Example sentences of "it be [adv] in our " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gout writer had recommended addressing the ailment with good humour , ‘ as if , ’ says Boswell , ‘ it were quite in our power to attain it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not in our brief . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not in our normal line of duty but we were glad to help , ’ said a police spokesman . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not in our interests to push a company into liquidation , ’ he said . |
| 5 | It 's not in our hands any more . |
| 6 | We do n't sell the airtime , so it 's not in our power yet , but beyond 1993 we will be . |
| 7 | I would agree with you that if the if we have gone along and said to people , well er yo , we 've got alternative accommodation for you and they have n't wanted to go then , well I 'm sure that we hope not to give them that er er , alternative accommodation er , and it 's not in our interest at all to er , keep er , places empty , and further more we have n't really got er enough er , alternative places to put er , these er tenants in so I 'm that it 's as the result of the sort of dwellings that er we 've er we now find ourselves with as a result of the er initial buildings in the first place . |
| 8 | And that 's extremely difficult to do something about the equity target , since National policy , the distribution of income , housing policy , all the things that we tackle on this committee and committees of the council have a very significant effect on the health of the people who live in the city , and it 's not in our control . |
| 9 | Di did that not because erm as capitalist countries we would perceive anything communist as being the enemy and so it , it 's actually in our interests to , to , to lump them all together rather than question because |
| 10 | Specifically it is not in our interest to deny to the United Kingdom protection against possible dangers from the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | ‘ It is not in our interest for representatives to upset potential customers and the persons responsible have been severely reprimanded . ’ |
| 12 | It is certainly in our interest that the republics of the former Soviet Union should not disintegrate into anarchy and , as my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby and Kenilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) said , starvation . |
| 13 | The paradox is that it is only in our self-surrender that we are truly blessed . |
| 14 | Their lawyer , Patricia Hambrecht , says : ‘ We witnessed a dramatic drop in our appraisal business for donations to institutions , and even though we realised it was not in our narrow self-interest , we knew it was for the good of the overall arts community ’ . |
| 15 | Erm certainly I think all of our quarry , the quarry , I think we were overwhelmed with the support because it was really in our place that the dispute started and a lot of other people who I 'd spoken to you know they they were amazed at the support we received and , seemed to be the shyer the people you know the , some of the lads they never spoke much at lodge meetings , but after a while they 'd be getting up and saying their pieces and , you know I think it 's just because you knew you had backing , and people helping and urging you on , advising you , and the union helping and you know they leant over backwards in various fields to help us . |