Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [prep] us [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Having seen him about six times , and having spoken to most of their leaders , I believe that the time is right for us to talk to them now , to end this whole conflict once and for all . |
| 2 | It 's wrong for us to steal from someone who seems to be richer than we are just as it 's wrong for someone to steal from us if they think their need is greater than ours . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's simple for us to speak of love , ’ I said to Helen . |
| 4 | It is easy for us to slip into the assumption that the institutional , professional and curricular structures with which we are familiar are somehow natural or inevitable . |
| 5 | That being so , it is appropriate for us to act in a similar way . |
| 6 | As for the connection between his father 's lauded status as an artist and the activities of the Fundació , Miquel Tàpies is also committed to establishing a distinct identity : ‘ It 's important for us to go beyond the name ’ . |
| 7 | It is ungracious for us to grumble about a creaking chair or a rattling shutter , as happened recently . |
| 8 | As the children complete their Primary School education it is important for us to look to the continuity of their education into the Senior School , particularly in relation to the 5–14 Programme and to their personal adjustment . |
| 9 | It is important for us to keep in touch with the Palestinians . |
| 10 | There are times when it is convenient for us to go to sleep ( the shops are not open , etc. ) and when it is expected that we will not be noisy . |
| 11 | That is , it is open to us to deliberate about the light that this fact throws on the person 's character ; but deliberation is not open to us when it comes to parsing the sentence . |
| 12 | They are , quite clearly , highly organized and know what they are about , though it is difficult for us to reach into their world and see it from their point of view . |
| 13 | It is necessary for us to settle on a royalty rate for overseas duplication of titles , and it is this I am now writing to you about . |
| 14 | It is necessary for us to settle on a royalty rate for overseas duplication of titles , and it is this I am now writing to you about . |
| 15 | Erm , you know you ca n't blinking hear , and I , the thing is , it 's alright for us to laugh in these four walls because , until what you think , is what we 're really trying to do . |
| 16 | One musician asserts that ‘ it 's silly for us to look at overseas models ’ ; another wonders ‘ if Australians understand what their own musical traditions are ’ . |