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Example sentences of "us is the " in BNC.

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1	Another escape hatch that Olson slams shut upon us is the device of distinguishing between Pound-the-man and Pound-the-poet .
2	Below us is the spot where King Lir 's second wife , a witch naturally , turned his two daughters into swans .
3	What is likely to apply for most of us is the following scenario .
4	Here the bridge between us is the Society of St Peter Apostle , whose hundredth birthday we celebrate this year .
5	If you do have a price Mr Palmer , I will offer you ‘ 30 pieces of silver ’ , which history tells us is the price of betrayal .
6	But what has outraged all of us is the spectacle of attempts to make you the scapegoat for failures of the criminal justice system , the cause of which , however defined , lay outside your control or responsibility . ’
7	Also still with us is the ‘ imminent ’ proof that fusion will work , not to mention the hyperbolic headlines .
8	Every bit as important as the events we experience in life and the support available to us is the personal meaning of change .
9	The Soldier in Book iv of The Prelude is an example of Wordsworth performing a Good Samaritan act ; but what impressed Wordsworth and remains with us is the description of the Soldier 's appearance :
10	This for us is the spiritual warfare to which we are called ; it is our small though crucial engagement in the Great Battle between good and evil .
11	The adult in us is the part that thinks things through rationally and considers the consequences of our actions .
12	Francis was not totally disconsolate and added : ‘ The way our fans came behind us is the best I 've ever heard it here , and I hope it continues .
13	‘ What matters to us is the fact that we have not enjoyed much success against Southern Hemisphere nations and until we start beating them regularly we will never be world champions .
14	What these empirical data can not tell us is the quality of the interaction which has taken place .
15	The task for us is the second of these — the presentation of the ‘ inside ’ social world of the football fan and uncontrollable schoolchild .
16	The second important lesson which Margaret Donaldson has taught us is the need to consider the situation from the child 's point of view .
17	If a book contains a number of chapters or sections , which may even have been written by different authors , of what value to us is the global population mean based on the average over all chapters ?
18	The person whom we regard from our earliest years as wielding such power , the first person we realise as affecting our lives from outside us is the parent .
19	The only thing that 's bothering us is the row you 've started .
20	I think what you 've t what you 've taken from us is the view
21	I experienced the very opposite of what the German and French metaphysicians of our century have assured us is the truth : that all that is other is hostile to the individual .
22	The only thing that will release us is the thing that imprisoned us .
23	Opposite us is the fireplace ; and in the hearth there 's one of those thingummies for keeping all the fire tools together . ’
24	The most important thing for us is the next song , ’ a sensible Tim relates before surging on in overdrive , ‘ I fuckin' love being in The Charlatans .
25	There are perhaps two things upon which each of us is the indisputable world expert , firstly the function of our own bowels and hence those of everyone else and secondly the causes of and treatment for addiction .
26	Erm I think what bothers a lot of us is the quality of water we get locally .
27	Another area that is of concern to us is the development of what 's called Patient Focused Hospitals .
28	He told The Scotsman the other day , ’ the only thing that can stop us is the Labour party . ’
29	‘ All they want from us is the money that 's in the boot .
30	The most important thing for us is the next song , ’ a sensible Tim relates before surging on in overdrive , ‘ I fuckin' love being in The Charlatans .