Example sentences of "[vb -s] us [that] " in BNC.

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1 It worries us that many farmers appear to be paid for doing nothing .
2 But it is precisely the possibility of being wrong in believing that someone loves us that makes it appropriate to talk in this context of trust .
3 Because I do n't mind if Karen writes and bloody blames us that it 's our bloody fault , I 'm not bothered .
4 It warns us that we should not have anything to do with them or with people who try to use their powers .
5 Now , the very word ‘ about ’ clearly warns us that the inscription was probably added some time after the event , but all the available evidence does point toward its veracity .
6 The case of Etruria warns us that the assimilation of many techniques and notions does not necessarily imply a real understanding between two civilizations .
7 But the US experience warns us that , unless we do it right , deregulation will not automatically yield substantial benefits .
8 That 's something Friends of the Earth agrees with : ‘ It concerns us that recently a lot of proposals for courses have luxury houses or hotels with them , getting permission to put buildings where they might not otherwise have been . ’
9 He claimed : ‘ It concerns us that they have been enticed to take this step . ’
10 The huge postbag on the subject from SHE 's readers shows us that the subject needs far more serious investigation , and can no longer be dismissed as fantasy or wishful thinking .
11 Reality , they point out , shows us that assumptions about rationality and control are misplaced .
12 ‘ History shows us that the inherent strength of American communities and institutions can be attributed in large part to the freedom Americans had to experiment without the deadening hand of capital control .
13 Ann followed suit in 1815 , and Sarah in 1816 , though all three sisters had actually attended the chapel for some years before becoming full members : a seating list for April 1807 shows us that Mary was in Mr. Porter 's ‘ Dark Gallery ’ , with Ann and Sarah sharing Mr. Coomb 's ‘ Light Gallery ’ .
14 His example shows us that it matters how our anger is expressed , and that it should not be left to simmer unattended .
15 ‘ Our statistical data shows us that an increase in the value of the try could have the opposite effect .
16 The high occurrence of so-called ‘ baby blues ’ and feelings of isolation alone shows us that the birth of a child is a very stressful event — a dramatic physical , psychological and social transition .
17 Evacuation thus shows us that the ideological consensus of wartime , so stressed by Titmuss and some historians , was something of a myth .
18 At the beginning of the second scene of the third act Antony once again shows us that things are not always as they appear .
19 At the very least this theory about post-natal depressions shows it 's not that simple , the mother has a self-interest as well as the offspring and our modern insight into parental investment theory shows us that we have to take every individual 's self-interest seriously we 're not committing th the , the crude errors of group selectionism and saying you know mothers exist for the benefit of society to have children , they should put up with it .
20 Conversation E on the other hand , shows us that there are " licensed " uses of Creole by second-generation speakers even with their parents ' generation .
21 This shows us that often good people come out worst .
22 Lucidas , I suppose , more than any other poem of Milton 's , and indeed I suppose more than any other poem in English , Lucidas shows us that there does n't have to be a conflict between personal involvement and formal rhetoric .
23 It reassures us that the hierarchy created within the company does not threaten individual liberty because it is the outcome of a voluntary consensual arrangement .
24 Entries are flooding into the Reading , Lincoln and Liverpool race organisers ' offices and word reaches us that the races with the most prestige these days are , of course , those in this Race Series !
25 This assures us that the continued supply is of normal quantities required anyway , but it also makes discontinuation of supply a positive harm rather than a refusal to help .
26 St Bernards had placed a fee on this transfer should he go to a Football League club so Palace had to settle with them and with Kettering , but his eminent place in the club 's history assures us that if Palace had had to pay a dozen clubs , it would have been money well spent .
27 To rub the message in he may add , for good measure , that it is also inconceivable and unthinkable ; and he sometimes quotes from an authority such as Richard Goldschmidt who also assures us that it is impossible and unimaginable .
28 But only the Bible assures us that both of these needs are met in Christ .
29 The financial wizard talks about ‘ margins being squeezed on a contracting market ; controlled inputs stabilizing capital have reached the ceiling ’ , and he assures us that ‘ The Treasury mandarins would put Britain into a straitjacket , paying the price for decades before the recession bottoms out . ’
30 The mundane world view suggests that the tossing of coins or yarrow stalks , or selection of cards from a pack , is random and meaningless — but metaphysics assures us that if we ask for guidance , we will receive it .
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