Example sentences of "let us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is a far off mystic goal , perhaps , but let us at least attempt to stretch our minds , looking briefly at just a few of these cycles , and of the indispensable parts they have to play in the maintenance of planetary life . |
| 2 | Let us at this point , though , not take anything away from Hick . |
| 3 | Let us at least begin the exposition of Wittgenstein with some things which everyone knows and must admit . |
| 4 | LET US AT ‘ EM ! |
| 5 | This distinction is not manifested in English directly , but it is perhaps indirectly : for the Contraction from let us to let's only seems felicitous if the us is understood inclusively , as illustrated below ( Fillmore , 1971b ) : ( 43 ) Let's go to the cinema ( 44 ) ? |
| 6 | But let us for the moment look at the word that signifies the process or action itself : the word kill . |
| 7 | Let us for the time being not take a stand on this issue but address ourselves to the whole phenomenon in its strong sense . |
| 8 | Let us for the moment take it as established that dog has a general sense , denoting the whole species , irrespective of sex . |
| 9 | The Government 's figures — let us for the moment assume that they have an accuracy which the Government 's abysmal record on predicting poll tax bills certainly does not justify — show that average council tax bills this year in Langbaurgh would have been £470 and in Middlesbrough £447 — £170 and £153 respectively higher than the equivalent fair rates bills . |
| 10 | Guest speaker , Bill Cook from Bass plc let us into what a buyer expects from a hygiene service and answered loads of questions that sales people do n't normally get the opportunity to ask . |
| 11 | She fumbled in her pocket for the key then let us in the side door . |
| 12 | Let us in the spirit of the daughters of Israel remember and mourn the daughter of Jephthah . |
| 13 | The guy who let us in flops down on an old divan . |
| 14 | And he goes , er I 'm not sure ah , and he nearly let us in there and then but he had to go and see somebody else and he said tell them to go away ! |
| 15 | Let us by all means have a national core curriculum ; and let children be tested in the subjects that make up that curriculum . |
| 16 | Let us by all means give our classic a regular airing and add a new accessory . |