Example sentences of "that our [noun pl] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The net result is that there is no more reason to believe that our brains are like a cat 's than there is to believe that they are like a rat 's . |
| 2 | Seth suggests that our beliefs are like children 's playing blocks , which can be moved around with ease : ‘ … all creativity and consciousness is born in the quality of play , as opposed to work . ’ |
| 3 | Golf clubs can rest assured that our members are of a standard as suggested by their handicap certificate and not being confronted with a ‘ worthless piece of paper . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm a layman to you and you 're a layman to me in many senses , and therefore erm the , the , the fact that our students are in effect very often laymen is not something that detracts from their motivation to study , in many instances it 's something that gives it stimulus and underlines it . |
| 5 | I am sure I speak for all of us here when I say that our thoughts are with the Miletti family in this ordeal . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm not surprised that our offices are in a mess , |
| 7 | The repeated confirmation of the correlation between the physical characteristics of the stimulus and the characteristics of the neural activity it triggers , and between the characteristics of the stimulus and that of the subjective sensation , has encouraged the belief that our sensations are in some sense to be understood in terms of a set of stimulation levels ( spiking frequencies ) in the appropriate sensory pathways . |
| 8 | Proposals should be carefully worded to emphasise that our costs are for the provision of services , rather than equipment , whose ownership could be the subject of later discussion . |
| 9 | In recent years it has been widely suggested that our prisons are in a ‘ state of crisis ’ , a situation made worse by inadequate means for monitoring what the prisons are doing , and a lack of formal safeguards against bad practices . |