Example sentences of "us [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The shroud thrown over the subordination of women in the mining communities has much to tell us about the myth of the " archetypical proletarians ' .
2 The role of finds in dating is looked at in the next chapter , but perhaps the most obvious way in which finds can tell us about the past is by providing evidence about ancient technology .
3 Tell us about the press release
4 What a lot that tells us about the Treasury .
5 It is because these qualities are so abundantly visible in photography today that the medium has some claim on our attention : photography still has much to tell us about the way the world looks and the experience of living in it .
6 We have known for years that there are many wrecks which could be of historical value , telling us about the way in which vessels were constructed and , from their contents , about how ordinary people lived in times past .
7 Fazisi does not tell us about the birth of the dream and the background of the person who was the heart of it as Maiden does , it is not as personal .
8 Tell us about the circus , Thérèse said to Victorine : tell us about the costumes that shone in the dark .
9 he has done this morning , and he 's talked to us about the film .
10 The boss congratulates us about the handling of a recent matter and the interview ends .
11 What can the Irish experience teach us about the relationship between the STV and PR ?
12 Will he tell us about the relationship between his Department and Scottish Enterprise because , in the defence industry , we need a skills audit , which he could finance ?
13 Cos , they was telling us about the weave for the white people and they were showing us a booklet and the
14 ‘ Tell us about the Moon colony .
15 So far in this chapter we have considered what patterns of gaze and the distribution of pauses can tell us about the kind of units which might be involved in the planning of spontaneous speech .
16 Even if the order to which the Minister referred a few minutes ago is introduced , what can the Minister tell us about the Government 's thinking on what the timetable will be ?
17 Much eludes us about the government of the Merovingian civitates , but some aspects of their role within the administration of the kingdom are reasonably clear .
18 He also told us about the work of the Institute , which teaches Chinese to a large number of overseas students from numerous different countries .
19 After a few days he started telling us about the year spent in isolation .
20 Given that all those involved were volunteers , and had been chosen at random to be guards or prisoners , what does this tell us about the influence of power on human behaviour ?
21 After all , ITN 's bulletins have made no attempts to deceive us about the influence of Iraqi minders over Sadler 's reports .
22 Dudley , tell us about the revolution in school teaching caused by microcomputers .
23 right , okay so anyway that erm one 's causing a little bit of concern , I 've got another one scheduled for March which I was going to centre on here where will come along and talk to us about the Editor and the Royal Visit and you know ee ach dear me how glad I am to be away from the Scottish Office
24 What does the survey tell us about the life-style of middleclass men in the UK today ?
25 ‘ Tell us about the banquet , ’ barked Naseby , aware he had scored a minor victory .
26 He told us about the chaos that was caused by socialist policies and referred especially to public works departmens .
27 Thus : surprise can not tell us about the development of the central systems .
28 Well tell us erm tell us about the payment and tell us what 's happening to you and what you 're gon na have to do .
29 It is only when the parents begin telling us about the brilliance of their own revolting offspring , that we start shouting , ‘ Bring us a basin !
30 Archaeology is the principal source of data for informing us about the manner in which these changes took place , and how man adapted-to the revolutionary changes occurring in society .
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