Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun] [vb mod] [verb] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell you another year of feasibility studies will take us to the point of no return . |
| 2 | By defining standards of rationality ‘ the methodology of research programmes might help us in devising laws for stemming … intellectual pollution ’ . |
| 3 | It 's possible that the increased understanding that we now have of miocenia gravis will help us to understand more about diseases such as multiple sclerosis which are , unhappily , much more common than miocenia gravis . |
| 4 | Any creature that could eat hundreds of rugby balls could swallow us in one go . ’ |
| 5 | Hence identification of antigenic determinants of IgA response may lead us towards antibody responses likely to be important in parasite clearance . |
| 6 | ‘ The actions we have taken and the benefits of sterling devaluation should enable us to increase profits in 1993 , but the prospects for a more substantial improvement are still clouded by the threat of recession in continental Europe and continuing uncertainty over the rate of recovery in the UK . ’ |
| 7 | A knowledge of bond enthalpies can help us to understand the structure of covalent compounds and also the mechanisms ( see chapter 9 ) of their chemical reactions . |
| 8 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that our friends and allies round the world who may be faced with potentially aggressive neighbours are entitled to look to us for support in arms sales , for example , of the Challenger tank which is made in Leeds , and that nothing proposed on restricting arms sales generally in the interests of world peace will prevent us from supporting our allies in circumstances where that is necessary ? |
| 9 | From a pedagogic point of view , the possibility of culture specificity should alert us to the fact that when we teach terms referring to discourse type and use them in discourse processing and production , we should not take for granted that each term has an exact translation equivalent . |
| 10 | White House chief of staff John Sununu objected on the grounds that a reduction in gas emissions would freeze US economic growth . |
| 11 | No doubt in time Hamish will edify us on the subject of bastardised Corbetts . |
| 12 | Worldwide knowledge that we live on Island Earth could help us escape the fate of the Easter Islanders , who died in violence and cannibalism under the sightless gaze of their monumental statues , because they had cut down every tree . |
| 13 | We felt that a positive message delivered through TV advertising could help us regain the position of being seen as a market leader , a quality provider and a major innovator in financial services . |