Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] our " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The value per share of the players comes to £2 — a useful figure for shareholders given our fully prudent accounting policy . ’
2 He ( I 'm sure of the pronoun , since all too few women carry the initials C ENG , MIEE , after their names ) refers to the Chinese proposal that the combined pull of the four giant outer planets influences our weather , and objects to using the term ‘ synod ’ , meaning an alignment of all the planets to describe this event .
3 " It was one of my bitterest hours to see our leader , only just home , having to throw up the sponge in front of the men he lived for " .
4 We should produce postcards and publicity flyers using our own photographic resources .
5 ‘ We 'll have to look for hours to find our spaceship . ’
6 And in terms of unity there is n't a very good chance of unity with British feminists right now in this country because whenever we start discussing our issues , out comes the racism , out comes the attempts to monopolise our struggle .
7 How many planets has our sun got that we know about because there might be some we do n't know .
8 The fact that thoughts , desires and sound waves influence our environment is no longer an abstract theory , and controlled experiments have scientifically verified that the healthy growth of plants can , for example , be promoted by certain music along with harmonious and positive thoughts and behavioural patterns .
9 Words articulate our experience of things , they do not just express or reflect it ; they give form to what , without language and other sign-systems , would merely be a chaotic and undifferentiated jumble of ideas ; instead of things determining the meaning of words , words determine the meaning of things .
10 For me coming from Africa where locusts eat our crops all the time I 've never seen them like this .
11 It is like saying ‘ when we have restored our credibility , we shall take firm steps to restore our credibility ’ .
12 Added manager Ian Branfoot : ‘ David was annoyed because it was one of our own fans wasting our time .
13 But the dismal performance in Boston will make many fans think our top players are overvalued and overpaid .
14 How did we allow these destructive influences to kill our club ?
15 ‘ There was a year of negotiation before the deal was closed and we refused their persistent demands to increase our offer of £750,000 , ’ Muddle says .
16 Such adaptations grab our attention because the characters seem so well designed for the job they perform .
17 No other range has enough formulation and colour combinations to meet our requirements exactly .
18 On 16 December we and our Community partners set out guidelines to inform our decisions on the recognition of new states in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union .
19 Plastic containers , cans and trays line our shop shelves and we have come to expect at least two-fold wrapping and a carrier bag to boot .
20 The brooding atmosphere of the swamps accentuated our smallness and vulnerability .
21 These long-range goals shape our long-term training plans .
22 Images shape our thinking sometimes without us knowing NI looks behind the lens to translate the language of photography .
23 A good cross section of rig support vessels came our way including tugs , survey ships , safety vessels , rig supply and small merchantmen with supplies like cement , chemicals and drilling mud .
24 The first of the Philip Marlowe books sees our hero hanging tough among the broads , bimbos and gorillas — a hard-smoking bourbon man who eschews armour in favour of a belted mac and a fedora in which to play the down-at-heel knight errant .
25 Because of the in-house nature of separatism , we saw the conferences as opportunities to disseminate our beliefs to huge numbers of women .
26 We have agreed a letter from all the Darlington dentists to express our views to our patients . ’
27 Knowledge of these three parameters affects our interpretation of what is said , and should be clear to students .
28 A jolt , and a voice booming through loudspeakers to announce our arrival in France .
29 Do we allow rose-tinted spectacles to distort our critical judgement when comparing an old personal favourite with the latest ‘ pretender to the throne ’ ?
30 We do therefore need more new mums OR MUMS-TO-BE to strengthen our group again .
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