Example sentences of "our [adj] [noun sg] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our strong commitment to the quality of the teaching and learning experience offered to students is borne out by the increasing percentage of first class and upper second class degrees awarded . |
| 2 | Midway through 1906–07 Archie was deployed at right-back in the Palace line-ups , although he had a few outings on the right wing , and he played throughout our fabulous progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals . |
| 3 | Some of us walked the blustery Holy Mile for our private visit to the Shrine , Slipper Chapel and Chapel of Reconciliation . |
| 4 | ‘ And this was Christian 's Il-Quccija , but now it 's our private start to the Mnarja festival . |
| 5 | Yet the hospitality shown by the ‘ inmates ’ was truly magnificent and we were almost sorry to leave the following morning for our seven-day trek to the Chung Kumdan glacier . |
| 6 | ‘ Ah well , ’ Wishart smiled.v ‘ Sir James , take our English visitor to the port of Leith and order the captain to follow his directions across the Forth . |
| 7 | But we can not be forced to subject our foreign policy to the will of other member states . |
| 8 | Guiding our distinguished visitor to the hotel lift I quickly scribbled the word MELACHUSETUCK on a blank page from my note-book and handed it to Mr Murray . |
| 9 | The nightmare of childhood lived daily by orphan children in Romania is another example of a state of dreadful innocence abused by adults which is too painful to comprehend and yet which has become part of the domain of childhood as understood in Britain , just as images of the abuse of children by adults are also part of our daily reference to the violent world of childhood . |
| 10 | ’ Can pay , wo n't pay ’ is shorthand : written out in full , their credo was , ’ We have the money to make our proper contribution to the cost of essential local services , but , because we wish to indulge in political point-scoring , we will withhold that contribution — knowing full well that by doing so we will force local authorities either to increase charges for the great majority of law-abiding citizens , or to cut services . ’ |
| 11 | Meetings for our members have been held on both of these issues , and in response to the scrutiny review , we circulated our membership with our detailed submission to the government to inform their own responses . |
| 12 | Our annual visit to the New Theatre , Hull , to see Ronnie Hilton in Goldilocks and the Three Bears somehow did n't breed the same addiction . |
| 13 | We are grateful of having the facility of hard , sand surfaces and look forward to our annual pilgrimage to the Dubai 7's . |
| 14 | The beliefs and values which are established in this discipleship provide a governing spirit which helps to shape our personal response to the whole of life in a relationship with others . |
| 15 | Injuries reduced his availability in 1988–89 but he captained The Eagles through the following season upon the club 's return to Division One , while also scoring vital goals against Portsmouth and at Cambridge in our tremendous run to the 1990 FA Cup Final , where his performances impressed observers . |
| 16 | But if we go grey within the normal range of time our reaction may be an indicator of our overall attitude to the whole effect of ageing on our looks . |
| 17 | Comic Relief is now in its fifth year , and our serious commitment to the work we support grows — as , unfortunately , does the need for that work . |
| 18 | As we began our slithery descent to the shore , a kestrel hovered above the brow of the hill . |
| 19 | Our principal exposure to the public arose from the chance that Her Majesty the Queen became interested and used Motability as the centre for her Christmas address in 1981 . |
| 20 | Our joint submission to the National Council for Vocational Qualifications ( NVCQ ) was duly approved and work commenced swiftly to implement this new venture , which was seen as a positive and exciting contribution to the Government 's radical reform of vocational education . |
| 21 | ‘ To put our little wager to the test . ’ |
| 22 | Nine two , you have a paper from the , which is a copy of the paper th , that the director of financial services submitted to the magistrate 's court committee management board , a response from the magistrate 's courts management board for the county council erm , I will move to note the response of the magistrate 's courts committee and to confirm our previous recommendation to the county council regarding this part of the policy resources committee budget . |
| 23 | The commitment of our twentieth-century science to the exploitation and manipulation of the earthly environment is a direct result of a linear , unbalanced utilisation of the cognitive process . |
| 24 | An increase in regional aid would benefit other countries far more than us and would drive up our net contribution to the budget . |
| 25 | Rycroft argues against relegating so much of our mental life to the status of pathology , preferring to liken dreams to waking imaginative activity , such as creative writing . |
| 26 | Shearer , still top scorer in the division despite Rovers ' four consecutive league games without a goal , said after Saturday 's 2-0 home defeat by Tottenham : ‘ We are suffering from our good start to the season . |
| 27 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his recognition of our firm commitment to the further education of adults . |
| 28 | She was once very close to death , in March 1979 , when our then Ambassador to The Hague was shot dead at her side in the official car . |
| 29 | A brigade spokesman said : ‘ Our major message to the public is that they should build bonfires safely and well away from property or parked cars . |
| 30 | ‘ We have to be a bit more incisive out wide but at least after our poor start to the League season we seem to be getting it together at last . ’ |