Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] for us [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 'll involve us developing visiting schemes , under eight services , helping families in different ways , improving services for disabled children , developing family centres , and a new specific — this 'll might amuse you this — a new specific responsibility for us to inspect and register the care practices of private schools in the County , and Oxfordshire has got the biggest number of those in the whole country . |
| 2 | It remains then to show that this is the right course for us to take . |
| 3 | A spokesman for the SAC said : ‘ It is normal practice for us to monitor our revenue clients on a regular basis and in particular to study their proposals under their four-year plan . |
| 4 | We intend to place the money in our building fund and it is also a faith-building experience for us to see God blessing us in this way . |
| 5 | Oh we 've actually found a free seat for us to sit on . |
| 6 | Every day she prepared fresh food for us to take . |
| 7 | I could have thought of a marginally more interesting way for us to spend the evening together , but it would have been harder to review . |
| 8 | It seemed a sensible solution for us to share this room . ’ |
| 9 | That is of course an obvious and easy conclusion for us to reach . |
| 10 | And yes it erm I mean and therefore we would be reviewing current practices which is that erm you know the film is in the building , the cinema is open , the staff are there and we therefore show a film at four o'clock because there 's no extra charge for us doing so and we hope thereby to attract however many er patrons to see it . |
| 11 | If we needed to talk to your scheme and if we would , it would be fairly serious incident for us to come to you , to tell you about it ask Phil for some help with it . |
| 12 | Then Joseph said : ‘ This is a strange place for us to meet . ’ |
| 13 | Will it be possible in the context of our presence in the European Economic Community for us to restrict coal imports ? |
| 14 | ABC offers the unique opportunity for us to expand in the general trade market and simultaneously take advantage of its very successful relationship with speciality booksellers . ’ |
| 15 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 16 | Rotary committee chairman Tony Dennett said : ‘ The lunch is an ideal opportunity for us to provide hospitality to these students who are a long way from home . ’ |
| 17 | We all have too much experience of what it is like for council tenants trying to exercise their supposed freedom for us to lie easily with the Government 's assurances on that matter . |
| 18 | Politically it leads to inertia , since it suggests that our childhood experiences have made us what we are : there is no urgent need for us to examine ( and change ) our own behaviours and relationships . |
| 19 | Er it just gives us a focal point for us to go and see . |
| 20 | His proud father , also called Thomas , said today : ‘ It took a little while for us to realise what he had done . |
| 21 | A wealthy lord to fleece and a tasty little wench for us to play with . ’ |
| 22 | The fact is that men do n't like childbirth much , because , unlike fixing the car or mowing the lawn , or even loading the dishwasher , there is no pivotal , directional role for us to take . |
| 23 | ‘ We will be interviewing him about what happened but obviously he is in no fit state for us to talk to him yet and we will be waiting until he is well enough , ’ a police spokesman said . |
| 24 | Well , it sounds a very obvious thing for us to say — but it stands to reason . |
| 25 | PCA sounded like an ideal way for us to handle some of these . |
| 26 | Christmas is a natural time for us to indulge ourselves , free from the constraints of commissioning clients , and as calligraphy lends itself admirably to the creation of ephemera such as greetings cards , most of us have a large collection of those many of our distinguished colleagues . |
| 27 | The WTB 's strategic review is therefore provides a major opportunity for us to clarify our views and influence the Board 's future direction . |
| 28 | ‘ It was a good opportunity for us to develop the application as part of the contract . ’ |
| 29 | But it is a good excuse for us to send out a patrol of our own . |
| 30 | So here is a good place for us to begin . |