Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [vb pp] [prep] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be no doubt that for many women fear of loss is built into us by the way we 've been reared . |
| 2 | Modernism is described to us with references to a neat sequence of male coteries who obviously made full use of the opportunity for dialogue and debate . |
| 3 | The Creator is revealed to us as a rational , moral , feeling person , capable of making choices . |
| 4 | When the Cruithin said , ‘ The Enchantment is lost to us , ma'am , ’ Grainne turned to them , her eyes brilliant , and said , ‘ But we shall find it again , ’ and saw them nod and smile , and felt suddenly and deeply happy . |
| 5 | Gradually the life of this prostitute and her strange pet is revealed to us . |
| 6 | If by not helping it Uruguay is hindering it , then this conclusion is forced on us . |
| 7 | Until the true Regent is restored to us . ’ |
| 8 | Alas , this picture is lost to us . |
| 9 | Normally when a murder is committed , or a rape , the person is known to us . ’ |
| 10 | Haunted by the fear that perhaps man is not the superior species , we seek salvation and find it because the animal kingdom is presented to us as a world of such wonder and magical beauty that we can believe in God 's kingdom and therefore our divine right to rule . |
| 11 | The question of whether or not ‘ In the beginning … ’ is superstition is forced on us by the poem but left unanswered though it appears that to go back beyond Origen would be immensely difficult . |
| 12 | He is the Word of Easter — Rejoice , Life is given to us . |
| 13 | It is only when the barbarian reduces the palace to a heap of stones in the desert and slaughters all the inhabitants , that the record of art and thought and everyday life is preserved for us . |
| 14 | First , the one I have already drawn attention to — love is infused in us by revealing love . |
| 15 | Through the A.P.F. , with its central fund , its National Directors in every country , and its international co-operation , the universal character of the Catholic Faith is brought home to us , and great hope for the future of the Church in the world is given to us , as we see the vigour and variety of its progress in the mission lands . |
| 16 | Another popular cheat is to quote last year 's rates , only raising them to this year 's the day after the form is posted to us . |
| 17 | I would refer you to the Act dealing with press-gangs " ; and then , " Tupper , what will you do if this thing is forced upon us ? " |
| 18 | ‘ Our idea of what belongs to the realm of reality is given for us in the concepts which we use . ’ |
| 19 | Our food is brought to us , and so we never hunt or seek prey . |
| 20 | Ron Scriven , a spokesman for the Police Federation which represents police officers , said : ‘ If the Avon and Somerset report is forwarded to us we will study it and consider circulating the 43 forces in England and Wales with its findings . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's hard to believe such a vivacious personality is lost to us ’ , ’ Dysart was quoted as saying 'and harder still to accept that the stand I have taken against terrorism may have brought about her death . ’ ’ |
| 22 | No , the Ebony Throne is lost to us , as so much else is lost to us , ’ said Oisin . |
| 23 | The tax-relief is paid to us — and we take it off your monthly instalments . |
| 24 | Our Lord 's teaching is presented to us not as information to be sifted , but as guidelines to be followed . |
| 25 | But you are right , patience is required of us until we hear further on the matter . ’ |
| 26 | Would it not , be advisable , therefore , to have a uniform regime — which need not necessarily be the same as either existing regime — rather than wait until such a system is imposed on us ? |
| 27 | On the one hand , the demonstrative suggests that the element is known to us — that it is somewhere in the universe of discourse . |
| 28 | Only one Egyptian historian is known to us , the priestly scribe Manetho who compiled the list of all the pharaohs and conveniently divided them into the particular groups or dynasties which Egyptologists still employ today . |
| 29 | You will appreciate that we can not be held responsible if information material to our task is withheld from us ] . |