Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun pl] [verb] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , despite the rapid growth of these more recent subjects , history retains its traditional importance in higher education , since its social , cultural , economic and political concerns provide us with an interdisciplinary approach to problems that includes the perspectives and many of the methods of the various social sciences , yet also seeks to establish a broader , overall assessment of the issues it examines . |
| 2 | Only our deplorable ignorance of Carthaginian and Parthian jokes prevents us from assessing the local reactions to " pergraecari " , a word which Festus explains as " epulis et potationibus inservire " ( p. 235 L. ) . |
| 3 | Satellites and cellular telephones allow us to converse instantaneously from a London street to the Australian outback . |
| 4 | We 'll be discussing it this afternoon and Labour members told us and no doubt they 'll tell us again that the users of the centre have a democratic right to be consulted about how it was run Do n't tenant farmers have the right to be consulted ? |
| 5 | After the birth , any desires we may have to rise above the physical mire are crushed as nappy-changing , spurting milk and sticky fingers involve us well and truly in the messy side of life . |
| 6 | Our physical bodies and subtle structures separate us , one from another . |
| 7 | In short , their easy manner and friendly ways made us forget that they were the King and Queen of England . |
| 8 | He does n't come with a lot pious platitudes and and charming words to make us feel better . |
| 9 | The mayor and civic dignitaries met us in a blaze of colour at Bow Bridge with the usual greetings and pleasantries . |
| 10 | Some hours later , I do n't know how many , two abysmal and free-hanging abseils deposited us below the fangs of the bergschrund . |
| 11 | An understanding of the biotic and expressive orders supplies us with an improved appreciation of human agency ; one which means we need no longer envisage people as automatic pilots swept along by the broad forces of capitalist processes and social relations . |
| 12 | We knew that VAT was going to be an issue , but because everything was so vague we found it impossible to draw up detailed plans in advance , which meant that at the last minute we had to commit unbudgeted and unplanned resources to enable us to be ready for January . ’ |
| 13 | What in our political and cultural traditions prevent us from having a ‘ pro-people ’ health service — and society for that matter ? |
| 14 | Tragic and dangerous events remind us only too frequently of the need for the special measures provided by the Prevention of Terrorism Act . |
| 15 | The massive evidence of the repetition of first- and second-person pronouns entitles us to describe the Sonnets as moving forwards and backwards between I and Thou . |
| 16 | This year to mark the 10th anniversary , a call is made to all anti racists and anti fascists to join us in a March through Southall . |
| 17 | We were housed in the usual huts , but being this time in the centre of a town , we had paved paths all around us and shaded lights to help us get about at nights , and not having to go out at night to read instruments was a welcome change . |
| 18 | Our broad training in both physical and cultural systems and our appreciation of landscape change in the natural and human senses give us perspectives and insight that are rarely found in other disciplines . |
| 19 | Our solid reputation for authoritative advice on rural and environmental issues led us to be consulted on a regular basis by the Welsh Office , its executive agencies and other bodies . |
| 20 | We must emphasise how and why existing ‘ erotic ’ and aesthetic criteria exclude us . |
| 21 | This course is designed to provide a solid grounding in Philosophy as a central part of our cultural heritage , as a highly-developed academic discipline with its own distinctive concepts and methods , and as an activity which attempts to deal with fundamental aspects of the theoretical and practical problems facing us today . |
| 22 | As the feminist and structuralist critiques remind us , liberal pluralist models also fail adequately to conceptualize political and economic power , and the patterns of inequality that result from its operation . |
| 23 | We 're very happy to be here and we 're particularly pleased for you people from Parham , Framlingham , Ipswich and other locations joining us today and I would be negligent in not mentioning the fact that we have representatives here from the existing Three-Ninetieth strategic missile located in Tucsan , Arizona . |
| 24 | I must however caution that financial and other constraints compel us to plan more conservatively than I imagine you would wish . |
| 25 | until then the French and Italian and other delegations had us down as a quiet reserved nation |
| 26 | Her great painful and ecstatic climaxes make us at last to know something the man has always wanted to know … |
| 27 | It is an expensive exercise but one that many of our customers and prospective customers expect us to undertake , even though they may not fully understand its limitations . |