticed in our initial , cursory discussion of integrity in the last chapter that many of our political attitudes , collected in our instinct of group responsibility , assume that we are in some sense the authors of the political decisions made by our governors , or at least that we have reason to think of ourselves that way . |
| 25 | We are in some kind of indoor builder 's yard : bags of cement stacked against one wall , assorted timber against the other , and a concrete mixer , lathe , two power saws , and a battered van that looks welded to the floor . |
| 26 | For some Christians the fact that we are made in God 's image means that we are in some respects killing God if we attempt suicide , and so there can be no more serious sin . |
| 27 | Lest we are in any doubt about where responsibility for pedestrian casualties lies , propaganda on pedestrian accidents is aimed at the pedestrian , rarely at the motorist : as one ‘ public information announcement ’ has it , ‘ One false move and you 're dead . ’ |
| 28 | If we are in any way , dubious about the nature of the claim , |
| 29 | but when we 've read those we 've got to look up what else Jesus said , remember a few months ago the passage we read from Luke thirteen and they will come from the East and the West and from the North and the South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , they will come he says from all directions , we work and hold and these two scriptures intention , we 've got ta compare one with the other , then we 'll read also John in that tremendous vision in the book of revelation he would he says what he saw there , in chapter seven verse nine after these things I looked and behold a great multitude which no one could count from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the lamb , clothe in white robes and palm branches were in their hands and they cried out with a loud voice saying salvation to our God who sits on the throne and to the lamb , a handful of people , tiny minority , John says it was a great number , a multitude which no one could count from every nation , from every ethnic group , from every tribe and , and , and , and race on the face of the earth there in God 's heaven how grateful you and I should be , if we are among that number , it 's God 's grace , it 's not that we 've deserved it , it 's not that we have been privileged by some genetic er process to have been born in a so called a nominally Christian country , it is all of God 's grace , it 's not what we have done or what we are , but we have been saved by his grace and just for a few moments this morning , I 'd like us to from this question that was put to Jesus to follow on and if you like get five propositions from it , it sounds complicated but it 's not . |
| 30 | … ’ bit once the sun and beer has gone to the head and we 're talking as we are after this weekend severe overcooking . |