Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | What inversion of values makes us to look upon such aberrations as though they were a reflection of natural laws ? |
| 2 | The lack of coins deprives us of the evidence to form any assessment of their dynastic histories or tribal boundaries . |
| 3 | The equinoctial gales make a couple of attempts to scare us , but like an old Shetland pony we turn our backs to the wind and stick it out . |
| 4 | A final change of level takes us under the archway into the next small grassed and planted area , an altogether quieter space . |
| 5 | All that postmodernism has been able to do is signal the demise and loss of all we have held dear , and it remains for another generation of artists to pull us out of the mire . |
| 6 | Studies of simple brains like that of Aplysia tell us quite a lot . |
| 7 | Concepts borrowed from anthropology aid our understanding of social structure , while the techniques of physics enable us to date the past . |
| 8 | This kind of mourning leads us to side with the poor , and to take action alongside them . |
| 9 | The fact that for 30 years social scientists have struggled to produce a theory of interaction tells us just how complex it is . |
| 10 | The interest shown in the chur by the church in the statement of faith emboldens us to ask the assembly to authorize publication of the reworded statement for use in worship and teaching in confirmation classes , study groups and so on . |
| 11 | This of course takes us into the domain of attitudes and feelings of the learners , and is an area more influenced by emotion . |
| 12 | Discovering the way of course takes us back to your recalcitrant dealers . |
| 13 | And this of course brings us back to the practical and philosophical implications of the unstable text . |
| 14 | I felt as if half of Sheffield expected us to get to Wembley so it is a relief that we 've actually done it . ’ |
| 15 | For example , David Walker and his colleagues at the University of Sheffield approached us because they wanted to take a new look at photosynthesis . |
| 16 | Years of experience tell us that standard beds may not be right for every human body . |
| 17 | David decided to test out the conditions — his ten years of experience showed us what could be achieved with practice . |
| 18 | ‘ With the current shortage of money facing us it was greatly appreciated . ’ |
| 19 | Lack of money prevents us eating properly when we are children , ruins our health , rots our teeth , makes our parents quarrel and take to drink , stops us having the clothes we want , the friends we like , the parties we long for , stops us having the tuition which would enable us to get an education — makes us end up street sweepers and not doctors ; induces women to have babies because there is no money for travel or entertainment , or to leave the parental home any other way : lack of money humiliates us all our lives : lack of money makes us live with husbands or wives we no longer love : lack of money makes us age earlier than we need : makes our hands rough with toil and our brows creased with anxiety : keeps us weeping by day and sleepless by night : the terror in our lives is the bill through the door which ca n't be paid : our lives close in the knowledge of failure — we failed to make enough money . |
| 20 | Lack of money prevents us eating properly when we are children , ruins our health , rots our teeth , makes our parents quarrel and take to drink , stops us having the clothes we want , the friends we like , the parties we long for , stops us having the tuition which would enable us to get an education — makes us end up street sweepers and not doctors ; induces women to have babies because there is no money for travel or entertainment , or to leave the parental home any other way : lack of money humiliates us all our lives : lack of money makes us live with husbands or wives we no longer love : lack of money makes us age earlier than we need : makes our hands rough with toil and our brows creased with anxiety : keeps us weeping by day and sleepless by night : the terror in our lives is the bill through the door which ca n't be paid : our lives close in the knowledge of failure — we failed to make enough money . |
| 21 | Lack of money prevents us eating properly when we are children , ruins our health , rots our teeth , makes our parents quarrel and take to drink , stops us having the clothes we want , the friends we like , the parties we long for , stops us having the tuition which would enable us to get an education — makes us end up street sweepers and not doctors ; induces women to have babies because there is no money for travel or entertainment , or to leave the parental home any other way : lack of money humiliates us all our lives : lack of money makes us live with husbands or wives we no longer love : lack of money makes us age earlier than we need : makes our hands rough with toil and our brows creased with anxiety : keeps us weeping by day and sleepless by night : the terror in our lives is the bill through the door which ca n't be paid : our lives close in the knowledge of failure — we failed to make enough money . |
| 22 | Lack of money prevents us eating properly when we are children , ruins our health , rots our teeth , makes our parents quarrel and take to drink , stops us having the clothes we want , the friends we like , the parties we long for , stops us having the tuition which would enable us to get an education — makes us end up street sweepers and not doctors ; induces women to have babies because there is no money for travel or entertainment , or to leave the parental home any other way : lack of money humiliates us all our lives : lack of money makes us live with husbands or wives we no longer love : lack of money makes us age earlier than we need : makes our hands rough with toil and our brows creased with anxiety : keeps us weeping by day and sleepless by night : the terror in our lives is the bill through the door which ca n't be paid : our lives close in the knowledge of failure — we failed to make enough money . |
| 23 | In effect , therefore , we stop acquiring any new skills and this may mean we risk having too narrow a repertoire of skills to equip us adequately for the variety of people-situations we are likely to encounter . |
| 24 | Could you give guidance on the important matter of confidences given us by constituents ? |
| 25 | Dave said : ‘ It 's hypocritical of Dixons to sack us . |
| 26 | Genius of Picasso to recall us to this , with his combinations of life-class drawing , cubism , collage , lettering , etc . |
| 27 | A glance at the shelf containing his long list of books shows us immediately that the bulk of his work was completed when Minto was in her dotage or after she died . |
| 28 | However , fifteen people turned up ( the same number as the previous day ) , and the goal of completion spurred us on . |
| 29 | The first law of thermodynamics tells us that energy may be converted from one form to another without any of it being destroyed . |
| 30 | According to Ali Akbar Rafsanjani , the powerful speaker of the Iranian parliament , ‘ The Americans started contacting us through scores of channels begging us to help them in the Lebanon ; through Japan , our neighbouring countries like Pakistan , our embassies , the United Nations and numerous arms brokers . ’ |