Example sentences of "for us the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | His willingness to accept violation and destruction at our hands out of love for us the loving obedience to his Father is the darkness of the aboriginal prayer , the prayer that makes sense of any other prayer , the mystery of hope at the heart of hopelessness that Dr Spufford refers to in the death of Robert Aske . |
2 | Fortunately for us the spiritual and cultural vitality of the Reformation outlived his pessimistic estimate , but his point should not be ignored . |
3 | Lessing — for us the first of these theoreticians — is quite frank about the strictly functional purpose of his concern with Aristotle . |
4 | Having a sentimental attachment for them , I can not resist mentioning the Cotswold Hills of western England where the formation still quaintly known by William Smith 's original name of the " Inferior Oolite " , reaches what is for us the tremendous thickness of about 100 feet . |
5 | For us the key piece of this period is the François vase ( detail , fig. 47 ) , found in an Etruscan tomb at Chiusi ; Athens is now capturing the western market from Corinth . |
6 | We await the Light of the World with this powerful symbol underlining for us the real nature of Advent : a time of expectation ‘ as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Saviour Jesus Christ ’ . |
7 | Who would like to have a go at describing for us the General Assembly of the United Nations ? |
8 | The Bible is for us the primary source of authority but not the only source . |
9 | Although writing here with a different purpose from our own — and exclusively from a psychodynamic perspective — Anthony nevertheless articulates for us the final theme that remains to be developed in this chapter , which concerns the formal similarities between the mechanisms of mad and creative thought . |
10 | NeXT Computer Inc is likely to go public next year , founder Steve Jobs said in Chicago last week , although he added that no steps have yet been taken to start the process : ‘ Things ( have been ) going very well for us the last few quarters , ’ Jobs said , and ‘ this quarter looks quite good as well , so if things keep on their present course and the market is good , I think there 's a real good possibility that we 'll go public next year . ’ |
11 | Through the horse , we have emphasized for us the animalistic and instinctive nature of the male ( or human ? ) sexual appetite . |
12 | For us the important point is that the timescale on which continents have drifted about is the same slow timescale on which animal lineages have evolved , and we can not ignore continental drift if we are to understand the patterns of animal evolution on those continents . |