Example sentences of "we are [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that is the reason I think why we are called the dirty man of Europe . |
| 2 | Instead , this is the evidence that God 's forgiveness possesses our lives so powerfully that we are given the strength to forgive others in turn . |
| 3 | We are told the way in which MPs have voted on certain controversial cross-party issues such as abortion and hanging ; we are given the names of those to whom we must say farewell and those we should welcome , but no details whatsoever as to the make up the corps of MPs ' secretaries , that body of sirens from whom the more susceptible among us should be protected . |
| 4 | We are given the matrices C and B , both symmetric an pos. def . |
| 5 | We are given the pronoun first , and then kept in suspense as to its identity , which is revealed later . |
| 6 | For example , if we are given the statement , ‘ A raven which was not black , was observed at place x at time t ’ , then it logically follows from this that ‘ All ravens are black ’ is false . |
| 7 | The image which traditionally represents the event is not the whirlpool of flags , horses and brave knights confronting the Asiatic intruders — instead we are given the sentimental image of a young , mournful maiden nursing wounded Serbs . |
| 8 | We are given The value for , was calculated in the previous example as The standard enthalpy of combustion of methane is given in table 5.2 as |
| 9 | In the ending of the last section , we are given the impression that Pip has slaved away day and night to revive himself , and others and that this has paid off . |
| 10 | Even before we are born the shape and pattern of wrinkles on the surface of the two hemispheres of the brain differ to an appreciable extent ( see figure ) -some of the most noticeable asymmetries being found in the regions of cerebral cortex associated with language . |
| 11 | ‘ Yet it is the skill we are taught the least . |
| 12 | Moreover , they were outstripped in militancy by Ivan Cooper , who pointed to the city walls and said : ‘ We are denied the right to walk within these walls which are loved by every citizen … |
| 13 | When respect is not given to our tears we are denied the relief they can bring . |
| 14 | But all , when we are lost the danger that smugness of not realizing we 're lost , we 're alright ! |
| 15 | Do n't look here for anything rousingly political — instead we are offered the everyday concerns of township life from ‘ shared beer ’ to a sister 's wedding , marital arguments to ‘ the importance of proper education ’ . |
| 16 | We see our own dissatisfactions , our own pointless , unfocused longings in her and we are forced , because we are shown the terrible thing that happens to her , to question aspects of ourselves which might otherwise remain unexamined . |
| 17 | To take one example , in The Nigger of the Narcissus we are shown the paddle-steamer as she draws out of harbour in a composite picture of image and actuality : |
| 18 | Later that day , 15 Oct , at The Questors Theatre in Ealing , he will be the guest of honour at a fund-raising event for the Questors in which we are promised the opportunity to ‘ find out what makes a critic , what are his prejudices and his preferences , and what are his fears and hopes for British ( and world ) theatre . ’ |
| 19 | We are promised the last word in London nightclubs , BBQ , dancing , live bands , cabaret , live band karaoke , mystery entertainments and a huge amount of fun . |
| 20 | Thus in Romans 8:14 we are promised the guidance of the Spirit , but it is along the pathway of sonship wherein we follow Jesus in addressing God as ‘ Abba ’ , and share his mortification and risen life . |
| 21 | At the beginning of Extract 4 we are described the island 's vegetation and fruits . |
| 22 | We are told the story of a man ( unidentified , so for convenience I shall refer to him as X ) who , though ‘ exclusively heterosexual ’ had become interested in another younger man on the occasion of finding himself in a triangular relationship with him and his ( i.e. the younger man 's ) fiancée at a dinner party . |
| 23 | We are told the way in which MPs have voted on certain controversial cross-party issues such as abortion and hanging ; we are given the names of those to whom we must say farewell and those we should welcome , but no details whatsoever as to the make up the corps of MPs ' secretaries , that body of sirens from whom the more susceptible among us should be protected . |
| 24 | ( The French population tended to shift to the towns much more slowly ; we are told the rate was about 3 per cent per decade down to 1911 , and this had been true for a century . ) |
| 25 | Back at the very beginning , we are told the events leading up to the Highland Rebellion , and the battle with the Norwegians . |
| 26 | There may be transitional relief , but the maximum for this band is £169 , and we are told the maximum is unlikely to be paid . |
| 27 | We are told the new C-in-C vetoed the suggestion from the outset and , in the absence of evidence from the archives , this is surely inconsistent with his demand for the agreed build-up of the Command , his determination to shed the twin-engined bombers in favour of four-engined Stirlings , Halifaxes and Lancasters , and his bitter and seemingly endless feud with the Navy ( and , to a lesser degree , the Army ) about the " milking " of his Command . |
| 28 | Although we are spared the details , it resulted in all the barbed wire on the course being removed . |
| 29 | As a self-sufficient economy we are spared the valuable advice of those we could have done without ; we do employ those we need where local capability does not exist ( medical staff , technicians , etc ) . |
| 30 | When the renegade Sister Ruth ( Kathleen Byron ) , a seething mass of frustrated sexuality and jealously , attempts to push Sister Clodagh ( Deborah Kerr ) over the edge of the cliff and instead falls herself , we are spared the usual phony diminishing figure dropping away . |